Has Trump done anything good in his second term?

[William Parcher]

Anything at all?

I like that he made incandescent light bulbs legal again. That's a about it for me.

 

[arthwollipot]

No.

/thread

 

[Athyrio]

Depends on the definition of "good", alternatively speaking.

 

[Dabop]

Could have stopped after the fifth word lol
(and like any question that has 'has trump' at the beginning- the answer is of course no lol)

 

[EHocking]

Anything at all?

I like that he made incandescent light bulbs legal again. That's an about it for me.

No, but he’s done a lot of things Right.

 

[Athyrio]

A few good things he did right here. He didn't put Bannon or the pinhead in a cabinet position and he didn't rehire Kellyanne Conway to be part of his Amazonion Guard.

That was good.

 

[Planigale]

He has been more active trying to bring peace in Gaza and Ukraine than Biden. I think that is more criticism of Biden than praise for Trump. Biden appeared very weak on Gaza, and I think that lost him support, which Harris was unable to regain as she couldn't call out Biden for being ineffective.

 

[Segnosaur]

Keep in mind that a president (and his administration) does a lot of stuff. 99.9% of what Trump does is wrong, but he may occasionally stumble on things that are, at least to some degree, "good". (Pardons given to deserving recipients, executive orders increasing pay in the military, etc.)

Of course a lot of that is just standard stuff that all presidents do (i.e. not something particularly praiseworthy even if it is overall "good".) Some of the stuff may be done not because trump thought it was a good idea but simply because he thought it "looked good"). Some of the stuff might be good even though it could have been done better.

Take for example the government investing in Covid vaccine research in his first term. Overall, that would be characterized as "good". Of course it wasn't particularly unique (governments all over the world were investing in vaccines), and probably any president would have done the same thing if they were in the same situation. And of course it certainly doesn't excuse all the other ways the Trump administration screwed up the covid-19 response.

 

[Segnosaur]

He has been more active trying to bring peace in Gaza and Ukraine than Biden. I think that is more criticism of Biden than praise for Trump. Biden appeared very weak on Gaza, and I think that lost him support, which Harris was unable to regain as she couldn't call out Biden for being ineffective.

Is he?

Remember, with regard to Gaza Trump has:
- Talked about displacing the palestinians in order to turn Gaza into some sort of vacation paradise
- Weapons sales to Israel have continued (including an almost $6 billion dollar announcement in September. See: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israe...ng-nearly-6-billion-weapons-israel-rcna232561)
There is some sort of US "Peace proposal" that the administration has announced but we will have to see if it actually goes anywhere.

As for Ukraine:
- Trump has pushed for capitulation on the part of Ukraine. (Ok, "peace" by giving in I guess is still peace, but not exactly fair.)
- A lot of the support for Ukraine is actually from Congress.

 

[Norman Alexander]

The only "good" thing Trump has done is survive. That alone has kept JD Maybelline, Thiel's bought-and-paid-for disciple and fawning sockpuppet, from the presidency.

Other than that, sweet ◊◊◊◊ all.

 

[Mojo]

There is some sort of US "Peace proposal" that the administration has announced but we will have to see if it actually goes anywhere.

Agreed between Trump and Netanyahu, and presented to Hamas along with an ultimatum and a final warning to everyone to get out of Gaza City.

 

[dellarte]

Checking in on the ‘seven un-endable wars’ Trump did (not) end

'US President Donald Trump all but nominated himself for the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, claiming in his address to the United Nations that he has “ended seven un-endable wars,” which “were raging, with countless thousands of people being killed."'

'And then of course there are the wars that were not happening when he claims to have ended them.'

No, but he’s done a lot of things Right.

Not enough Right to earn a place on Mount Rushmore.

 

[Dabop]

No, but he’s done a lot of things Right.

You could say he's done more Right, Far more Right, than any other US President ever in fact....
In the entire US history.....

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Abolished the penny. Should've been done a long time ago.
I can't think of anything besides that.

btw, this reminds me of when someone challenged trumpkins to list the good things he had done during his first term and next to none of them replied. Then a second thread was made that asked his opponents to list his achievements and it ran for pages and pages with lots of genuine accomplishments.

 

[Brainster]

He nominated Kevin Warsh, an inflation hawk, as next Fed chair. It had been widely expected that Trump would pick someone more willing to lower interest rates, and this resulted in the steep rise seen recently in prices for gold and silver, traditional inflation hedges. When the Warsh nomination was announced, gold and silver prices dropped--26% in the case of silver in just the first day (yesterday). I do hope the feds drop their baseless investigation of current Fed chair Jerome Powell, and there is room for some optimism on that score. Thom Tillis, a Republican senator from North Carolina, has announced that he will not vote to confirm Warsh unless the Powell probe is dropped. As Tillis is on the Senate Banking Committee, his opposition means the nomination cannot move forward.

 

[bruto]

I think the effort to lower credit-card interest rates has garnered a lot of bipartisan support.

 

[Resume]

He nominated Kevin Warsh, an inflation hawk, as next Fed chair. It had been widely expected that Trump would pick someone more willing to lower interest rates, and this resulted in the steep rise seen recently in prices for gold and silver, traditional inflation hedges. When the Warsh nomination was announced, gold and silver prices dropped--26% in the case of silver in just the first day (yesterday). I do hope the feds drop their baseless investigation of current Fed chair Jerome Powell, and there is room for some optimism on that score. Thom Tillis, a Republican senator from North Carolina, has announced that he will not vote to confirm Warsh unless the Powell probe is dropped. As Tillis is on the Senate Banking Committee, his opposition means the nomination cannot move forward.

Meh.

In 2002, Warsh married billionaire Jane Lauder, granddaughter of Estée Lauder with a net worth of $2.7 billion. Warsh’s father-in-law is billionaire Ronald Lauder, who was a classmate of Trump’s in the 1960s and later donated to Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 (he’s worth $5 billion as of Friday). Ronald Lauder is reportedly credited with spurring Trump’s interest in the U.S. buying Greenland.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Anything at all?

I like that he made incandescent light bulbs legal again. That's a about it for me.

Why?

 

[William Parcher]

Why?

I prefer them to the LED bulbs.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I prefer them to the LED bulbs.

Last time I needed to replace a bulb in a place I didn't want LEDs I went for a (not restricted by incandescent ban) halogen equivalent. Brighter and more energy efficient. What's not to like?