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by Eupolemos 170 days ago
Do you have a good example?
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The two recent examples I can think of are the Gaza ceasefire, as well as the general concept (and not actual implementation) of re-industrializing the USA in the context of China's dominance.
"re-industrializing the USA"

Call me when the party starts. Many of the decisions this administration has made are having the opposite impact. The re-industrialization of the US (what little bit of it there is) is in spite of the trump administration, not because of it.

Well, people are still dying despite the ceasefire and the reindustrialization seems mostly to build data centers. What parts of these do you think are good?
Has there actually been a ceasefire in practice? People are still dying, guns are still being fired afaik. And the broader plan does not instill confidence with Tony Blair proposed as a technocratic leader of the area
I don't know. It's tragic but unfortunately not surprising there is still fighting.

My recollection is that during the early, and perhaps overly hopeful, days, left-leaning media avoided saying Trump's name when reporting on it.

Of course I have no sway, politically or otherwise, but I would have happily given credit to Trump where it was due if it panned out.

But Israel does not seem to have abided by the ceasefire, and the larger peace plan now feels like it's going to be stitch up for the Palestinian people.

It is definitely tragic

I tried to help them steelman this but the only couple examples of good things I could come up with, I’ve not seen liberals complain about. Hm. Coming up blank.
Does any leftist have an example of anything good Trump has done?
Not that I think he has the legal authority to do it, but I am not really opposed to dropping the penny.
The 2018 farm bill was at the top of my list. But they just repealed all the good they accidentally did with it so never mind.
Trump seems to be really into kei trucks all of a sudden, if he follows through with allowing their import that seems like it could be good