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Just watched the Boy Boy video on George Bushโ€™s Masterclass, and they made me think about which U.S. President was actually worse.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Wait... you think Trump didn't commit war crimes?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

With a few thousand victims. Bush put at least a million on the already staggering US death toll.

But he also created a new quality, with running Guantanamo as a torture prison camp.

If it wouldn't be for the military and economic power the US would be openly referred to as the shithole country it is on the international stage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think Trump did worse things than Bush did, but Trump's rise to power would have never happened without the actions of Bush Junior and Bush senior and Reagan, so for me it's kind of hard to say who did worse.