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For a direct comparison, look at Bush with 9/11. Our nation was attacked by terrorists, and no one blamed Bush for it. (In retrospect, he fucked things up by ignoring intelligence briefings, but we didn't know that at the time.) For a man who had been in office less than a year (and whose election was plagued with a contentious result), his approval rating boosted to the highest peak in recorded history. Bush behaved like a president should in a crisis.

His approval peaked again (though not nearly as high) when we invaded Iraq, because it was a sign of him projecting strength and showing America's perceived enemies that he would protect us. This is why Dems have been so terrified of Trump starting a war to try and get that rally-around-the-flag effect...because it has worked in the past. In fact, all of this led to the incumbent party scoring a rare victory in the 2002 midterm elections, gaining seats in both the House AND Senate. And then they did that AGAIN in 2004.

Bush knew how to respond to a crisis. Trump did not. All Trump cared about was the stock market numbers looking good, so he made a multitude of bad decisions that worsened then inevitable recession. It's his own fault that the recession happened, or at least happened to the degree at which we're suffering now. A competent leader could've at least spun that straw into copper, if not gold.

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