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Donald Trump could erase Obama's legacy almost as soon as he takes office
Business Insider ^ | 2016-12-04 | Pamela Engel

Posted on 12/04/2016 2:23:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

President-elect Donald Trump's victory on Election Day has put some of President Barack Obama's hallmark achievements in jeopardy.

Trump has come out strongly against almost all of the top initiatives Obama spent eight years working on — the Asia pivot, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, Obamacare, and the Iran nuclear deal — and they're fragile enough that Trump could reverse course fairly easily.

"You have an outsider president being replaced by the most outsider candidate ever elected," Ian Bremmer, a geopolitical analyst and president of the Eurasia Group, told Business Insider via email.

"There's nothing like one upsmanship, big league, to destroy your legacy."

Iran nuclear deal Trump has called the Iran deal one of "the worst deals ever made by any country in history" and threatened to rescind or renegotiate the agreement that gives Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbing its nuclear program.

"Trump has repeatedly slammed the deal as being a bad deal — the assumption is that he’s going to do something," Jonathan Schanzer, a Middle East expert who is a vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Business Insider after the election.

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Looks like the "pen and phone" thing is going to blow up in Obola's face.
1 posted on 12/04/2016 2:23:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump may turn out to be a Great Government Organizer.


2 posted on 12/04/2016 2:25:04 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good!


3 posted on 12/04/2016 2:25:27 PM PST by FES0844 (Gv)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Now obama will be the most dangerous...these final 50 days.


4 posted on 12/04/2016 2:25:38 PM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Executive Orders

CTRL+A

Right click

Select Delete


5 posted on 12/04/2016 2:25:57 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Donald Trump is Obama's legacy.
6 posted on 12/04/2016 2:26:16 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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THE ONLY WINNER !


7 posted on 12/04/2016 2:27:16 PM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And so he should, but... the entire ‘legacy’ make take a bit longer to undo.


8 posted on 12/04/2016 2:27:48 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“This is a big F’en deal”


9 posted on 12/04/2016 2:27:50 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump’s pencil has a very big eraser. Obama is freaking out. Good.


10 posted on 12/04/2016 2:28:11 PM PST by Sasparilla (I Am Not Tired Of Winning)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

11 posted on 12/04/2016 2:28:26 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Don’t take it too personally, Obama. He’s going after the legacies of all the other liberal presidents


12 posted on 12/04/2016 2:28:50 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This and the Supreme Court appointments more than justify Trump’s victory.


13 posted on 12/04/2016 2:29:00 PM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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Only BI would consider any Obama achievements


14 posted on 12/04/2016 2:29:03 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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So Obama’s legacy is mainly the executive orders he has written? Also the failed Obamacare. What a legacy. That will be erased in short order by Trump.


15 posted on 12/04/2016 2:29:13 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You can erase the legacy on day one, but the stench will linger for quite some time...


16 posted on 12/04/2016 2:29:42 PM PST by fhayek
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To: patro

Add some Bleachbit to that.


17 posted on 12/04/2016 2:32:22 PM PST by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not only erase it, but make it clear that for the last eight years there was a traitor regime in the White House.


18 posted on 12/04/2016 2:32:41 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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I have a dream of seeing Obola spend his twilight years as a resident of Club Gitmo.


19 posted on 12/04/2016 2:34:30 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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When your legacy depends heavily on executive orders, then yeah, they’re going to be erased.


20 posted on 12/04/2016 2:34:56 PM PST by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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