[_mlbt]

There were also many factual comments and stories that cast the Biden administration in a negative light that got similarly flagged and downvoted to oblivion.

I think a lot of people don’t come here for politics and would like to filter some of the noise out.

[nathanaldensr]

That's exactly right. Many of us are "silent flaggers" because the second we attempt to mention this, the rabid knee-jerk reactions from those stuck in the left vs. right dichotomy will destroy one's karma.

[nh23423fefe]

i want nothing political here. its never interesting at all. the deranged want to inject politics everywhere

[CyberMacGyver]

It’s funny your comment history says otherwise. In fact you engage defensively about these posts when they support your political view. Seems like you flag content that doesn’t align with your views

0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43837358

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43823018

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499550

[nh23423fefe]

wrong but ok

[jacquesm]

The difference being that Biden wasn't actively trying to run the USA into the ground. Or worse.

[_mlbt]

No, Biden wasn't running anything at all. He was in severe cognitive decline the whole presidency. Shame on everyone involved with that elder abuse.

Whoever was in the shadows pulling the puppet strings however is another story...

[jacquesm]

Yes, you're right, this is so much better. /s

To be fair though: Biden should have stepped down halfway his term and handed the reins to Harris. That would have gotten the USA used to a woman as president and it might have saved a lot of misery. But we are where we are. Whoever voted for this grifter owns it wholly. Of course they'll all pretend they never had those yardsigns in the first place.

[_mlbt]

I see from your profile that you're from The Netherlands, so understand that the news you hear about Trump is not the whole story.

I'm not convinced that Harris would've been much better. She was given essentially one job: border Czar and she failed miserably at that. Although, I guess the open borders policy that encouraged unprecedented illegal immigration was intentional. and probably part of the greater globalist agenda. She is a DEI hire, chosen only because of her gender and skin color. Biden literally said he was going to choose a woman of color to be his vice president. Bear in mind that Harris was the first major Democrat candidate to be forced out of the primary, so she was not at all chosen on merit.

Despite what you hear, Trump is a much more popular president than Biden was here and he is mostly doing what people elected him to do. He's had a few missteps for sure, for example he needs to just release the Epstein files already and please stop talking shit about annexing Greenland and Canada. He also needs to stop licking Israel's boots so much. That being said, he's doing a fantastic job with securing the border, foreign policy (he's helped to secure several peace agreements... https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-where-donald-trump-has-he...), and so far the economy has been noticeably better than under Biden. Also, the way he handled the assassination attempt (that the media has done their best to memory hole) was incredible. He jumped up, blood dripping from his ear shouting fight, fight, fight! That picture of him with his fist raised and the secret service agents holding him back is just so powerful and iconic, just very Presidential. (https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/conte...)

He's also much more transparent than the previous administration. Biden would give extremely rare, short, scripted interviews with the press where he literally had maps of who to call on and what to reply back to their scripted questions. Even then, he would often botch the press interviews. In contrast, Trump gives frequent, lengthy, off the cuff unscripted interviews. He also, for good or for bad, posts frequently to social media with his real honest opinions and positions. People like that he has a certain air of authenticity about him. He's not the typical American politician that dances around questions and speaks only with perfect, politically correct, focus group tested language.

The news media in America is heavily biased towards the left and does everything they can to cast him in a negative light, so it is important to view everything you hear about him through that lens.

[jacquesm]

Please bookmark your comment and review it in six months time. If you dare.

[_mlbt]

Trump isn’t a perfect president by any means, but he is a massive improvement over Biden. Biden was the worst president of my lifetime and possibly the worst president our country has ever had.