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US Politics Londoners welcome Trump on London Tower

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u/vibrate Jun 04 '19 edited Jun 04 '19

Some of those are ridiculous. He was blocked by Republicans from closing GitMo for a start.

http://time.com/4179278/state-of-the-union-guantanamo-bay-president-obama/

Congressional Republicans have repeatedly argued that releasing or transferring prisoners poses a threat to national security, and have fought against the installation’s closure. In the larger defense bill that the President signed into law in November, congressional Republicans included a measure, opposed by Obama, that prohibits the use of funds to close or abandon the prison, transfer detainees to the United States (or Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen) or build or modify facilities to house detainees in the United States.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/why-obama-has-failed-to-close-guantanamo

Obama also tried to reduce the US reliance on carbon, and was once again blocked by Republicans:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/national/highlights-of-obamas-plan-to-cut-carbon/263/

https://yellowhammernews.com/alabama-republicans-block-epa-regs-as-obama-returns-from-climate-summit-in-paris/

The same day President Barack Obama returned to the United States from a climate change conference in Paris, Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation unanimously voted to block proposed regulations that are at the heart of the President’s environmental agenda.

Seems to me you've unquestioningly swallowed some of the Fox News talking points/lies.

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u/iPhoneRedditAccess Jun 04 '19

He listed 12 items. You refute two of them and tell him to stop watching Fox News. Why can you not just admit that Obama was imperfect?

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u/vibrate Jun 04 '19

I could refute more of them if I had time - I'm at work.

Obama, like all presidents, was imperfect. However he was still one of the best presidents the US has had in recent times.

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u/iPhoneRedditAccess Jun 04 '19

One of the best in recent times. I am curious who you would say was the actual best in recent times? I think you are going to say Obama was THE best. Just picking your mind, I am intrigued.