Perot would have been better than either Bush or Clinton. NAFTA was the single greatest sell out of this country ever with the exception of granting MFN status to China.
And yes, Bush II did more harm to this country by dragging us into a middle east war in which we had no business than Johnson did with Vietnam, or at least similar.
We don’t need, and the Republic cannot survive, having an Empire.
Massive spending, debt, trade deals, global wage arbitrage, immigration, etc etc. Nothing ever gets fixed with r's and d's in charge, as per the plan.