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It wasn't originally constitutionally required, but presidents who served two terms have traditionally followed George Washington's example and gotten false teeth.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That he bequeathed to Trump eight years later.

Trump inherited a growing economy. learn about economic momentum my guy.

... the data show a continuation of trends, not a dramatic shift. It suggests Trump didn’t build something new; rather he inherited a pretty good situation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/data-show-trump-didn-t-build-great-economy-he-inherited-n1237793

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay? You're referencing a GLOBAL event and attributing it to single person. If we're going down that path, I find it a strange that the stock market went to shit the same month Trump announced he was running for president [0] - Two can play the correlation is causation game. And even though the market eventually returned to something we might consider normal, it "... was still below the annualized returns of Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama" [1].

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/13/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-speech-eyewitness-memories

[1] https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-performance-under-president-donald-trump-dow-jones-sp500-2021-1-1029987163?op=1

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 1 points 1 year ago

That he bequeathed to Trump eight years later.

Okay? You’re referencing a GLOBAL event and attributing it to single person.

:-/