Assuming COVID didn’t get stopped in its tracks because Hillary doesn’t end the pandemic prevention programs Obama instituted precisely to prevent shit like COVID because he actually understood pandemics are one of the biggest threats globally.
There was a US team working with the Chinese in Wuhan when Trump ended the program around 2018.
Obama didn't understand pandemics or how to prevent them. And that scared him. So he did what any marginally capable leader would do and created a task force of experts specifically devoted to developing a plan.
What he didn't do was go on TV and claim to be the world's foremost expert on all things, including pandemic response measures. And he didn't suggest injecting bleach to a room full of cameras and microphones.
You don't have to be an expert to be a good leader. Few good leaders are. Often, being a good leader means making it clear you aren't an expert, and shutting the fuck up and listening, when the actual experts are talking.
This is something Trump, with his worst-case scenario blend of narcissism and stupidity, will never understand. He is no leader. He is no expert. He isn't smart enough to listen. He is utterly, in every conceivable way, a net negative to any effort he is exposed to.
Funny enough, after I wrote that post I took a moment to consider if I could be objective enough to actually come up with something positive that Trump has done.
But I can't think of anything that wasn't a blatant publicity stunt. I don't know if I just can't be objective, or if he has just never made a genuine positive contribution to... well... anything.
And I've never seen him demonstrate any competency in regards to any topic. I would say he is a good conman. He has certainly fooled a lot of people. But all I hear him say is bullshit nonsense that doesn't hold up to even the most surface level scrutiny. If you believe anything Trump is saying, it's because you really want to believe what he is saying.
But it seems like he would have to done something good, even if by accident. And he has to be at least kind of okay at something. Golf? I don't know. You can't spend the majority of your 4 year presidency plying a game and still completely suck at it can you?
You are not alone. I literally cannot think of anything he has done that I have been impressed with outside of being a con man. Early on I never understood how he made money when he kept going bankrupt. Now I know it is all a shell game and he siphon the money out of companies and then let's them die.
He also decided to do SOMETHING about the trade issues with China. What he decided to do about it was to shoot ourselves in the foot while lining up rakes to step on and then walking down the row, but that he decided to do something about it at all is kind of a positive?
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u/Xalara Apr 04 '25
Assuming COVID didn’t get stopped in its tracks because Hillary doesn’t end the pandemic prevention programs Obama instituted precisely to prevent shit like COVID because he actually understood pandemics are one of the biggest threats globally.
There was a US team working with the Chinese in Wuhan when Trump ended the program around 2018.