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Comment by mullingitover

A few translations, as seen by a majority of the electorate:

> He built over 500 miles of crime-stopping wall

Mostly repaired the existing wall which accomplishes practically nothing about illegal immigration anyway

> raised tariffs on China

Started a trade war that ravaged the farm sector, resulting in costly bailouts

> didn't attack a new country

Partnered with Saudi dictatorship to escalate drone strikes, and abolished transparency around them, attempted to start war with Iran by brazenly assassinating a high-ranking official

> appointed decent judges

Packed the courts with unqualified ideologues

> appointed a wonderful person for the Department of Education

Appointed a person who ruthlessly fought against relief for student debt

> put an end to racist anti-American hate sessions at federal employers

Aggressively fought against improving race relations

> ditched the Paris Accord

Went back on a climate policy supported by 70% of voters

> stopped China from using NAFTA via Mexico

Used foreign bogeyman to distract from automation, which has eliminated far more jobs

> Just before that virus hit

Bungled the biggest crisis to hit the nation in decades

> got us to the lowest unemployment numbers in recorded history

Was born on third base and claimed he hit a triple

Overall the biggest signal that they've devolved into a personality cult was that the republican party was so overconfident, despite all signals to the contrary, that they had no platform whatsoever in the 2020 campaign.

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