How do you think the world will view Trump's legacy?

I think his name will forever linked to stupidity. “You’re a trumpster!”
1000 years from now they’ll be saying it and having no idea where it originated.

I think it’s important to remember how you felt when GW Bush, the war criminal, was leaving office. What did you think his legacy would be? Would you have guessed that in a few short years, he’d be rehabilitated as a cute oil painter who gives hard candies to his friend Michelle Obama and dances on the Ellen Degeneres show?

They will view his legacy just as you might expect. I’m much more concerned with how they must now view Americans—ME. A 4 year running of the worst public relations disgrace since Caligula—and this in a supposed democracy? What else is there to conclude beyond ours as a land of slow witted, self deceiving, ill tempered and oafish hillbillies?

I expect in the longer term, he’ll be rewarded for making people welcome a return of psychopathic war-mongering neoliberals.

In the short term, he’ll be viewed as a embarrassing aberration who dishonoured the nation.

Either way, the political establishment will be more relieved that Sanders wasn’t the one to replace him, or to take advantage of popular anti-neoliberal sentiment back in 2016 or 2020.

As for a legacy. What have any of their legacies really been? At least for any remotely positive ones, I’d have to back to Johnson for any actual legacy.

Well how did I feel when GW was leaving office @hello32?

Elitist country clubs, overpriced hotels, ridiculous hair, embarrassing children…oh yeah, and he wrecked what used to be a pretty good country.

Busy boy.

That’s how you felt. It’s not hoq I felt. I didn’t feel much of anything. I was excited about the smart black guy coming in.

The “Grab ‘em by the pussy President.”

@Dutchess_III: “Well how did I feel when GW was leaving office @hello32?”

I have no idea. But I expect/hope that you had similar feelings about GW? Did you think that this monster’s image would be so quickly rehabilitated?

Similar to what?

Forget it. I thought we were talking about Trump’s potential legacy.

I never thought of Dubya as a monster. I just thought of him as an idiot.

Wow

I see the self proclaimed STABLE GENIUS true colors bleeding through & many now see him as the lowly con man that he truly is!!! IF he keeps his mouth SHUT, he might be able to repair some of what he has done; however, in his brief history, we’ve clearly seen that he has NO clue as to how to keep his mouth shut!!!

I saw Dubya as an ineffective, bumbling president, but he listened to counsel. I had no strong feelings about him at all. Not like the strong feelings I have for trump.

^ That’s disturbing.

As a warning of who they are dealing with.

A despot in power that could happen again unless better “requirements” with Psychological and background checks of behavior should be considered.

Thump’s idiopathic/sociopathic behavior started long ago and had gone unchecked far too long to be ignored.

At the least he should be Professionally and unbiased checked by a Psychiatrist for the rest of his life in order to protect everyone.

His legacy of violence, corruption, narcissim, are too great a threat to let him go freely.

That is the legacy that he has left one of doubt in leadership and most likely NEVER having a President who has the ONLY and Last word on any action.

Perhaps in the future the Presidents of the World will be only a “representative” that is a token figure in that they only deliver what had been “voted’ on in agreement before hand.

In short HE /She will not have all the power that Trump so casually banters about without consequence.

And he should have NO leadership position whatsoever because of it.

Correction: Narcissism

So comforting that people think Bush was just a harmless idiot, who only lied about weapons of mass destruction, started two major wars that lasted decades and led to the deaths of over a million people, destabilising an entire region for a generation leading to ISIS and a rise in global terrorism.

And introduced various authoritarian domestic measures and institutions that Obama and Trump later utilised for their own ends.

But orange man was ill-mannered and stupid, so he’s the truly evil one. Thank goodness we’ll return to normal politics and the world will be safe again.

All depends on hundreds or thousands shot and killed at state capitols this weekend. SMDH

Proud boys/right wing extremists are planning to hold hostage, with with guns and more, all 50 state capitol, if the House votes to impeach him this week.

@Tropical_Willie
Lets hope that the CIA and FBI are on it as we speak.
And I believe that they are!

So his Legacy he has left the US in far worse shape,mishandled the pandemic. approaching 400,000 dead,added to the crushing debt with the staggering tax cut for the wealthy, tried to over throw the Government, alienated every ally the US has.
Deregulated a bunch of pollution laws,many of which industry had no problem with.
Started a needless trade war.
Yeah the Trump presidency will be remembered for years to come as the biggest cluster fuck to ever hit the US.

A pathetic clown in the WH who had the Capitol Hill attacked by idiots.

The ultimate US renegade. Worse than Benedict Arnold.

@Tropical_Willie I have that same fear.

The way I see it, GW, like Trump was out of his depth, and like Trump, had no business being President. But the crucial difference between the 2 men is that Bush KNEW and recognized his limitations, and actually had the sense to seek council of those he deemed more astute. Unfortunately, his lifelong proclivity toward rich boy indolence and easy living ill suited him for discerning judgement regarding character. He could get away with it in Texas, a place where bad judgement is regarded as “tradition” and his reputation as “genius” thereby assured. Obama for me is a disappointment. He ran as a populist, and I believe he meant it. Given the option, he might have worked wonders. But he came to office with the country staring at the reality of economic catastrophe unparalleled in the history of the world. Thus confronted, he chose to play ball with those responsible for it all, and handed the very thieves the keys to the vault. That was as close to punishment the culprits were to see for the greatest crime prior to Trump to be visited on this country. It was an error nearly as inexcusable as it is unjust. But here’s the deal. Whatever is to be said regarding either Bush or Obama, they both remain men of honor unquestionably dedicated to the idea of the betterment of their country. In that respect, I am proud of them both. There’s no longer any need to repeat here what I think of Trump.

@stanleybmanly: “Whatever is to be said regarding either Bush or Obama, they both remain men of honor unquestionably dedicated to the idea of the betterment of their country.”

I have no idea what this means – or what it could mean.

I understand it Stanlymanly.