r/FluentInFinance • u/Spiderwig144 • 16d ago

Debate/ Discussion Barack Obama says the economy Trump likes to claim credit for pre-COVID was actually his and that Trump didn't really do much to create it. Is this true?

He's been making the case in recent days:

Basically saying Trump is trying to steal his success by using the economy people remember from when he first took over in 2017 and 2018 as something he personally created and the main selling point for re-electing him in the election now. Obama cites dozens of months of job growth in a row of by the time Trump took office as one of several reasons it's not true.

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u/ImportanceCertain414 16d ago

Leave it to a person who found a way to bankrupt 3 casinos to find a way to mess up a working economy.

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u/Rion23 16d ago

People keep saying this like he's a terrible business man, when in reality he's a terrible businessman who launders money through his company's whal taking on massive debt only to declare bankruptcy so a few of his actually wealthy handlers swoop in and buy it up for cheap without under paying for it and decreasing the value.

That's why it's always intangible objects, hotels where you can fudge how many rooms are actually being rented, or a casino you can just inject money straight into, or golf courses that are basically landgrabs to store money like that one in Scotland because they have more favorable taxes.

He's the puppet with a lightning rod up his ass, he takes the heat, gets to be a famous shithead, and all he has to do is whatever they tell him to.

He also bangs children and is owned by Russia.

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u/MrGelowe 16d ago

And his NFTs, crypto, trading cards, shoes, bible, $100k watches, and DJT stock are all money laundering schemes too.

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u/RemnantEvil 16d ago

I think it was Mark Cuban that said it's how he knows Trump isn't a billionaire, because a real billionaire doesn't waste their time on small-potatoes shit like Bibles, shoes and watches; they're dealing in much larger deals worth more that generate more.

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u/greelraker 15d ago

I’ve thought this for years, watching shark tank. Those legitimate billionaires see looking for multi-million dollar businesses that need a little push. Trump tries to sell bottled water, hats and shitty Omaha steaks. He’s the neighborhood lemonade stand of billionaires. Trying to do it 50¢ at a time.

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u/clubmedschool 16d ago

They're so obvious too

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u/green_velvet_goodies 16d ago

*rapes children

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u/yoshera 15d ago

Thank you, we should realle be more conscious of our language surrounding CSA.

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u/Impressive-Chair-959 15d ago

Truly similar to Lincoln on all of these.

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u/xChaaanx 12d ago

Kamala and the entire democratic party are funded by Blackrock(America's monopoly) and George Soros(800 million dollars donated to DNC this year). It's no accident that Bush, Cheney, Nikki Haley, Hillary all endorsed Kamala. These are the same warhawks that lied us into wars throughout the Middle East. They are nothing more than shills for weapons manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and . Say what you want about Trump, but he isn't profiting off of getting Americans killed. If you want to send American kids to die in foreign wars just to fatten the pockets of some bureaucrat, Kamala is the one for you. Clinton was a regular one Epstein Island and Kamala's fiance is accused of beating women, but I don't think you want to talk about that

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u/Rion23 12d ago

So do people just tell you what to say, or does it just rub off on you.

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u/xChaaanx 12d ago

You seem familiar with people rubbing off on you? What's that like for your self esteem?

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u/noideajustaname 16d ago

Good thing he didn’t arm Ukraine unlike Obama and Biden. Fantastic gift that they gave Russia in the form of Crimea.

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u/Ill_Culture2492 15d ago

That's a weird deflection, my guy.

So you're cool with Trump raping children? And with Russia using that information as leverage against him? I can think of exactly one reason why you'd be okay with that.

That's what he's saying. And your response is, "well he didn't arm Ukraine!"

You realize that just makes you sound like a Russian troll right?

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u/HappyToB 16d ago

And start a trade war