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1787_1789 26 points ago +27 / -1

I think you're over looking some things here. While I agree that the progress made on the swap and the deep state has been largely stagnant, it is in-fact moving and one could make the argument that it was largely hampered by the Russian hoaxes and a Republican party that is somewhat spineless. Losing the House was also a big loss, setting things back years (this is why local elections and off election years are important).

That being said, he also smoothed things over with both North Korea and Russia, either of which we'd likely be in a full-scale war with had Hillary been elected, and are making inroads in our Cold War with China. Let's not also forget that Trump also finally started getting us out of the Middle East, and has assassinated at least two of the world's most dangerous terrorist leaders. ISIS has also been almost entirely eliminated and is all but forgotten domestically and has been for a while. Again, all under his watch and much of it directly impacted by his leadership. The EU has been shown to be a farce, along with the UN. We've strengthened relationships with our true allies who have reciprocated by reaffirming their support for the US. NATO has been renegotiated in our favor, we've ended our relationship with the WHO, exerted our dominance over the WTO, ended our or involvement with the Paris Climate Accord, and renegotiated the USMCO. On the global front, especially pre-panDEMic, we've been phenomenal and shouldn't be understated.

On the home-front, we are getting the wall finally built which is HUGE. As an Arizonan, I've heard A LOT of empty promises by a WIDE variety of politicians over the decades and Trump made it happen. He's reinforced ICE and Border Patrol, and has even gotten Mexico to use THEIR troops to defend US; I don't care who you are, that's fucking awesome. Border crossers are only part of the issue though, and on that front, I'll definitely agree with you that more needs to be done. Sanctuary Cities need to be abolished and I'm wondering if that might be a "Phase 2 (2nd Term)" initiative. I'll also concede that more deportations are absolutely necessary to restore the sanctity of our Republic and the prosperity of its lawful citizens therein. But, if there's any silver-lining as a result from this pandemic, Trump was able to PAUSE legal immigration for the time being in order to help restore the economic prosperity for OUR citizens FIRST. And they cherry on top of that historic sundae was that he got very little media blow-back as a result.

I won't go over too much of the economic stuff but I will say, he's brought hundreds of thousands of jobs back and, thanks to the WuFlu, has reaffirmed the necessity for the US to maintain its economic and manufacturing independence to the American people. This has caused a tidal wave of public support for both politicians AND corporations to get their act together and bring more jobs back home than ever before, and, at the very least, get the fuck our of China. Other issues paramount to the MAGA agrenda are still in the works, like Social Media, and the draining of the SWAMP but inroads ARE in-fact being made. More documents are coming to light than ever before, the Senate Judiciary Committee has some 50 witnesses that they've called in for questioning, AG Barr has initiated an investigation, and Social Media is finally being taken to task by just about everyone at the moment as a result of both the bias against Trump on Twitter AND his EO.

I can go on and on but I think you get the point, like a fat guy losing weight, you aren't going to be able to do it in one night which is apt since he didn't put it all on in one night either. America has been mistreated by THOUSANDS of willfully ignorant, criminally negligent, and outright corrupt politicians for decades, it's not all going to melt away overnight or even in a single term but have faith fellow pede, things are changing and much HAS changed for the better. This president has done more in almost 4 years than any politician in my lifetime, you can search the forums and find much of the same sentiment shared by countless users. Can more be done? Could more have been done already? Absolutely, we still have a long way to go and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone on here that would disagree with you on that, but hold strong, keep faith... these things will change in time. Don't get discouraged, its fine to keep the pressure up, to demand more, but don't overlook the good that has already come and keep your eyes on the prize!

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Awakened 8 points ago +8 / -0

Great work, pede! This was my favorite comment on this site so far.

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JaneYouIgnorantSlut -3 points ago +1 / -4

it's uplifting!

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JaneYouIgnorantSlut -3 points ago +1 / -4

username checks out