I don't want my President to act like a dictator even if they're on "my side." Some things are more important than policy.
Obama understood this and respected the office. Trump took a fat dump on the office and I'm not sure if our country's values will ever recover from this race to the bottom.
At a bare minimum, he signed into law the NDAA of 2012, which authorized the government to ignore people's civil liberties in cases where they were suspected of terrorism. On that basis I do not personally agree that he respected the office.
This is apologetic liberal tactic to keep the status quo. US president is still the most powerful political position on the planet. They can do stuff you know.
Obama is not some good hearted hero who had his hands tied. He ran on pretty progressive campaign because it polled well and when he came to office he just did what his sponsors wanted - keep status quo.
It was keeping the money in pockets of billionaires and corporations while talking about promise of potential change by the most charismatic president ever.
>It was keeping the money in pockets of billionaires and corporations while talking about promise of potential change by the most charismatic president ever.
Are you talking about Obama or Trump?
> US president is still the most powerful political position on the planet. They can do stuff you know.
And this is why people don't trust republicans. They are all "checks and balances" and "Constitution" until the dictatorship they want is upon them.
Biden try to forgive student loans. The courts blocked him. They clearly cannot just "do stuff you know". Not without risk of impeachment for executive overreach.
To be clear Trump is also about keeping status quo. He is just much more blatantly corrupted so he will sell to highest bidder instead of honoring past allies/deals.
These limits of power were always Obamas excuse when he was supposed to push for something inconvinient. That was the narrative to not try too hard. When you start to look at what hes done… the small things, the mundane and the stuff he had clearly power over. It's not good. Biden was very different in that aspect.
Obama understood this and respected the office. Trump took a fat dump on the office and I'm not sure if our country's values will ever recover from this race to the bottom.