[notadoomer236]

Abraham accords. Isis. Tax cuts. Booming economy of 2018-2020. Remain in Mexico. Far lower illegal immigration. People remember the actions too.

“From my understanding, his past performance was terrible too”

Depends on what you focus on. If you listen to soundbites it sounds like a circus. There’s a lot of drama displacing and stepping on toes of the entrenched players in the system.

[ejstronge]

> ISIS

Are we remembering the same 2010s?

Also, all of what you’re quoting stemmed from the Obama era (except the moving of the US embassy)

[redeux]

Trump raised taxes on the middle class. The economy was substantially worse under Trump - he spoiled the opportunity Obama gave him. He killed a lot of people with his COVID response. Our debt and deficits spiked under Trump as he drained tax dollars into the wealthy’s pockets.

It’s not so much that people remember the actions, it’s that they remember the right’s white washing of those actions.

[LunaSea]

> Isis

Isis was already losing in 2017 after they lost Raqqa and Mosul. Trump played no part in it.

> Tax cuts

America is already stacked with an insane deficit and debts. Tax cuts don't see like a good thing in that situation.

> Booming economy

Yes, the economy he inherited from Obama and perpetuated by spending ever more public money and increasing the deficit.

> Remain in Mexico

This only concerns 35k people which is a laughable amount.

> Far lower illegal immigrantion

Not if you compare to the end of Bidens term.

We're also still waiting for that wall to happen. Another lie of course.

Republicans also voted against a bi-partisan bill to reduce immigration.

> If you listen to soundbites it sound like a circus

Fucking a pornstar while you're wife is at home with your newly born kid that might also play a role. But somehow the party of the nuclear family doesn't see a problem with that.

[notadoomer236]

I think you’re right on a lot of details here, but here’s a chart of illegal encounters over the past few years. It has boomed under the current admin.

The bipartisan bill would have allowed in two million people a year. It threw a few scraps to border control. Great bill to look like they’re doing something while intentionally allowing the situation to continue.

https://images.app.goo.gl/SFw49kHkssw1jtV37

[LunaSea]

The bill would have put a cap on immigration where there is no cap currently.

That would have been a net positive.

Don't let perfect be the enemy.