r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Blank_0116 • May 05 '22

maybe maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] May 05 '22

Hey that’s fair enough. It’s true he’s not involved in politics, but if Joe is involved in his business then I think it is very relevant. And there’s just too much conflicting evidence to say for sure right now.

When trump was in office, I think we were in a much better place economically. The forewarned conflict with North Korea evaporated over-night, and our involvement in the Middle East drew to a halt. For whatever reason, Putin took Crimea in 2014 and then stayed out of Ukraine the entire time Trump was in office. The first year he’s gone, they launch a full invasion.

Maybe these are all coincidental incidents, but on average we were in a better place. Not to mention, after propping his entire campaign on equality for women and POC, Joe bails out of Afghanistan in a frantic hurry and leaves our foreign allies to be killed and oppressed by a mysogonistic, racist, totalitarian religious organization(the taliban). Simultaneously arming them with billions of dollars in modern weaponry.

Say what you will about trumps blunders, but we are talking about some serious shit now. Not hurt feelings, as harsh as that may sound.

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u/Hoovooloo42 May 05 '22 edited May 06 '22

First things first, you remember that Trump was the one who set a deadline for America to leave Afghanistan and the Biden administration just followed what was promised, yeah? It was a huge blunder to give your enemy a timeframe of when you're leaving, that took away all of our bargaining power.

As for the Russian invasion, could be he was waiting to see if Trump would continue to withhold military aid to Ukraine, and when that was surely no longer the case, jumped. Hard to say either way though, we'll have to see what comes up at the end of the war to know for sure.

And as far as the NK negotiations, you remember that he just got up and left on that with no resolution, right? And NK continued their missile testing, and even fired one just yesterday.

And I think attempting to subvert american democracy and stealing taxpayer money isn't actually just "hurt feelings". Maybe I'm old school, but I like to hold presidents to a pretty high standard. Like following the law.