and the repubs were always happy to just be the opposition party it seems, as they (until trump) were never willing to fight for real.

Republicans pretty much just say whatever they have to say to keep their jobs and then either do nothing or the opposite

For now they pretend to be on Trump team because they don't really have a choice if they wanna get reelected I feel

yah I wouldn't put it past them to flip right back to the same old crap once trump is out.

well yeah, and for the record, you think democrats are being obstructionist? fucks sake, just wait til Republicans are the opposition party again

you'd think Obama got off light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uk4u9KJxwc

and see I've been sick of the 'god emperor' bullshit from day one.

yeah he's not hitler, and despite my disgust for his weakness toward jihadists, I can't use that alone to say he's even a net negative performer

but god damn, the regency references are nauseating

eh I feel you

I think him being in office buys time before things really go to shit, but

people hold him up high like he's going solve everything

because to my continual annoyance everyone just decides to forget Carrier

"Yes, I'll punish carrier for attempting to ship jobs to mexico"

proceeds to give them tax benefits and save zero jobs

a complete fucking scam

ah that's right

right leaning media only reported the first half as I recall

bending the knee to the red flag laws

so he got credit in public memory where nothing was really done

less than nothing. they got fucking tax credit for it

yea the new gun laws cropping up bother me

even NRA is bending for them it seems

however by some fucking bizarre circumstance, his very existence seems to have improved the situation in Korea, and Mexico's new government apparently wants to play ball on the topic of immigration

so not exactly going to pout over that

sheer contrast in attitude and image between Obama admin and Trump probably had a lot to do with that

something I will continue to rail about is the bizarre shutting down of talks with CUba

fucking **why?**

Haven't caught up on that one yet

A single phone call from Obama, and they legalize small private business

not fucking kidding

Trump gets in and shuts that line of communication down

for no other reason than "well Obama did it, I so have to undo it"

that's actually what made his first year and a half fucking inexcusable

dogmatic reversal of absolutely anything with Obama's name on it

good or bad

so I guess I answered my own question

seems like run of the mill politics uber alles decision making

reversing things because the predecessor did it doesn't automatically put things in the right direction but that's the popular mind at work

seems like having a once and future Caribbean trade port as an ally would be a positive thing, but what the fuck ever