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Trump is destroying himself and he cant help it. 

If you insult enough people, eventually bad things happen to you. It would be nice if he had the respect and decency to talk to those he disagrees with in a professional and classy way. If you think that another person dumping on someone else is the proper way to handle yourself, even if that person bothers you well I guess you are a Trump fan.

He is a classless egotistical dope...

Does anyone know if that long winded, condescending dope, Obama is still preaching in Illinois ?  He should try helping the people in Chicago, instead of just running his mouth..................Evidently Obama didn't get the message the last time he hit the campaign trail.

All that talk and nothing but hot air comes out of his mouth............Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

At one point I thought my TV had frozen, during one of his famous pause and effect moments. 

Kind of like Trump. A lot like Trump, in fact. These f*cks are all the same. They are all trying to divide us and the same puppetmasters are pulling their strings. They say, "Trump, you go speak to this side, get them all riled up!" Then they turn to Obama, "We need you to gp speak to the other side, since you're party has no one else that can fulfill the duty, you go get them riled up!" I wouldn't be surprised if the are in the same room when they get their marching orders. If anyone doesn't see the parallels between Trump and Obama, they are blind.

I can't, in my relatively short voting experience, can't remember this level of soapboxing by a former president. It's because the party has no leadership. I'm sure Obama would rather be on a beach smoking a joint like any self-respecting fmr. POTUS but the party is in shambles so what do they do? "Let's cart Obama out there for another round." They'll never learn. If they can't find a candidate to speak to the people they'll never win another presidential election. Personally, I don't think Trump will make good on half of his campaign promises but atleast he made them. Meanwhile the democrats are still campaigning on "grab 'em by the p*ssy", in a matter of speaking. Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels, N-word tapes, pee pee tapes....RUSSIANS! The American people don't care and are getting tired of it.

Presidential “historians” rate President Obama highly.  Please tell me yur not serious.   Like asking Belicheck if Brady is GOAT.   Sadly, our country is so divided that the left actually believes he was a great president although by any measure the most serious problems facing our country outside of healthcare (education, gun control, immigration, racial/economic equality, debt, foreign policy) got significantly worse/were not addressed.

for those who think Obama did a great job on the economy please list 1 policy of his that resulted in this great economy and, in that light, please address the debt, which is far and away the most pressing issue.

Funny....very funny. How about some context?

How about the debt levels continuing "Trump style" when the economy isnt in crisis mode? The way we are using debt now is atrocious, not that debt is good at any time but when the economy isnt in a recession or recovering the theory is to eliminate debt and create a surplus not accelerate debt and whine about the FED raising interest rates.

You've made this point about Obama's name before and you sound like a fool. Christianity is a religion, not a nationality. There is no such thing as a "christian sounding name". What you're basically saying is that real christians only have European sounding names, which is ridiculous because Jesus Christ himself wasn't even European.

Now to brothers Slim and 165, if Obama deserves no credit, and Trump deserves all the credit, what is it exaxtly you think he did? A massive tax cut for the Uber rich? Trickle down economics? I am on record as loving his stance on the trade deficit and his belief that NAFTA is a bum deal. NAFTA being a bad deal is one of the first political stances I took, as a teen, when Clinton signed it. Actually, I don't even think I was a teen. Maybe 10 or so. And I knew it was a bad deal then. So i'm glad he is addressing it but I digress. The two of you being two of the people I respect most on this site, i'd like to hear what your take is on what Trump has done. Investor confidence in the stock market? That's a crock.

Biggest thing was deregulation.  Try building a factory in the Obama era, if everything went well you got approval in ten years.  Deregulation happened across all business avenues taking away paperwork but more importantly cutting time which is more valuable than money.  There was a sigh of relief when those stupid regulations were lifted.  This immediately made it more business friendly which in turns pumps more money into the economy and now big corps will invest into America.  Biggest reason you are seeing blue collar jobs increase to an all time high since 1984.

Middle class needs to buy things and not save their money or we fall into a recession.  Consumer confidence may be the biggest underlying current although it can't be measured in numbers, it drives everything.  The average Joe doesn't care what he hears, it's what he sees.  When the big corps got that tax break they gave raises to everyone, something nobody saw coming.  Walmart where my Mom works said they gave a two dollar raise and a $1000.  When they had their meeting most of the people were smiling thinking it was a joke, the manager said guys this is real.  They were in stunned disbelief, when you go from $10 to $12 an hour that is a massive difference.  Nobody feels like the economy is going to tank soon so people are much more willing to spend their money and the President drives this feeling.  When corps don't get breaks nobody gets raises.  

Here is all you need to know Stump, my Mom said at Walmart there are a lot of different ethnic groups and they talk politics very friendly at times.  Most people think Trump is doing a good job she said and these are people who voted for Hillary.  It's because of their raise Stump.  Consumer confidence is at an all time high because of the President.  

The trade War at this point has to be done, America has nothing to lose.  Yes prices will rise but we've been getting the butt end for so long it's time to bite the bullet.  Around the World nobody thinks America is a pushover anymore like with Obama.  When it's time to pay everyone pays.  When you go to the negotiating table America no longer bends over.  Man I wish we didn't have to talk about Obama but it is relevant.

You can say what you want but that GDP number last quarter cannot be denied by anyone.  President Trump is slowly changing peoples minds because of what they see.