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Dear God, I knew he was the worst already, but it seems every new thing I learn only makes it even worse.
I knew he was the proto-trump, but this is perhaps the Trumpiest thing I’ve heard yet.
He cut off funding to Israel after their illegal attacks on Palestinians.
And he thought the tax rates on the wealthiest should be higher than most modern Democrats do now.
Still a total shitshow of a president. But "the worst" is a stretch. I mean shit, trump hasn't been out of office 4 years yet. He was a lot worse than Reagan.
If we're only allowed to use trump as a comparison these days, Reagan wasn't that bad
But only comparing a president to trump isn't logical.
Ronny "trickle down economics" Reagan thought taxes should be higher on wealthy folks? Are you insane? The top tax bracket went from 70% at the start of his presidency to 28% by the time he left office. What Democrat have you heard calling to drop the top tax rate below 28%?
He was WORSE than "that bad". Have you ever heard of something called the Iran Contra scandal?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
And oh, by the way, he didn't defeat the USSR, Carter did. Funding the Taliban's war against the Soviet's started under his watch. Ronny just took credit for it.