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Steve | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Doesn’t make sense to speculate, but if he gets elected and put a stop to the major conflicts the world faces, never mind some of the other initiatives he has in mind, the world may look at him very differently than we do in current times
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Nosnevets | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Agree. 

Still doesn't make him the best president to me🤷🏽

He still has already fucked with 2A (sure. Bump stocks. Who needs em? But... Why can't I? If it's dumb to care about having them isn't it dumb to care about not having them?) and that's a slippery slope. But even if he didn't mess with it further. It's he going to reverse what he had done? 

This is where you and I will have to agree to disagree because I admit, I'm an absurdist and am totally off the deep end often... 

But really the best president will be the one who says "I'm not doing shit🤷🏽 you handle it yourself. America has a government in name only now." 

But everything you're saying Trump " if he does" are great things. Yes. I agree. I just don't think that will sway me or many people into dating " the best" but getting people to say "great things he did! " Absolutely. No issue.
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Steve | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 While I’m sure Teddy Roosevelt was popular in his day, however, he was perceived is different today than it was back then because time yields perspective.

The same can presumably be said about Trump.
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Nosnevets | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's a good perspective.