Barrack Obama. So his term as American president is slowly winding down.

Great statesman.

i thought he was dare i say..............

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.............................boring,

his press conferences would send you to sleep, maybe Donald will spice things up a bit

Terrible terrible president. One of the reasons people voted for Trump and all was not just because Hillary was a terrible candidate, but because they wanted Obama or anything like him out the fùcking door.

Worst things he did? The fact that a black lad became President should have put to bed or weakened a lot of racial tension in the U.S. Obama went on to deliberately blow that up (remember Trayvon Martin?) completely. Racial tensions are at an all time high and its partly due to Obama's "poor minority exploited by evil white guy" crap. .

Then you have the national debt at 20 trillion and the piss poor economic performance, Snowden and the NSA watching you **** to Japanese fart porn, Guantanamo still open, destructive and nasty free trade agreements, the further destabilization of the Middle East...could go on.

But hey, he was in a pub and he said Is feidir linn so that makes him a cool lad.

And he wasn't Bush Jr or Lyndon J so he's definitely not the worst president they've had.

pumpkin4life wrote: »

But hey, he was in a pub and he said Is feidir linn so that makes him a cool lad.

well in Ireland it does,

thank god Trump has no irish accentry...i really find it cringy when the irish start fawning over american presidents with the slightest connection to the old sod

I think he was a proper statesman and an excellent president, the only shame is that he served at a time when American politics is so utterly toxic.

If the Republican party had not devolved to a point where they traitorously put party before country no matter what the circumstances then he might have achieved great things, but unfortunately it did not matter what his goals or talents where, as a black democrat he was not going to be allowed to succeed.

I think in years to come Americans will hit rock bottom and look back with regret on the actions of their politicians over the past 8 years.

If he was a good president, Hillary Clinton would have won in a landslide imo.

He is leaving office with better approval ratings than the incoming POTUS which says it all. I preferred McCain in 2008, with my view being Obama would be a decent domestic President but would be a poor "Leader of the free world".

- He did oversee the termination of Osama Bin Laden, and the thawing of relations with Cuba.
- He was weak internationally. He was not a foreign policy president, and displayed little or no interest in foreign affairs. US influence and prestige declined under his watch. Iraq was abandoned prematurely for domestic reasons, creating a vacuum filled by ISIS. In terms of Libya he did not take charge, creating another power vacuum filled by jihadists. In terms of Syria he established "red lines" then did nothing when they were crossed. Basically, under Obama the US was an ineffective foe and an unreliable ally. US allies and enemies got the message, and Putin in particular has been encouraged by Obama's passivity.
- Domestically he did okay, well even. He introduced Obamacare, and the genie is out of the bottle. The Republicans cant roll things back to the way they were before - they might talk big about repealing Obamacare but even Republican voters just want Obamacare 1.1. Tweaks, not repeal.
- He delivers a far more prosperous US to his successor than he inherited from his predecessor. He was a Wall Street president though. I suppose they all are.

Basically, an okay President. Certainly far, far better than the clownshow that will replace him.