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“Well, I really like him. I think that he’s working very hard. He’s trying to rebuild our reputation throughout the world. I mean, we really have lost a lot of reputation in the world.”

...and Trump joins at least 75% of the country (including most Republican leaders) in wishing our new president well, just after the election.

“The previous administration was a total disaster, a total catastrophe.”

Anyone care to dispute that?

“And, you know, the world looks at us differently than they used to. And I think he’s trying to restore our reputation within the world. And he was handed a pretty bad deck of cards. I mean, he was given a pretty tough situation.”

Again, 75% of the country agreed at the time. Bush STUPIDLY thought he could turn Iraq into a Jeffersonian Democracy by sending in a few thousand voting booths. We got ISIS instead.

“And I’m not saying I agree with everything he’s doing.”

Good enough for this Trump supporter (and just about all the every other Trump supporter).

“I do agree with what they’re doing with the banks. Whether they fund them or nationalize them, it doesn’t matter, but you have to keep the banks going.”

He’s a goddam builder in New York City, of course he needs the banking system to stay alive.

“Beyond that, I’m not so sure I agree with it, because I…I am worried, ultimately, about inflation. If you take this much money and keep pouring it into the economy, I worry about what’s going to happen in two years with respect to not only interest rates, but inflation.” “

So far he’s wrong, but long-term he will be proven right.

Bottom line - not much here. Obama at that time was not president, the campaign never dealt with issues, NO ONE, except a few people here, believed he was a flaming Socialist. So find me ANYTHING like this from Trump from a year or more after Obama had been in office and then I might listen.