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[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 129 points 11 months ago

Trump was the worst President in U.S. History.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago

I would say second-worst after Andrew Jackson. Hard to beat genocide in order to make a massive land grab.

[-] forrgott@lemm.ee 54 points 11 months ago

Personally, I'm very bitter about the completely awful effects of Reagan's tenure. Literally turned the office into a Hollywood act; you know damn well he wasn't calling the shots. He was there to draw people's attention.

[-] highenergyphysics@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

He also defunded 99% of American science to pour billions into a hole in Texas that never had a chance of working.

Ever notice how all major breakthroughs these days come from non-US scientists? The scene never recovered.

[-] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Hey! How dare you insult my ultra American underground particle physics NASCAR stadium!

Why don’t you just admit already that the Earnhardt boson would’ve been way cooler than the “Higgs”?

[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Materials science is pretty dominated by Americans. But that's just for radios and stealth tech.

[-] Mellibird@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Let's not forget the "war on drugs" as well. A lot of awful things came from the Reagan era.

[-] SapphironZA@lemmings.world 11 points 11 months ago

Not to mention that he changed economic policy to ensure the boomer generation will dominate all following generations.

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