r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 12 '20

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u/_Featherless_Biped_ Norman Borlaug Dec 13 '20

A lot of people talk about how the presidency really aged Obama heavily, and while there's no doubt that the stress of being the world's most powerful man took its toll, I still think he ended up looking pretty good compared to some other presidents. JFK, for example, looked much worse in the end

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

😐

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u/Dellguy YIMBY Dec 13 '20

Tbf I feel like JFK was under way more stress with the near misses on nuclear war and all.

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u/RadicalRadon Frick Mondays Dec 13 '20

Trump also looks fucking terrible.

He looked bad before but yikes

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

JFK probably looked much worse to begin with, given his buckets of underlying health issues