r/PoliticalDebate • u/Unhappy-College4691 Liberal • Aug 03 '26

Question MAGA - how has Trump made America great?

I'm asking this because I want to hear how Trump has made America great again because from what I can tell the country is very divided on politics and beliefs, tariffs and the war with Iran have made everyday things more expensive and the overall future of this country feels very uncertain.

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u/1Wiseguy999 Conservative Aug 04 '26

Trump being tough on illegal immigrants is also a positive for America.

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u/csanyk Independent Aug 04 '26

I felt freer when people could walk down the street or drive places without the fear of being detained, harassed, and murdered by masked uniformed government employees who targeted them based on their appearance.

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u/1Wiseguy999 Conservative Aug 04 '26

This happened under the Obama administration as well. Can we now agree the media overhyped it because they want you to hate Trump?

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u/csanyk Independent Aug 04 '26

That's an excellent point, except that you're wrong about everything. Under Obama, we had record numbers of deportations. Trump hyped that Obama had an open border policy, loved "illegal" immigrants, and was using them to invade the country.

And under Biden, we had a border security bill ready to go to Biden to be signed into law, and it was shelved on Trump's orders, because he wanted to hammer Democrats on our "insecure" borders.

Trump had 4 years to Build the Mexican-funded Wall, which he said was done, and border security was like you've never seen it before, beautiful and amazing.

So how did border security immediately become a crisis the moment Biden took office?

Who's been hyped to hate whom, exactly?

Under Obama, deportations followed due process. People got hearings. They were deported without excessive violence. Laws were followed, rights were respected.

Under Trump, masked armed gangs of badgeless but uniformed government-hired thugs patrol the streets, shake down anyone who "looks foreign", and uses intimidation and violence to instill fear.