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[–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

First, the waived fines for banks resulted in lower banking costs for consumers.

The correct punishment here was to send the employees involved in the scheme to jail, but the Obama administration set a precedent that bankers shouldn't be held responsible for their crimes, so instead they got fines. And those fines were waved because Trump is going along with the environment of regulatory capture.

Second, the national debt increased because of the pandemic, which was caused by China.

When Trump took office in January 2017, the national debt was about $20 Trillion. When COVID-19 first started blowing up in China in January 2020, the national debt was about $23.5 trillion. Under the Trump administration, national debt had increased significantly even before the pandemic, despite his claims of a strong economy. It has increased more, because of the pandemic, but it had also increased under his administration before the pandemic.

Third, the ban on bump stocks was not enforced, although this criticism remains valid. But it was done in response to school shootings.

I'm probably being pedantic here, because I think I know what you meant, but it was done in response to the outcry over the Paddock shooting, which wasn't a school shooting. This does highlight how this meme is really meant to appeal to conservatives, because it would mainly be conservatives that are upset over the bump stock ban.

Fourth, he built the fucking wall.

He...didn't though? You can reasonably blame political opposition here, but there are still only walls along sections of the southern border. He didn't "build the fucking wall", certainly not the one that he promised on the 2016 campaign trail.

Fifth, this is just dumb. He bowed down to Saudia Arabia? How? He didn't.

He ran cover for SA when it was discovered that they had assassinated and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi. Instead of being held responsible, the crown prince MBS was allowed to fade into the backdrop thanks to Trump. And then SA bought $8 billion worth of weapons from us, and Trump just let the brutal killing slide.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Fuck, I'd let a murderer slide for 8bn too.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great comment FEDI!