What goes unmentioned is the role he and his administration played in producing historic change in the mideast with the raproachmont among several Arab states and Israel. Matt also, maybe because he is predisposed to not trust the private sector, failed to mention the booming Trump economy pre-Covid, which was partially attributable to deregulation, tax policy and favorability to the energy industry. The last was not only good for the economy but changed the international landscape with our being a net exporter of hydrocarbons and not at the mercy of countries not necessarily favorably disposed to us. His new judges will have a lasting impact on jurisprudence and particularly with regard to an overweening administrative state. Finally the economic growth improved the incomes of the lowest quintiles at a higher percentage than those above in contrast to the Obama years where improvement was experienced virtually only in the highest decile.
All of these are true, but a lot of folks don't care about outcomes because they think everything is a big show. Folks on the left kept watching the show even though the hated the protagonist as they felt he was the villain. Republicans kept watching because they thought the protagonist was the hero.
Both sides are idiots. Trump was never the problem. The Republicans and Democrats who think everything is a big show are the problem. Total idiots are the way around. If somehow we could cull the Trump haters and Trump lovers our country would be a lot better.
The deregulation that trump had a hand in will only accelerate climate change. But it sounds like you’re cool with that. Anything “favorable” to the energy sector means unfavorable to anybody not involved with making money from un-renewable energy sources. Read: pretty much everybody. As far as “historic change in the Mideast” is concerned: wait until trump is out of office and see how quickly that changes. And “his new judges” will absolutely have a lasting impact, especially if you’re interested in regressive, conservative policy. Which, judging from your asinine comment, you are. Anybody interested in progressive policy and real change can pretty much throw in the towel for the next thirty years, as far as the courts are concerned.
Trump will eventually be remembered as one of the greatest Presidents ever. He shifted the paradigm is an age that needed 'shifting'. Even accomplished and wildly successful entrepreneur Peter Thiel noted that, which is why he supported Trump. Trump dealt with and changed the way we think about China, NATO, immigration, manufacturing in the USA, foreign relations in general. While Europeans countries loathed him because they feared the USA would not be paying for their security going forward, other more prescient countries in Asia hailed and still hail him as the man who was needed to address bully China. Perhaps Trump's greatest legacy will the the courts; his three Supreme Court appointments, his two Fed Reserve appoints and hundreds of other federal judgeships left empty by an Obama Administration arrogant enough to leave them open thinking Hillary would walk into office. Hail to the Chief - Three cheers for the Chief!
A mundane and boring tech issue, but I've been a subscriber since Matt's inception on this platform. No matter what I do, I can't access the full version of this post. I've logged out, etc., but clicking on the link still doesn't display the entire version. Any suggestions?
Ok, scroll down on the list of articles and you'll see the subscriber only one. I missed it too - but why do they mix public and paywall articles for subscribers? It's a bad user experience.
Loved your take-down of the Democrats, but the idea that Trump did nothing truly destructive in his four years was astoundingly off-base. His thwarting of any effort to combat climate change has probably put the final nail in the coffin of the planet earth. Under a President Hillary Clinton, our march toward global catastrophe would doubtless have continued, but at a somewhat slower pace, and we would have had more time to come to our senses and save ourselves.
Marching toward global catastrophe “at a somewhat slower pace” is marching toward global catastrophe at a deadly pace. If we really cared about the climate crisis as a people, it couldn’t have come down to Clinton/Trump or Biden/Trump. The Obama admin increased fossil fuel production every year. Climate denialism in the face of catastrophe is truly baffling and destructive. Climate pandering and incrementalism in the face of catastrophe is also baffling and destructive. https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-121-climate-chaos-part-i-how-the-gap-between-liberal-rhetoric-policy-promotes-denialism
Thanks for the wit that makes Matt's erudition and insight so inimitably delightful: "Trump was tacky, had absurd hair, and his interests seemed limited to money and fake boobs."
