r/FriendsofthePod:

u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Biden was thrown out of office in large part because EVERYONE hated his foreign policy in the Middle East. Trump comes in and just adds gasoline to the fire and gets our troops involved and instead of Genocide Don! its.both parties bad ‍️
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Yes because we all know that the two people Trump listens to is Schumer and Landsman. lol Forbid we hold Trump accountable for his unilateral decisions.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Trumpthe no new wars President. But Im sure hell dodge accountability for this as well, or it will become the Democrats fault for not finding a magical way of stopping him.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Shell fall in line. They always do. Or shell just whine on social media yet do nothing to sway her Republican colleagues (who have control of both the House and Senate) to do anything.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

The online right will go with whatever Trump does. Tulsi is a perfect example of this. She claimed to be very anti war, and now as DNI shes helping oversee the war! They all shift their beliefs based on their Leaders whims.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Domestically I say the Biden administration accomplished more (just dont get me started on his foreign policy). I disagree that people didnt turn away from him. The tea party rose to prominence, and they are now mainstream republicans in power.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

I would say that Obama turned out not to be the savior of the Democratic Party, and the reaction to his administration led to a right wing pivot in this country.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Again missing my point. Trump is unilaterally making this decision! He was elected as the President of peace. He completely abandoned that and has gone so much further than even Biden was willing in a few short months. I dont know how I can make it clearer who the blame should be with. Im saying there was no both sides for Biden. It was clearly all Genocide Joes fault, and he and Harris paid for it last November. There will not be the same reaction for Trump and republicans.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

The House Minority Leader released a statement criticizing Trumps actions as have other democratic lawmakers. I know its a comforting mantra to say both sides bad and both are just the same. And again, Im not defending anything, Im just pointing out how this helps Republicans avoid accountability by deflecting ALL the blame to democrats
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

You are missing my point. Trump is being protested for any number of reasons (Id say mainly ICE and immigration not what is happening in the Middle East). I am speaking in particular of foreign policy which is what this discussion is about. My main frustration is that Trump and Republicans avoid any accountability for their disastrous foreign policy decisions, on the other hand IMO it was the defining issue that collapsed Bidens presidency.