Curiosities
Barack Obama sure was something, right? Since new races are (possibly?) in transit in the US, everybody's on edge to see whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden will be the one to manage the world's most remarkable country for the following four years. One thing is without a doubt: he won't cause us to disregard how exquisite Obama was. Yet, for what reason do Americans believe him to be the best leader of their lifetime? How about we investigate.
The Age Impact
Indeed, we should not avoid the real issue here: we've as of now had 4 years of Trump. Before that 8 years of Obama, at that point 8 years of Hedge. So in case you're returning to the primary semi-OK President before Obama, we'd end up with Bill Clinton, which is as of now 20 years prior. Considering you don't begin casting a ballot before the age of 18 (and barely anybody thinks about legislative issues before the age of 18), there essentially hasn't been a genuine competitor for the title for anybody younger than 38. What's more, on the off chance that you think Obama is better than Clinton was (which you should, incidentally), that implies no competitors in case you're younger than 46. All we've had before that was George Shrub Sr. what's more, Ronald Reagan. Fundamentally, except if you've survived World War II, it's elusive a president that is equitably in the same class as Obama.
He Was Eloquent
While George Bush did manage to communicate on the level of the blue collar workers of America, Obama was the first to do it without making it sound like he was purposefully using easier words. If there’s anything we all miss from Obama, it’s his ability to speak for huge crowds and make sure that everyone understood what he was saying.
His First Lady
While Barack himself was a more than competent president, there really hasn’t been a First Lady quite like Michelle Obama. We no longer felt like we were watching the president’s wife, but we were actually involved in the lives of the Obama family. This made them appear very close to the people and improved their image of being regular people that go through the same motions as the American people.
His Policy
Despite it already having been revoked, something like Obamacare was a modern, progressive policy that not too many US presidents have achieved. While the Democratic presidents are usually a lot more progressive than the Republican ones, Obama was way ahead of the curve – even as a member of the more progressive party.
His Fight Against Income Inequality
Barack Obama made huge efforts to increase taxes on the higher incomes and using those new taxes to invest more in health care and reduce budget deficits. Contrary to what most leaders would do and raise taxes for everyone, Obama got the money where money was to be had. Lower income families barely noticed any changes under the Obama administration, while the wealthy and super rich paid more taxes – but nothing they couldn’t bear to miss.
Ending Wars
Obama (eventually) ended the war in Iraq, which was a war that led to next to nothing. Started under the Bush administration as a result of 9/11, the war in Iraq cost the lives to thousands of American soldiers. While we could technically also credit this to the Trump administration as they’ve greatly reduced military action abroad, Trump is a bigger fan of economic warfare than struggle through military means. In that sense, Obama still remains a bigger pacifist than his successor.
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