Youre being myopic in my opinion; I think Trump will be judged by what he stood for (populistic-econo-nationalism; pro-America; anti-China in a nutshell) moreso than what he accomplished. I base my belief on the premise that there is worldwide battle between globalism & nationalism and figures like Trump will be lionized by the anti-globalist side, which will be the majority.
You know nothing about President Trump that the Democrat-aligned media doesn't want you to know - you are brainwashed to hate a man you have no way of knowing.
The ease in which Democrat activists were able to poison the minds of so many Americans like you freaks the hell out of me.
People like you are convinced Hillary Clinton's use of a private server to conduct highly sensitive, and often top secret communications with world leaders, was not a crime.
People like you are convinced Donald Trump was a Russian asset, thereby a traitor to his country (Mueller Report found zero evidence of a crime.)
People like you were manipulated into believing Donald Trump, and his 70+ million supporters, are white supremacists, NAZI's, fascists, racists, and other absurd smears.
People like you rationalized your hatred for half of the country is warranted because the media keeps repeating the same discredited narratives day after day after day - for 4 long years
I believe that you believe President Trump is the most evil person to serve as President of the United States.
You are wrong to believe the hatred against President Trump has anything to do with their desperation to defeat Trump other than Trump poses a real threat to the Establishment's grift, corruption, and incompetence.
After reading through comments, I found one that solves this problem (sort of). If you scroll down through the listed articles, there is another copy of this one that is fully accessible to subscribers.
Thanks for being such a sensible journalist, unlike those numerous ass-kissers in our American media-circus who've been terrifying Americans for four years, just for ratings.
I'm just spitballing here but a party that would cheat against one of its own members wouldn't, in my opinion, hesitate to cheat against the other party.
There really needs to be a criminal investigation into the shady dealings of the DNC.
What goes unmentioned is the role he and his administration played in producing historic change in the mideast with the raproachmont among several Arab states and Israel. Matt also, maybe because he is predisposed to not trust the private sector, failed to mention the booming Trump economy pre-Covid, which was partially attributable to deregulation, tax policy and favorability to the energy industry. The last was not only good for the economy but changed the international landscape with our being a net exporter of hydrocarbons and not at the mercy of countries not necessarily favorably disposed to us. His new judges will have a lasting impact on jurisprudence and particularly with regard to an overweening administrative state. Finally the economic growth improved the incomes of the lowest quintiles at a higher percentage than those above in contrast to the Obama years where improvement was experienced virtually only in the highest decile.
All of these are true, but a lot of folks don't care about outcomes because they think everything is a big show. Folks on the left kept watching the show even though the hated the protagonist as they felt he was the villain. Republicans kept watching because they thought the protagonist was the hero.
Both sides are idiots. Trump was never the problem. The Republicans and Democrats who think everything is a big show are the problem. Total idiots are the way around. If somehow we could cull the Trump haters and Trump lovers our country would be a lot better.
The deregulation that trump had a hand in will only accelerate climate change. But it sounds like you’re cool with that. Anything “favorable” to the energy sector means unfavorable to anybody not involved with making money from un-renewable energy sources. Read: pretty much everybody. As far as “historic change in the Mideast” is concerned: wait until trump is out of office and see how quickly that changes. And “his new judges” will absolutely have a lasting impact, especially if you’re interested in regressive, conservative policy. Which, judging from your asinine comment, you are. Anybody interested in progressive policy and real change can pretty much throw in the towel for the next thirty years, as far as the courts are concerned.
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Trump will eventually be remembered as one of the greatest Presidents ever. He shifted the paradigm is an age that needed 'shifting'. Even accomplished and wildly successful entrepreneur Peter Thiel noted that, which is why he supported Trump. Trump dealt with and changed the way we think about China, NATO, immigration, manufacturing in the USA, foreign relations in general. While Europeans countries loathed him because they feared the USA would not be paying for their security going forward, other more prescient countries in Asia hailed and still hail him as the man who was needed to address bully China. Perhaps Trump's greatest legacy will the the courts; his three Supreme Court appointments, his two Fed Reserve appoints and hundreds of other federal judgeships left empty by an Obama Administration arrogant enough to leave them open thinking Hillary would walk into office. Hail to the Chief - Three cheers for the Chief!
