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0 pointsmotorest9mo ago0 comments

> But what would trump have done if he retained the presidency and lost congress?

Trump is blaming Biden for the obvious outcome of Trump's tarrif nonsense. What do you think Trump would have done?

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You have to be fair though, politicians always blame someone else and its usually the last person that was in charge.

How often do you hear any one politician claim the glory of a situation that they had nothing to do with? And when was the last time you actually heard a politician own their failing or apologize?

motorestOP9mo ago

> You have to be fair though, politicians always blame someone else and its usually the last person that was in charge.

I don't think this is a reasonable or informed take. It's quite obvious that the tarrif lunacy is single handedly causing an economic downturn. Trump himself has downplayed the relevance of this downturn with inane comments over how tarrifs would also be painful to the US economy. If you see a politician like Trump claiming both that tarrifs will be painful to the US and that the economic pain caused by Trump's tarrifs is blamed on whoever was there before him, you need to be massively disingenuous or naive to claim that "politicians always blame both sides". There is nothing normal about Trump's actions.

_heimdall9mo ago

My claim wasn't whether trump is responsible, of course his tariffs are having a very real impact. My point was that one should never expect a politician to admit that, at best they dodge claiming responsibility but more often than not they point at someone else, often the last person in office.

If you'd like to say my claim is uninformed that's fine, but I ask again for examples when a politician directly owned their failure or apologized for it.

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_heimdall9mo ago

You have to be fair though, politicians always blame someone else and its usually the last person that was in charge.

How often do you hear any one politician claim the glory of a situation that they had nothing to do with? And when was the last time you actually heard a politician own their failing or apologize?

motorestOP9mo ago

> You have to be fair though, politicians always blame someone else and its usually the last person that was in charge.

_heimdall9mo ago

If you'd like to say my claim is uninformed that's fine, but I ask again for examples when a politician directly owned their failure or apologized for it.

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