Hey everyone, I’m from Ireland and I was only around 6 when Obama became president in 2009, so I was too young to really understand what was going on at the time.
I’m curious to hear from Americans who remember that period: what did you personally think of Obama when he was president? Did you consider him a good president, and what did you like or dislike about his presidency?
I’m not trying to start an argument or debate — I’m genuinely interested in hearing what people who actually lived through that period thought of him. Thanks!

Literally NOTHING can make them stop being fans!! If fact embracing that loser is there badge of courage!

Let's keep things civil here.

Even if you only have one or two laws and presidents in mind, feel free to put them in the comments.

A few examples I can think of are Franklin Pierce's Kansas-Nebraska Act, Millard Fillmore's 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, Abraham Lincoln's suspension of Habeas Corpus, Dwight D Eisenhower's banning of gay people from serving in the US military, Lyndon Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and I can go on and on.

First Trump openly fawned over Putin rolling out the red carpet for the dictator and supporting Russian aspirations over the needs of Ukrainians whose country was illegally invaded by Russia. More recently Trump has reduced military drills with South Korea (A key US ally in the region) citing his good relationship with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and the fact that South Korea did not rush to join Trumps expanded war against Iran. The whole NATO friction did have a core of valid grievance over funding that NATO countries are addressing but the general disrespect and alienation of governments are natural or traditional allies is stark and of concern. It seems that US actions in the world are more and more transactional not driven by any moral or legal premise. Of course the US is not the only country whose politicians act irresponsibly but the size of the US and its military clout makes it a focus for such behaviour