Here is the Criteria:
1) Did they start a war , bomb a country or # one up? (Self defence if the USA or key ally is directly attacked does not count)
2) Did they leave the economy in a healthy state?
3)Did they leave the country united?
4) Did the country lose more freedoms?
5) Did the president follow the constitution?
6) Was the world left a safer place?
7) Did they do anything about illegal immigration?
Bush
1) Yes Iraq, Afghanistan
2) No he oversaw the worst economic crash in modern history and oversaw some of the biggest cronyism bailouts.
3) meh?
4) Yes, patriot act ect
5) No, toture and blacks prisons plus huge increase in privacy breach.
6) No, he trashed Iraq and left a massive power vacuum , his actions alienated many US allies and the US gained a reputation as a evil
aggressor.
7) no
Verdict: FAIL
Obama
1) Yes, bombed Libya into the stone age and helped destabilise Syria and Egypt. Plus his love of drones.....
2)no Economy is stagnant, oversaw the biggest increase in debt and a huge increase in wealth inequality
3) No, the country is hugely divided on social issues and race.
4)yes Continuation of patriot act, NSA spying and gun control
5)No (see above)
6) No, actions in middle east lead to the rise of ISIS and has ratcheted up tensions with russia to a level not seen since the cold war.
7) No
Verdict: FAIL
So Trump?
I will be judging him by these seven core standards over the next 4-8 years..........
edit on 17-1-2017 by crazyewok because: (no reason given)
edit on 17-1-2017 by crazyewok because: (no reason given)