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  1. You sure? Let's look at some real numbers added under each president from Reagan to Obama:

     

    Reagan - 1.86 trillion

     

    Bush 41 - 1.554 trillion (4 years)

     

    Clinton - 1.396 trillion

     

    Bush 43 - 5.849 trillion

     

    Obama - 9.321 trillion

     

    It should be noted that under Bush 43, he and congress had to respond to the 9/11 attacks on our economic system.

     

    It should also be noted, in fairness to all the presidents, that Congress holds the purse strings and does the actual spending. But the President has to sign the bills, so he also bears some responsibility. Obama bears a higher share of responsibility than the other presidents because the bulk of the spending under his watch resulted from legislation planned by he and Congressional Democrats well before the election, and once he was elected congress promptly passed the pre-planned spending bills and Obama rubber stamped them.

     

     

    As percentages of increase go, your figures are closer, though still incorrect.

     

    Reagan presided over a 186% increase

     

    Bush 41 a 54% increase

     

    Clinton a 32% increase

     

    Bush 43 a 101% increase

     

    Obama - Lots of different numbers out there, but it was in the area of 90 - 105%

     

    Of interest...FDR holds the record with a 1048% increase!!!

     

    Percentages are helpful, but the real issue is dollars that must be paid back. And Obama added more dollars to the debt than the last 43 presidents combined!!

     

    These are all real numbers that you are free to confirm.

     

     

     

    How dare you bring facts into this discussion? Facts aren't welcome around here.

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  2. Enough with the Trump bashing.Can we move on to something else.It's really getting old and it don't matter how much you don't like that he got elected ,he's in there.Move along ,move along..........It's like post after post after post bitching about Trump.Have a drink,take a pill,do something.Quit letting it consume your life.Take a deep breath and RELAX.....

     

    Trump bashing won't stop just like Obama bashing, Bush bashing, Clinton bashing, etc. never stopped while they were in office. It's what we do as Americans. Problem for Trump is he makes it too easy to bash him with all the stupid stuff he says.

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  3. I doubt if he remembers exactly what he said. If he actually said it, I also doubt that it was meant to be mean or cruel in any way.

     

    Having said that, all Trump had to do was make a statement saying he wasn't sure of the exact words he used but if he did say it then it wasn't meant to be cruel and apologize for any grief it may have caused the family. And then say he supports the troops and their families. This would then be a non-story.

     

    Unfortunately, Trump can never admit that anything he does is wrong and everything has to be a fight.

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  4. He clearly sided with those that don't believe in climate change in his campaign.

    He seems to be back peddling, as in he now believes it but the Americans got a raw deal.

    I believe he could not only shoot someone on the street and still be supported, he could open fire on a crowd killing dozens and still be supported.

     

    That's just silly.

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