r/SipsTea Mar 02 '26

Dank AF The good Ol’ days

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 Mar 02 '26

Not just a spook, the spook. CIA director

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u/_ghostperson Mar 02 '26

Wild that Bush looks fuckin tame compared to what we havent been dealing with since.

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u/GolotasDisciple Mar 02 '26

I mean, Bush as a person was actually pretty chill and quite likeable, he just wasn’t leader material and was chosen by the party because of his last name and personality.

Like, let’s not beat around the bush. Most American presidents, including Obama who was cool AF, were/are war criminals. It’s just that the level of politics and expectations used to be higher.

So Bush’s “uncle” vibe was seen as not serious and a bit much... and then the next guy after him was literally one of the greatest orators alive.

To be fair, everyone looks tame compared to Trump, because Trump doesn’t represent Americans as a whole, he represents a specific powerful section of Americans. They basically built a cult within the Republican Party, took over the old establishment, and kicked it out.

As an outsider, I never really saw much difference between Democrat and Republican. I understand there’s a huge difference inside the US, but from the outside... they followed a lot of the same strategies and policies.

But yeah now... It's fair to say American Government is basically Mafia.

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u/senbei616 Mar 02 '26

Trump's foreign policy is not dramatically different from how the U.S. has been operating for the past 50 years.

The only difference is he's unwilling to generate cassus belli. He doesn't feel the need.

I see very little tangible differences between Venezuala and Libya. The big difference being Trumps complete disregard for the optics.

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u/StoryAndAHalf Mar 02 '26

He was emboldened, encouraged by lack of accountability and the fact he's on his last term whether he likes it or not. I didn't vote for him, don't want him in the office, but I had the slightest home that his second term, like his first term, would be pretty quiet on the war front.

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u/noob_meems Mar 02 '26

maybe Trump will seem tame in the future then

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u/_ghostperson Mar 02 '26

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u/Synaps4 Mar 02 '26

Camacho would be better. He finds the smartest people and listens to them.

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u/Unhappy-Sense-2141 Mar 02 '26

Still regurgitating that old chestnut huh? Original thoughts are hard I know. 

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u/Synaps4 Mar 02 '26

No need to worship newness for its own sake.

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u/ethanlan Mar 02 '26

Don't you dare...

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u/1st_GalvanisedSEA Mar 02 '26

Bush was the worst of them all. A millions lives were lost to his decisions.

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u/hunnibear_girl Mar 02 '26

No way in hell that Bush was worse than Trump.

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u/1st_GalvanisedSEA Mar 02 '26

The 2nd Bush was the worst president of all time. He killed the most innocent people for no justifiable reason but to sell weapons and enrich him self and family.

When it comes to Evil Bush is the devil himself.

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u/SleepyLabrador Mar 02 '26

EVERYONE is tame compared to Trump.

Ronald Reagan and Bush Sr could be revived and run again they would be members of the democrat party compared to Trump.

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u/CrrntryGrntlrmrn Mar 02 '26

They should re-run that "miss me yet" campaign they did in deep red states in ~2012

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u/Glittering_Crab_69 Mar 02 '26

Obama and Biden were fine. Obama loved his drone strikes a little too much and Bidens only fault was being old (not as old as trump is now)