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What mark would you give Trump for his first 100 days?

What mark would you give Trump for his first 100 days?

  • A

    Votes: 7 8.4%

  • B

    Votes: 8 9.6%

  • C

    Votes: 15 18.1%

  • D

    Votes: 16 19.3%

  • F

    Votes: 32 38.6%

  • I thought there would be cake?

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • I was going to allow...

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • ...'+' and '-' grade (A+, A-)...

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • ...but I did not realize you can only...

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • ...have 10 options. Sorry.

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Total voters
    83
F is too generous. That's what he'd get for doing nothing. Stamping a big middle finger across the country deserves expulsion
 
Verax said:
I would have given him an F but he hasn't managed to start a nuclear war and he hasn't been impeached over Russia yet so I wanted to make sure there is still room to downgrade him because things can still get much, much worse even though this is as bad as a president has ever done.
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There's a lot of room between a 0 and a D- in most grading systems you know
 
Low D.

Honorable SCOTUS nomination, even though the nuclear means in which the senate passed him through was not.
 
This is in terms of accomplishment, not what I think about them:

Foreign Policy: B+ (Largely because he seems to have ceded responsibility to his Defense Secretary and NSC)

Economic Policy Agenda: F+ (He got a few of his executive orders in I guess, but even thats been bizarrely sluggish)

Judicial Policy Agenda: A (He did everything he wanted and it was never going to be pretty)

Social Policy Agenda: C (Rolled back some of the Obama EO's his social conservative base hates, but hasn't done much else to satiate that core base)

Public Relations: F+ (I think they've gotten a bit better but its still kind of outrageous, lol)
 
Bucky said:
Lets talk about the facts:

*Syria strikes
*Releasing U.S prisoner in Egypt
*TPP
*Supreme Court nomination
*Robust/Pragmatic foreign policy
*Recognizing/honoring the widow of the navel seal
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Failure to repeal and replace.
 
Rogue Valley said:
At 99 days in, Donald Trump is easily the absolutely worst president - Republican or Democrat - in my lifetime. He's an utter embarrassment.
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Agreed, and when it's all said and done he will go down as the worst president in history.
 
As a global warming denier who surrounds himself with even more deeply held denial and far right ideologues, he and his administration get an F from me. Most scientists will have the same opinion...
 
DA60 said:
What mark would you give Trump for his first 100 days?
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It's not easy to rate a president these days, particularly after only 100 days. The whole country has delved into extreme partisanship with the opposing party being the party of no. In this environment, no president can do much of anything. You should have had a poll which did not include Democrats or the left as it scews the results. They are 100% resistance. It's obvious that their rabid behavior does not make for a fair poll. Add to that that Trump was elected by voters because both parties despised him does not make for a fair poll either. The results are as expected.
 
Moderate Right said:
It's not easy to rate a president these days, particularly after only 100 days. The whole country has delved into extreme partisanship with the opposing party being the party of no. In this environment, no president can do much of anything. You should have had a poll which did not include Democrats or the left as it scews the results. They are 100% resistance. It's obvious that their rabid behavior does not make for a fair poll. Add to that that Trump was elected by voters because both parties despised him does not make for a fair poll either. The results are as expected.
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Yes the resistance is real. That's reality. No poll should ignore facts. No question which polls a population 100% governed by the president should exclude segments of the whole population. That's what would skew the poll.
 
For people who think because Trump didn't somehow fail to get the Supreme Court nominee through (was that realistically possible and even any real effort on Trump's part?!), or "did a few things OK", that's a strange way to rate someone.
Think of a balance sheet, bad stuff is red, good stuff is black.

You really added up all the red stuff, and those "one or two things trump didn't completely screw up after numerous tries", and this puts him in the black? I'd love to see that scorecard.

Republicans will use his legacy to get him to do legislation, he's part of the R establishment now and we all know that's the only way to go. That should piss off the faithful Trump anti-establishment folks...if they were reasonable. Of course it pisses off liberals and moderates, leaving die hard Republicans happy? I wonder.

slick said:
Imagine if Mrs. Clinton won, wow we would have either Barrack Obama or Eric Holder on the Supreme Court.
For that alone Trump has to be rated a B.
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You can't make this **** up.

So no matter how bad he is, or what he does, that it wasn't Clinton = B ("good").
I guess Trump was right when he said he could gun someone down and still be loved. Hey look, Trump WAS right about something.
 
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Based solely on the unhappiness of the Left, an A.
His presidency must be viewed and evaluated as a necessary correction of the disastrous drift Leftward.
 
Angel said:
Based solely on the unhappiness of the Left, an A.
His presidency must be viewed and evaluated as a necessary correction of the disastrous drift Leftward.
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Because that's all you got. You have nothing positive to point to.

Weak. And dumb.
 
Russell797 said:
Yes the resistance is real. That's reality. No poll should ignore facts. No question which polls a population 100% governed by the president should exclude segments of the whole population. That's what would skew the poll.
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So, you're saying that because Republicans had resistance to Obama, then Democrats should have resistance to Trump? Nothing but partisan politics. If another Republican had been the nominee and had beaten Hillary, there would still be resistance. Doesn't have anything to do with Trump. Our country has just degenerated into gridlocked extreme partisan politics with the minority party being the party of no. If a Democrat wins in 2020 then we just switch poles.
 
Angel said:
Based solely on the unhappiness of the Left, an A.
His presidency must be viewed and evaluated as a necessary correction of the disastrous drift Leftward.
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Never thought of it like that but you're right. The opposing side is the best way to rate a new president. Trump actually gets an A+.
 
radcen said:
But the thread is not about the left. The thread is about Trump, and all many can do in response to any criticism of Trump is, "But but but... Obama/the left! :2mad:"

Spare me. :roll:
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Common tactic used by those who only want to talk about one side of the line while completely ignoring the shortcomings of their side of the line.
 
