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It isn't possible when one candidate has zero redeeming qualities. Trump accomplished nothing other then undermining democracy, undermining trust in science, and stoking xenophobia. He didn't even accidentally do something right.
Despite his best efforts, he did actually leave office. That was the best thing he did his whole presidency.
No, he was removed from office. That isn't something he did, that was something that was done to him because he lost an election.
But he still left without military intervention
He didn't nuke California either!
What a ridiculous bar you are using for leaving office.
The bar of his presidential accomplishments was... Subterranean, so doing the bare minimum that was expected seemed like a major accomplishment.
I live in a blue county of a very red state, so I'm constantly surrounded by conservative nut jobs. It was a difficult decade plus of listening to all of the Obama hate then Trump praising. Bizzarro world was in full effect.
Apologies if I seem at all to be praising His Cheetoship, I wish nothing for him but a very long life in a very small cell, and hopefully the media can recover some sense of integrity.
Trying to overthrow the election and then not getting the military involved is not the bare minimum.
JFC
It wasn't easy but I found at least three small things I do appreciate about him. I think painting him as the antichrist is as helpful as declaring him as the second coming of Christ. Maybe it's too soon but some kind of outreach needs to occur or the desperation on each side will only increase.
That is stupid when the person being themselves is a piece of shit. Do you think Hitler being his genuine self is a positive?
He was also in favor of gun proliferation and he contradicted his opposition to bump stocks because his genuine self is trying to play both sides.
He also constantly undermined them by saying covid was a hoax and telling people they didn't need to wear masks or be vaccinated.
Your three things are all stupid and you are praising him for being a terrible person.
Maybe it's a doomed experiment but I think it's possible to praise an act but not praise the actor. I'm hoping small concessions can lead to common ground.
I'll actually amend my first bullet though since I believe Trump is a genuine liar (which is contradictory) and say instead I applaud that he committed us to leaving Afghanistan.