VIA 'I LOVE THE USA' - FROM FACEBOOK:
Five Ways Barack Obama’s Presidency Harmed America
"Listen, folks, when Barack Obama swaggered into the White House back in 2009, the media hailed him as some kind of messiah, the guy who was gonna fix everything with hope and change. But let’s cut through the nonsense what we got was eight years of policies that weakened our economy, emboldened our enemies, ballooned the debt, divided the nation, and shoved big government down our throats. It wasn’t just incompetence; it was a deliberate agenda that put America last. Here are five big ways his presidency did real damage, and don’t let the revisionist history fool you.
1. Wrecking the Economy with Socialist Schemes
Obama came in during a recession, sure, but instead of unleashing free-market solutions, he rammed through that trillion-dollar stimulus boondoggle, loaded with pork for his union buddies and green energy scams like Solyndra that went belly-up faster than you can say “taxpayer waste.” Unemployment stayed sky-high for years, and the so-called recovery was the weakest in modern history growth barely crawled along at 1-2% while regulations strangled small businesses. Then there’s Obamacare, that monstrosity that jacked up premiums, forced people off their plans, and turned healthcare into a bureaucratic nightmare. Millions lost their doctors, despite his famous lie: “If you like your plan, you can keep it.” It was all about control, folks, expanding government power at the expense of your wallet and your freedom.
2. Weakening America on the World Stage
Remember how Obama went around apologizing for America, bowing to foreign leaders, and drawing “red lines” in Syria that he never enforced? That emboldened tyrants everywhere. He pulled troops out of Iraq too soon, creating a vacuum that let ISIS rise up and slaughter innocents. The Iran deal? What a joke handing billions to the mullahs in Tehran so they could fund terrorism while pretending it stopped their nukes. And don’t get me started on the pivot to Asia that never pivoted, leaving China to build islands in the South China Sea and steal our jobs. His foreign policy was all talk, no action, making America look like a pushover and putting our troops and allies at risk. We paid the price with more chaos in the Middle East and a resurgent Russia under Putin.
3. Exploding the National Debt to Astronomical Levels
Under Obama, the national debt doubled yes, doubled from about $10 trillion to $20 trillion. He spent like a drunken sailor on shore leave, with deficits over a trillion bucks year after year in his first term. All that borrowing didn’t build lasting infrastructure; it funded failed experiments in big government, like bailing out banks and car companies that should’ve faced the music. Future generations are stuck with the bill, higher taxes, and inflation eating away at savings. And for what? A “recovery” that left millions underemployed or out of the workforce entirely. It was fiscal malpractice, plain and simple, prioritizing liberal pet projects over sound economics.
4. Dividing the Country with Identity Politics
Obama promised to unite us, but he did the opposite, stoking racial tensions and pitting Americans against each other. From Beer Summit nonsense to jumping into local issues like Ferguson and Trayvon Martin, he fanned the flames of division instead of calming them. His administration pushed radical social agendas, like forcing schools to let boys in girls’ bathrooms under the guise of transgender rights, and ramming through same-sex marriage without a real national debate. Immigration? He ignored the law with DACA, rewarding illegals while our borders stayed porous. All this identity politics garbage eroded trust in institutions, empowered the grievance industry, and set the stage for the cultural wars we’re still fighting. America became more fractured, not the post-racial paradise he sold us.
5. Assaulting Energy Independence and Job Creators
Obama declared war on American energy, killing the Keystone Pipeline to appease his environmentalist donors while propping up unreliable wind and solar with subsidies. Coal miners lost their livelihoods as regulations shut down plants, driving up energy costs for everyone. Remember the BP oil spill? His moratorium crippled Gulf Coast jobs. And for all the green hype, we still depended on foreign oil from unstable regimes. It was anti-growth extremism that hurt working families, especially in the heartland, and delayed the energy boom we finally got later. His climate obsession, like joining the Paris Accord, tied our hands while China and India polluted away. It was all about virtue-signaling over real prosperity.
There you have it the Obama years weren’t some golden age; they were a setback that America is still recovering from. His legacy? Bigger government, weaker security, deeper divisions, and a mountain of debt. If we don’t learn from this, we’ll keep repeating the mistakes.
Time to put America first again."
#Obama #Politics #Socialism #Marxist