Ok, I see. Yes, that could have been worded better. I said I give a fuck that Biden is president, along with the 74 million people that voted for him.
I realize that most politicians lie. I have reserve no belief that Biden is somehow morally better. I can live with that. What I can live with is Trumps attempts(either accidental or otherwise) to trample all over the world's respect for the office of the president. The words coming out of a president's mouth when he's speaking during a crisis (covid), or discussing our economy(trade with China), or talking about the election(threatening to involve the supreme court and demanding vote counting stop) are all things that have consequences. Stock markets are listening, other world leaders are listening, other leaders in his political party are listening. Other presidents sound more slick in their lying because they're taking into account the consequences of what they're saying or about to say(there's a reason Obama spoke slowly). Trump doesn't care about any of that, he just thinks he gets to say whatever he wants and who cares how that impacts the world.
Let's be frank, the last 4 years was basically Trump giving the middle finger to a lot of people, I don't think there's much if any disagreement there. It would be good to recognize that a large part of this country not only accepts that behavior in a leader, but actively encourages it, the sheer number of Trump supporters support this idea. It would also be good to recognize that a leader doesn't have to fit into any certain mold, they don't have to play the nice guy to the rest of the world leaders. Have we forgotten that Trump's made immense progress with relations with North Korea as well as Israel and the Middle East. A large part of this is because other countries leaders respect strength in other leaders. Have we forgotten that Trump backed out of the Paris agreement? Yeah, the media ripped him apart for that, and if all you do is listen to the media that might piss you off. If you agree with is policy then maybe you think that was a great decision. I'm not talking about you specifically, but people in general, a lot of people supported that but the media will never allow that narrative to be pushed, all we get is Orange Man bad.
Believe it or not Trump is a very intelligent person, so was Obama, so was Bush Jr, so was Clinton, so was Bush Sr, and Reagen. Stupid people don't get elected president, I'll even make the case for Biden, he knew his job running for office was to shut the fuck up when he needed to shut the fuck up and let his people do their thing, He's also a politican with 47 years of experience, he knows how to talk to stupid people and tell them the bullshit they want to hear, if you're running for president that's the smart thing to do. On the flip side Trump knows his base, he knows he needs to grandstand and say the election is rigged, and the media is out to get him because that's his base and he caters to them.
I'll make my last point, successful people in general don't care what others think of them. There are caveats and exceptions to this (Trump actually really cares what people think about him, but he does a really good job of not letting it show). This is actually a very good quality in a leader because it allows them to make decisions without some irrational fear of basing that decision in part or whole of what people think about them. This allows the to make the best decision based on the circumstances and not feelings.
So Biden's your guy, great, he's a lot of people's guy. It would be good to realize that Trump isn't quite the monster you think he is and he's also a lot of other peoples guy for good reason.
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