post-truth mhaze,

Why on earth are you touting Trump as some kind of economic manager? His record shows he was anything but. Any gains that there made came directly from him increasing the budget deficit from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion.

The trade deficit he promise to bring down instead ballooned under Trump rising over 40%.

He was at best ordinary and at worst diabolical. Do you really think that Australia would welcome someone so economically inept?

That would be insane.

Hi Steele,

mhaze is a devout Trumpster, believing him to be the "New Messiah", with several other Trump sycophants on the forum, mhaze believes The dangerous Doctor Donald can do no wrong. If you searched America top to bottom, you couldn't find two greater clowns for President than Trump and Biden, that pair even make George Wobbleu look good!

Kudos mhaze. Thanks for the explanation and sticking to the point.

Kudos Armchair Critic.

I agree the debt continued to worsen significantly under Trump as it has done the last 4 US presidents.

"He was at best ordinary and at worst diabolical."
'I kind of agree with the 'at best ordinary' comment, in some ways.
I don't think one can argue he was diabolical, only if one were to believe all the lies and 'Hate Trump' narrative could one falsely entertain that idea.

Trump was ill prepared for what he was going to face with the Washington political class, and he surrounded himself with many people he shouldn't have.
Even though he was pushed towards wars he mostly resisted paths of escalation, to his credit. He even made a concerted effort to go sit down and talk to Kim Jung Un, and you don't see Biden going over to sit down and talk to Putin, but I think Trump might.

(Which is another reason why those against Trump can't allow him to become President, because they want the war in Ukraine against Russia to continue - as well as other neoconservative foreign policies)

Many of the bad things said about Trump were unfounded as well as many of the criminal charges and accusations against him were politically motivated, lawfare.

I think he was largely well meaning in wanting to try and fix many of the countries problems, but was often hamstrung by the Democrats and sometimes even by those in his government and party.

I don't think he was responsible for an 'Insurrection on Jan 6'
I think at worst he encouraged a semi-peaceful protest, (while legitimately questioning the results of the election).
It was the FBI that acted as provocateurs and encouraged protesters to enter the building

I didn't support all the things Trump did, in some ways he was a disappointment, failing to drain the swamp.
I said that I think he was 'at best ordinary' in some ways, but in many other ways he was actually really good, not being afraid to call things (or people) out the way he saw them and the constant attacks he faced.

"Do you really think that Australia would welcome someone so economically inept?"

I don't know if I like these kinds of statements anymore...
- That one single opinion - is representative of the entire country.

Let's face it:

Many people would be overjoyed if Trump came to Australia.
Many others would loathe his presence and the media circus.
And others probably couldn't care less whether he came here or not.

I don't think any one person or belief is representative of the entire country, any more than we all agree on the same topics and issues on this forum.