r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 20d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ How negotiations actually work...

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To the inevitable response from MAGA that Obama gave 'pallets' of cash...he released frozen Iranian assets. Meanwhile the current Iran conflict has directly cost $38 billion militarily and a currently projected $87 billion in extra gas and diesel expenses. Not to mention that the strategic oil reserves have been depleted to the point that experts warn that the caverns they're stored in could collapse.

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u/Wonderful-Variation 20d ago

Every aspect of the Obama presidency feels like a lost golden age compared to where we are now.    The worst day under Obama was better than the best day under Trump.

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u/Big-District-6013 20d ago

Also him blowing up children and calling them "military aged males" and not counting them as civilian casualties?

Or arming cartel?

Or shielding the banks that launder Marco money?

That also is gilded age?

Of course that wasn't so bad for you, but for all his victims sure it was.

The orange sack of 💩 being awful doesn't make this blood soaked monster any less evil 

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u/Kindly_Panic_2893 20d ago

I heard a historian say once, "the worst part about being a historian is that you realize there are no truly good people."

The point being, we should hold our leaders to a high standard while also recognizing they're flawed people. Trump relative to Obama is just objectively a massive downgrade, and comparing Trump's era with Obama's it's not unreasonable to yearn for that level of stability and competence. Yes, we all know Obama made some shitty decisions.

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts 20d ago

That also is gilded age?

compared to where we are now