No president has ever done such a poor job:
* Tried all he could to promote the elitist agenda against the brexit, and lost. EU is a failure and will be replaced by sensible trading agreements.
* "A record 94,708,000 Americans were not in the labor force in May -- 664,000 more than in April -- and the labor force participation rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 62.6 percent, near its 38-year low, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.
When President Obama took office in January 2009, 80,529,000 Americans were not participating in the labor force; since then, 14,179,000 Americans have left the workforce"
* taken the US troops out of Iraq and created a power vacuum, which has resulted in the rise of ISIS
* caused a nuclear arms race in the Middle East
* emboldened Putin to take Crimea
* emboldened Putin to weaken the US-backed fighters battling Assad, and allowing Assad to remain in power
* emboldened islamists to pursue a dirty bomb and increase terrorism
* emboldened Kim Jong-un and antagonize him to destabilize the region
* worsened relations with China, N. Korea and Russia
* has divided the American people more so than since before the US Civil War
While he wasn't destroying the world, he:
* campaigned 24 x 7, including his > $300K junket to the UK to convince the people to remain (Fail!)
* resettling thousands of Syrian refugees sneakily throughout the US against the wishes of the state's governors, none of which were resettled in DC
* spent more US taxpayer $ on travel than all US presidents combined
* played golf
* designated a LGBT landmark
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most of the things on this list are complex historical situations which developed over decades.
I would like for those who criticize Obama for such things, to suggest what could've been done to secure better results, and without reliance on the benefit of hindsight.
the POTUS isn't an omnipotent god, or even powerful dictator. you can't blame him for every bad thing in the world.
"Tried all he could to promote the elitist agenda against the brexit, and lost. EU is a failure and will be replaced by sensible trading agreements."
No it won't. In bizarro economics world where the brexit supporters live this is a good idea. In remain world where the rational people live brexit is an unmitigated disaster. I live in the UK and this is going to hurt us.
Oh well. Act in haste repent at leisure as they say.
How many more people have been possible for the labor force in those years? If you compare the labor force for different years, you must also include how big the relevant population was at each time.
Btw, how many American companies closed down and moved their production overseas to Asia between those years?
The nuclear arms race has been going on for decades.
Putin thinks he's much more powerful than the president of tiny USA.
Putin is backing up Assad; of course he wants the fighters battling him to be weakened.
* The price of popcorn is also higher now than when he took office. It must be Obama's fault!!!
* Oh, and Tuesdays come after Mondays; he's to blame for that too, surely.
Remind me; what was Dubbya doing when those planes went into the WTC?
-this was out of Obama's control. And had nothing to do with Obama.
-more and more baby boomers are retiring and leaving the work force. Again nothing to do with Obama's policies.
-the removal of troops from Iraq was decided well before Obama took office, and Dubya's policies destabilized the region.
-this has been happening for decades and made even worse by unnecessary wars caused by dubya.
-this was going to happen no matter who was in power.
-Obama can't control who Putin is going to back, and would happen no matter who was in power.
-again something that's been going on for decades and made worse by two unnecessary wars caused by dubya.
-the kims have been stirring shit for the past 60 years, out of Obama's control.
-relations with these countries have always been rocky no matter who is in power.
-I would say the conservative media has been dividing the country more than the president himself.
-don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
-this wasn't sneakily done, and states have to accept refugees.
-citation needed
-OMG he played Golf! Stop the fucking presses!
-the nerve of him recognizing an opressed minority in our country.
When President Obama took office in January 2009, 80,529,000 Americans were not participating in the labor force; since then, 14,179,000 Americans have left the workforce"
When Obama took office, the oldest "boomer" was 63; today the oldest "boomer" is 70. Think the retirement of the ton of people born in the late 1940's might have something to do with it? The unemployment rate has dropped from around 8% to 4.7%.
taken the US troops out of Iraq and created a power vacuum, which has resulted in the rise of ISIS
Putting US troops in Iraq was what created the power vacuum. US troops were never in power.
* What is "not sensible" about reducing tariff barriers and allowing freedom to trade? Do you know anything about trade agreements come about and how long it takes to make one? Or why a small country like Latvia or Belgium would waste tax revenue negotiating bilateral agreements with 27 other members when they can just use the one?
* Perhaps you should tell those baby boomers to stop retiring and get back to work.
* Oh look, the Iraqi army has just taken Fallujah from Daesh.
* How an arms race in the Middle East works when there is only one country in the region with nuclear weapons is anybody's guess.
* I note further down you are unhappy with worsening relations with Russia - how does opposing Putin's expansionist plans square with having good relations with Russia?
* Again, how does your complaint here square with your complaint that we don't have good relations with Russia?
* Show us your evidence. Show the CIA your evidence. I won't be holding my breath.
* How, exactly, has Kim been "emboldened," and how does this differ in any way from Kim Jong-Il's policies in relation to previous US administrations?
* I am old enough to remember when having wary relations with China, North Korea and Russia was seen as the sign of a strong president. Perhaps you blame Eisenhower for "emboldening" Castro to take Cuba? Or Nixon and Ford for "emboldening" the Vietcong and the Khmer Rouge to take Vietnam and Cambodia? Somehow I doubt it though.
* the people who most feel divided are still those who feel sorest that they lost the Civil War.
* he was in the UK less than 48 hours; hardly qualifies as 24x7.
* ... through a two-year clearing process, in tiny numbers compared to those accepted in Europe.
* Eisenhower played golf. Nixon played golf. Ford played golf. Reagan played golf. George HW Bush played golf. George W Bush played golf. But when Obama plays golf, suddenly the sky is falling on our heads.
* America's history is America's history, even the bits you don't like.
"No president has ever done such a poor job: "
*He turned an entire country into a recruiting station and training camp for terrorist who want to kill us, and he spent $trillion and stuck our children with the bill.
*He caused a depression that needed another 3 trillion to get out of, and stuck our children with that bill too.
*He's a nigger.
Oh, wait . . .
1 out of 3 at least.
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