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 What did JFK do that was great? He tried and failed to invade Cuba. He set off the Cuban missile crisis and nearly started a nuclear war. Other than that, being charismatic, and getting assassinated….. 

 And Teddy Roosevelt…. Mostly he invaded other countries and made the US in to a colonial power. To his credit, his invasion of Cuba worked when JFKs didn’t. 

Trump got almost no legislation passed. Trump did fund lots of vaccine research and funding. He deserves some credit for that. But mostly it’s substance-less bluster. He’s got a very short attention span and seems like a narcissist. Now I don’t like his politics, so I’m glad he’s no Orban or Erdoğan, right wing leaders who are actually good at governing. I fear he will have the same permanent and dysfunctional effect on American politics that Perón had on Argentina. Through nationalism and strong man politics took a wealthy first world country and destroyed it. 

I honestly don’t get why people support Trump. Even if you’re right wing, loving his policies, don’t you want someone who’s honest or at least competent?