Quote (Bazi @ Jan 7 2021 01:36pm)
Some might say it’s still premature (lol) but now that trump is undoubtedly on the way out and his political career is also probably finished, how will history judge this term
I think it definitely has been an action packed term. What do you think the objective pros/cons were over the last 4 years? If you’re on either side of the aisle, I am sure you can pick one thing you thought he said or did well, and conversely mistakes he made even if you were a supporter of him. Since I’m an obvious critic I’ll say something I enjoyed
I appreciated summer Spring/Summer 2019 China flex. I definitely disagreed with the mechanism, aka tariff approach instead of a global initiative. In one weekend he placed tariffs on Mexico , France , China , and Canada lol. however I agreed with the rhetoric and sentiment even though the implementation was sloppy. Keeping China in check is still a high priority issue for me that I think the world has to work together with
The consistent lack of foresight and double downing really fucked him. With covid and with the election results. If he would have conceded (after his legal challenges) and established an open and publicly visible transition, he could have maintained a viable legacy. Guess this is what happens when you keep company like Giuliani close. The $2000 check video segment after he lost the election, what stopped him from releasing this video earlier, say the week prior to the election? Poor tactics
Now that the trump faction will likely die out of mainstream politics, it will personally mean I’ll be able to vote Republican again, minus joni Ernst. It’s sad because I do think trump had the potential to be a good populist president if he was able to control himself. He had some absolutely golden opportunities this year to cement the next term, that he completely squandered.
I think you nailed it regarding his "double downing". He could have altered his course on COVID and won over people like me who voted on that issue more than the others but he basically resisted mitigation efforts and created the anti-mask sentiment that his party/followers obviously still believe in.
Had he handled that issue, undoubtedly the biggest during his term, better than he did he may not have lost in 2020.