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DONALD TRUMP VS BARACK OBAMA

Donald Trump has been known to criticize Barack Obama.  Here is just one example by CNN on 20February2000:

Trump tweeted:  "Did you hear the latest con job?  President Obama is now trying to take credit for the Economic Boom taking place under the Trump Administration.  He had the WEAKEST recovery since the Great Depression, despite Zero Red Rate and MASSIVE quantitative easing.  NOW, best jobs numbers ever.  Had to rebuild our military, which was totally depleted.  Red Rate UP, taxes and regulations WAY DOWN.

What is the truth?

From Terri Carter:

The sentence I hear most from well-meaning, conservative friends since President Trump’s election is this: “We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.”


Fair enough. Let’s take a look.

The day Obama took office, the Dow closed at 7,949 points. Eight years later, the Dow had almost tripled, closing at 21,414.

General Motors and Chrysler were on the brink of bankruptcy, with Ford not far behind, and their failure, along with their supply chains, would have meant the loss of millions of jobs. Obama pushed through a controversial, $8o billion bailout to save the car industry. The U.S. car industry survived, started making money again, and the entire $80 billion was paid back, with interest.

While we remain vulnerable to lone-wolf attacks, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed a mass attack here since 9/11.

Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

He drew down the number of troops from 180,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan to just 15,000, and increased funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

He launched a program called Opening Doors which, since 2010, has led to a 47 percent decline in the number of homeless veterans.

He set a record 73 straight months of private-sector job growth.

Due to Obama’s regulatory policies, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 12%, production of renewable energy more than doubled, and our dependence on foreign oil was cut in half.

He signed The Lilly Ledbetter Act, making it easier for women to sue employers for unequal pay.

His Omnibus Public Lands Management Act designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, creating thousands of miles of trails and protecting over 1,000 miles of rivers.

He reduced the federal deficit from 9.8 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3.2 percent in 2016.

For all the inadequacies of the Affordable Care Act, we seem to have forgotten that, before the ACA, you could be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition and kids could not stay on their parents’ policies up to age 26.

Obama approved a $14.5 billion system to rebuild the levees in New Orleans.

All this, even as our own Mitch McConnell famously asserted that his singular mission would be to block anything President Obama tried to do.

While Obama failed on his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, that prison’s population decreased from 242 to around 50.

He expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research, supporting groundbreaking advancement in areas like spinal injury treatment and cancer.

Credit card companies can no longer charge hidden fees or raise interest rates without advance notice.

Most years, Obama threw a 4th of July party for military families. He held babies, played games with children, served barbecue, and led the singing of “Happy Birthday” to his daughter Malia, who was born on July 4.

Welfare spending is down: for every 100 poor families, just 24 receive cash assistance, compared with 64 in 1996.

Obama comforted families and communities following more than a dozen mass shootings. After Sandy Hook, he said, “The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.”

Yet, he never took away anyone’s guns.

He sang Amazing Grace, spontaneously, at the altar.

He was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two terms without personal or political scandal.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Obama was not perfect, as no man and no president is, and you can certainly disagree with his political ideologies. But to say we suffered?

If that’s the argument, if this is how we suffered for 8 years under Barack Obama, I have one wish: may we be so fortunate as to suffer 8 more exactly like it.

You can read the 20February2020 CNN article comparing the Trump economy to Obama's

Towards the end of Trump's reign on 22October2020, Business Insider compared the two, also adding George W. Bush.

Sometimes lies occur through exaggeration or misinformation.  Can't find anything particularly egregious about Obama dissing Trump.  However, here are 9 of the nastiest things Trump said about Obama.  Guess who lies more?
Has Trump ever praised Obama?  Well, during a Florida tour  at the end of 2021 with Bill O'Reilly, Trump said "I liked him," and added, Obama was "smart and sharp."  Trump also said, regarding the events of 6January201 Capitol riot, there was "love in the air".  Here are Trump's most epic gaffes.  And his dumbest moments in office.
Can't end with that, so watch this Great Communicator's one-liners.  The best of Ronald Reagan's humor.  However, in 1984 he joked on an audio check, we begin bombing in five minutes, leading the Soviet Union to invoke a Red Alert.  The film, Threads used this premise to start a world war that ends with the near annihilation of  humanity.  Most frightening film I have ever seen.  If you can find it, watch it.  Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100/92 ratings.

From the New York Times this morning:  The Dogs That Lived the Longest, by a Nose.  In short, small dogs with prominent noses live longer than bigger, flat-faced canines.

Breed                               Average Lifespan in Years
Lancanshire Heeler                          15.4
Papillon                                              14.5
Border Terrier                                   14.2
Lhasa Apso                                        14.0
Poodle                                                14.0
Irish Terrier                                       13.5
American Cocker Spaniel                13.3
Collie                                                 13.3
Dalmatian                                          13.2
Dachshund                                        13.2
Golden Retriever                              13.2
Irish Setter                                        12.9
Beagle                                               12.5
Chihuahua                                        11.8
Greyhound                                       11.4
Akita                                                 11.4
German Shepherd Dog                   11.3
Boxer                                              11.3
Great Dane                                      10.6
Bulldog                                             9.8
Bloodhound                                     9.3
Saint Bernard                                   9.3
Mastiff                                              9.0
Caucasian Shepherd                       5.4

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