Moderate Right said:
So, you're saying that because Republicans had resistance to Obama, then Democrats should have resistance to Trump? Nothing but partisan politics. If another Republican had been the nominee and had beaten Hillary, there would still be resistance. Doesn't have anything to do with Trump. Our country has just degenerated into gridlocked extreme partisan politics with the minority party being the party of no. If a Democrat wins in 2020 then we just switch poles.
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Funny how it started when the left put a black man in office. I know that was just coincidence of course. [emoji1]

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Truckstop said:
Funny how it started when the left put a black man in office. I know that was just coincidence of course. [emoji1]

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Maybe. Maybe not. Our country was getting more partisan even before Obama came along. Of course it has gotten even worse since but, like I said, that may or may not be coincidence. In fact, one could argue that Obama, right out of the gate, rammed through a partisan health care plan without a single Republican vote so, right off the bat, they were showing no compromise and the entire Obama administration was nothing but politically motivated, including Eric Holder and the Justice Department being politically liberal activists instead of enforcing the country's laws. In any event, the way out is for both sides to be more compromising. Democrats could have worked with Republicans to come up with a bipartisan plan to repeal and replace Obamacare but they were too partisan to even consider anything but fixing Obamacare with more liberal policies. When the first House plan failed Trump was so ticked off he talked about working with Democrats until both Pelosi and Schumer started yammering that any kind of repeal and replace at all was dead in the water and the only thing they would talk about was fixing Obamacare (with more liberal policies). So Trump said, "Screw you" and started working with Republicans again.
 
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Rogue Valley said:
Who are you crappin' lol? Trump is filling his swamp with multi-millionaire Goldman-Sachs elites.
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Would that be the same ones that hillary pandered to, receiving $675,000?
 
Angel said:
Based solely on the unhappiness of the Left, an A.
His presidency must be viewed and evaluated as a necessary correction of the disastrous drift Leftward.
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One of only a few posts making some sense out of the situation. It's obvious that the 21st century is off to the worst start
in this countries history. There are few presidents in our history who have lowered the bar to the extent that Bush the 2nd
& Obama have done, & the entire century was lead by those two. Compared to Bush #2 & Obama IMO Trump ought to be
put up on a pedestal.

1) He single handedly put an end to the disastrous possibility of either a Bush & Clinton dynasty, no easy task
2) He's almost stopped the destructive tolerance of illegal immigration policies of Bush & BO merely by enforcing laws on the books
3) His Supreme Court nominee put an end to the wet dream of Democrats. Favoring leftwing policy on Court rulings for decades.
4) His cabinet deserves an A a cabinet of stars, compared to the joke cabinets preceding his ascension to office.
5) His action today proved he is intent on putting up a great big 'STOP SIGN' against the scourge of Globalism
Lastly, he stands up steadfastly & almost toys with the media's full time assassination squad.
 
slick said:
One of only a few posts making some sense out of the situation. It's obvious that the 21st century is off to the worst start
in this countries history. There are few presidents in our history who have lowered the bar to the extent that Bush the 2nd
& Obama have done, & the entire century was lead by those two. Compared to Bush #2 & Obama IMO Trump ought to be
put up on a pedestal.

1) He single handedly put an end to the disastrous possibility of either a Bush & Clinton dynasty, no easy task
2) He's almost stopped the destructive tolerance of illegal immigration policies of Bush & BO merely by enforcing laws on the books
3) His Supreme Court nominee put an end to the wet dream of Democrats. Favoring leftwing policy on Court rulings for decades.
4) His cabinet deserves an A a cabinet of stars, compared to the joke cabinets preceding his ascension to office.
5) His action today proved he is intent on putting up a great big 'STOP SIGN' against the scourge of Globalism
Lastly, he stands up steadfastly & almost toys with the media's full time assassination squad.
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You really need a new hobby, imo.

FAST.

You are WAY over dramatizing things.
 
Mach said:
For people who think because Trump didn't somehow fail to get the Supreme Court nominee through (was that realistically possible and even any real effort on Trump's part?!), or "did a few things OK", that's a strange way to rate someone.
Think of a balance sheet, bad stuff is red, good stuff is black.

You really added up all the red stuff, and those "one or two things trump didn't completely screw up after numerous tries", and this puts him in the black? I'd love to see that scorecard.

Republicans will use his legacy to get him to do legislation, he's part of the R establishment now and we all know that's the only way to go. That should piss off the faithful Trump anti-establishment folks...if they were reasonable. Of course it pisses off liberals and moderates, leaving die hard Republicans happy? I wonder.



You can't make this **** up.

So no matter how bad he is, or what he does, that it wasn't Clinton = B ("good").
I guess Trump was right when he said he could gun someone down and still be loved. Hey look, Trump WAS right about something.
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I don't think you understand the thinking behind electing Trump. If Trump doesn't blow the world up, and does absolutely nothing, then the people who elected him, including me consider that a win. Trump was NOT Clinton, that's why most people voted for him. If he does something positive or keeps pissing on the media, then that's just gravy. I am gona give him a pass. He's surprised me, he's doing pretty darn good and actually trying to make good on his promises and good decisions for the most part. He is not perfect by any means, but for the most part he governing decently despite the **** storm. I think IF another Republican managed to win the election this same **** storm would be raging and I don't think they would have been able to handle it. There are some things he is doing I don't like, but to be honest in the grand scheme of things it could have been much worse. I give him a B. He could be better but considering I didn't expect much out of him he aint doing to badly. If he keeps up, and runs again I would consider giving him another shot at the white house.
 
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