A mundane and boring tech issue, but I've been a subscriber since Matt's inception on this platform. No matter what I do, I can't access the full version of this post. I've logged out, etc., but clicking on the link still doesn't display the entire version. Any suggestions?
Ok, scroll down on the list of articles and you'll see the subscriber only one. I missed it too - but why do they mix public and paywall articles for subscribers? It's a bad user experience.
Same problem for me
Same here.
Loved your take-down of the Democrats, but the idea that Trump did nothing truly destructive in his four years was astoundingly off-base. His thwarting of any effort to combat climate change has probably put the final nail in the coffin of the planet earth. Under a President Hillary Clinton, our march toward global catastrophe would doubtless have continued, but at a somewhat slower pace, and we would have had more time to come to our senses and save ourselves.
Marching toward global catastrophe “at a somewhat slower pace” is marching toward global catastrophe at a deadly pace. If we really cared about the climate crisis as a people, it couldn’t have come down to Clinton/Trump or Biden/Trump. The Obama admin increased fossil fuel production every year. Climate denialism in the face of catastrophe is truly baffling and destructive. Climate pandering and incrementalism in the face of catastrophe is also baffling and destructive. https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-121-climate-chaos-part-i-how-the-gap-between-liberal-rhetoric-policy-promotes-denialism
"Pay more taxes and stop eating meat to change the weather."
Thanks for the wit that makes Matt's erudition and insight so inimitably delightful: "Trump was tacky, had absurd hair, and his interests seemed limited to money and fake boobs."
Youre being myopic in my opinion; I think Trump will be judged by what he stood for (populistic-econo-nationalism; pro-America; anti-China in a nutshell) moreso than what he accomplished. I base my belief on the premise that there is worldwide battle between globalism & nationalism and figures like Trump will be lionized by the anti-globalist side, which will be the majority.
Perfection. This gets everything right - who Trump is/isn't as well as why they hate and fear him so much.
I cannot read past the excerpt but I have a paid subscription
This is a terrific essay and quite possibly the only worthwhile thing I've ever read about Trump.
You know nothing about President Trump that the Democrat-aligned media doesn't want you to know - you are brainwashed to hate a man you have no way of knowing.
The ease in which Democrat activists were able to poison the minds of so many Americans like you freaks the hell out of me.
People like you are convinced Hillary Clinton's use of a private server to conduct highly sensitive, and often top secret communications with world leaders, was not a crime.
People like you are convinced Donald Trump was a Russian asset, thereby a traitor to his country (Mueller Report found zero evidence of a crime.)
People like you were manipulated into believing Donald Trump, and his 70+ million supporters, are white supremacists, NAZI's, fascists, racists, and other absurd smears.
People like you rationalized your hatred for half of the country is warranted because the media keeps repeating the same discredited narratives day after day after day - for 4 long years
I believe that you believe President Trump is the most evil person to serve as President of the United States.
You are wrong to believe the hatred against President Trump has anything to do with their desperation to defeat Trump other than Trump poses a real threat to the Establishment's grift, corruption, and incompetence.
I wonder how many Trump supporters you have as subscribers. I'm one, but I don't take offense to the lunacy.
After reading through comments, I found one that solves this problem (sort of). If you scroll down through the listed articles, there is another copy of this one that is fully accessible to subscribers.
Whatever sorry payments API you have been sold is ineffective. Please fix this as I subscribed to read the remainder of such articles.
I can’t read the entire article and there is no contact ability in my account. Help!
Thanks for being such a sensible journalist, unlike those numerous ass-kissers in our American media-circus who've been terrifying Americans for four years, just for ratings.
Here's an interesting article detailing how the Democrats cheated Bernie in Iowa.
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/23/dnc-iowa-caucus-app-shadow/
I'm just spitballing here but a party that would cheat against one of its own members wouldn't, in my opinion, hesitate to cheat against the other party.
There really needs to be a criminal investigation into the shady dealings of the DNC.
Of course, there won't be anything.
But a boy can dream.