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For a long time, I believed that, much like Harry S. Truman, George W. Bush would likely be viewed more positively once enough time had passed since his presidency, but I’m no longer sure. Truman played a significant role in establishing the Western firewall at the start of the Cold War, making it strong enough to withstand the Soviet Union. Thanks to Truman, global power dynamics evolved in a way that was very favorable for the U.S. and the rest of the West. Bush will be remembered as the president who took office when U.S. global power was at its peak but left office when the decline from that peak was undeniably underway-though the U.S. remains unquestionably the most significant single state in the world. Let's face it: the Iraq War was one of the worst foreign policy mistakes in history. The war did not achieve anything of significant positive value. It cost countless lives, permanently destabilized the region, and severely eroded the U.S.’s international and economic standing. The psychological hangover from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also revived the Republican Party's isolationist tendencies. Because the war on terror was taken too far, the process of healing from 9/11 never fully began. I have never demonized Bush; rather, I see him as a tragic figure. He was an idealistic president who meant well and tried hard. He accomplished some undeniably good things, especially in the fight against AIDS on a global scale, but his abilities and judgment ultimately were not up to the scale of the challenges he faced.
Ronald Reagan would be shaking his head rn about what his Make America Great Again slogan has come to and how presidents are too cowardish to fully talk against Vladmir
I do believe Reagan was a much better president, and a much more qualified person for the financial crisis, but Carter has a lot of unfair blame, the financial crisis was insane and I doubt most presidents could have handled it, but my favorite thing about Carter is that he refused to shoot a single bullet even when American lives had been lost, he would rather take the hit then continue a longer war that would kill more people, he had amazing morals, and was very much against war. He was a good man with good morals and not corrupt, just not fit for president with what they were facing.
He’s related to U.S Senator from Massachusetts Henry Cabot Lodge Also he is related to Theodore Frelinghuysen and TD and FDR. He’s also related to Bush sr and bush jr. He’s also related to Alexander Hamilton, Ulysses S. Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, James Madison, William Howard Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, and George Washington, And Thomas Jefferson.
