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Just watched the Boy Boy video on George Bush’s Masterclass, and they made me think about which U.S. President was actually worse.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a tough question, because trump did lead an attempted coups to overturn democracy, but I’d say Bush W. The forever wars cost so many lives, far more than were killed as a direct result of trump’s actions. While trump’s failure to lead during Covid cost many lives as well, I think the net death toll is still considerably lower compared to Iraq/Afghanistan. And all for oil at that, also not known to be amenable to healthy living.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Good thing Trump’s coup agaisnt Venezuela failed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol, oops, forgot about that one. It was truly a clown show of epic proportions. But to be clear I’m referring to Jan 6.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, just pointing out that it wasn’t Trump’s first time trying that. Just his first attempt of 2021