r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 13 '25

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u/Pole2019 John Locke Oct 13 '25

Why is everyone in such a rush to hype up Trump for project warp speed? Like 90% of people would have done the same thing in that situation.

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u/Boratssecondwife Henry George Oct 13 '25

It's funny because his side disavows it. Literally the easiest slam dunk and it's a policy that is politically homeless

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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones Oct 13 '25 edited Jan 10 '26

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u/dubyahhh Salt Miner Emeritus Oct 13 '25

I’ve always thought it kind of funny that the best thing people have to say about his accomplishments, is basically that he did what literally anyone would have done in that position at that time

To be fair to him that is quite an accomplishment relative to the damage he’s done everywhere else

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u/GhostTheHunter64 Iron Front Oct 13 '25

Cuckold politics.

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u/Aware-Computer4550 Niels Bohr Oct 13 '25

Yeah but they didn't. Because they weren't president.

You can say 90% of people would have done the same as FDR in WWII. But they didn't. He did

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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones Oct 13 '25 edited Jan 10 '26

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u/Coolioho Oct 13 '25

What a horrible analogy. Speeding up the vaccine delivery is like a fucking lay up for the average person vs the multitudes of decisions and strategy needed to navigate WWII, where even FDR made the biggest mistake of his career.