BULLDOG
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From Trump's first presidential action of falsely declaring his inauguration was bigger than Obama's on through his current efforts to get the Supreme Court to end the Affordable Care Act, he has seemed obsessed with ending anything that might have had Obama's name associated with it. He ended agreements and policies seemingly for no other reason than they were associated with Obama. Trump behaved exactly like some ancient, petulant, Egyptian king who ordered his predecessor's name be removed from all the monuments in the kingdom so that predecessor's accomplishments wouldn't outshine his.
It will be our next president's responsibility to restore all those policies and agreements. Not because of some intent to restore Obama's legacy, but because those policies were good for America, and we need them. Since virtually everything Trump has done has at least partly been an effort to undo Obama's work, once that work is restored, there won't be much to point to when it comes to any accomplishments Trump might want to claim.
Don't worry about Trump being remembered though. We have always been able to depend on the honor and integrity of our president to not use our government for personal gain. Trump has shown that we can't depend on our president's personal good character to maintain the high standards we require from a president. No doubt there will be a list of new laws, that should be called The Trump Laws that will define the acceptable behavior of our presidents, and prevent the childish, lawless behavior of our most recent president.
It will be our next president's responsibility to restore all those policies and agreements. Not because of some intent to restore Obama's legacy, but because those policies were good for America, and we need them. Since virtually everything Trump has done has at least partly been an effort to undo Obama's work, once that work is restored, there won't be much to point to when it comes to any accomplishments Trump might want to claim.
Don't worry about Trump being remembered though. We have always been able to depend on the honor and integrity of our president to not use our government for personal gain. Trump has shown that we can't depend on our president's personal good character to maintain the high standards we require from a president. No doubt there will be a list of new laws, that should be called The Trump Laws that will define the acceptable behavior of our presidents, and prevent the childish, lawless behavior of our most recent president.