• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If you’re telling me that you think Obama was a larger swing the right than Trump was, I think we’ve once again exhausted all constructive discussion between us.

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      11 months ago

      Obama was not more right wing than Trump. But he was the largest swing to the right.

      He didn’t close Guantanamo. Terrorized Afghanistan, Massively increased CIA surveillance to the point he even lost a lawsuit for breaking the law. Lied about not surveilling journalists. Drone striked like a genocidal maniac. Overthrew regimes such as in Libya creating huge chaos.

      Obama was a maniac on the global stage.

      What did Trump do? He drone striked like crazy too, but not in new countries. But he actually withdrew from Afghanistan. He killed Suleimani and ruined the Iran nuclear deal but (luckily) didn’t start a new war. Screwed over relations with China.

      All in all Trump was mostly known for his insanely stupid domestic policies. But in foreign policies he was not actually worse than Obama.