Topic on Talk:Donald Trump

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First of all, Norm's claim that " Trump was one of the better Presidents regarding keeping campaign promises" is not true at all. If you compare Obama's record:

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/?ruling=true

(47% kept, 23% broken)

...and then factor in the obstructionist Senate he had to deal with (compared to Trump, who had Republican majority in both Houses for his first two years and majority in the Senate for his whole term) I'd say just the opposite is true.

Also, I'd go so far as to say most of the promises Trump kept were controversial and NOT for the country's benefit, mostly a petty attempt to undo Obama's accomplishments. These include defunding Planned Parenthood, demanding more donations to NATO from other countries, tearing up the Iran Deal despite their adherence to it (violating it in the process), tearing up the Paris Agreement (so he and big industry were no longer bound by it), and limit immigration for no discernable reason.

Plus, the kept promise of prison reform that Norm mentioned meant expanding privately owned prisons, a clear attempt to profit from such controversial facilities.

In the end, his base will scream at the top of their lungs that "Trump did more in one year than Obama did in eight years!" but this only means he did more bad things in that amount of time.