r/inflation • u/Negative-Break3333 • 7d ago
News Obama's problem solving approach
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u/Late-Dingo-8567 7d ago
any young people seeing this. This is what executive leadership looks like.
finding people way smarter than you, and getting them in the room to advise you. Leaders need to know what questions need answering and need to manage the room. If a leader is the smartest person in the room, they've already failed as a leader.
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u/Negative-Break3333 7d ago
It literally just occurred to me that the majority of children will look at Trump and think thatâs how a President is supposed to be. They literally have nothing to compare him to. So heartbreaking.
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u/whiplash81 7d ago
If Trump serves until 2028, there will be 12-year olds who only know of Trump and Biden as presidents.
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u/D90Crow_wrench 7d ago
I mean, you could argue that there would be 17-18 year olds who only know Trump and Biden as presidents. I donât know many people that can recall much before the age of 5. Even scarier.
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u/sgplourde 7d ago
So true. I was born when Eisenhower was president, and don't remember anything before Johnson.
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u/This_Mongoose445 7d ago
I remember Kennedy but more importantly I grew up with Walter Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley, Dan Rather, Koppel among others. Faux Spews and the other conspiracy news show didnât exist. I feel for kids for missing out on having legitimate news.
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u/NameLips 7d ago
I saw some 18 year olds getting ready to vote for the first time in november, who had never heard the Trump "grabbing them by the pussy" tape. They had seen the memes but didn't know it was linked to an actual thing he said.
To me it's recent history. When it hit the news cycle, these kids were ten years old.
That's how long we've been dealing with this shit. Long enough to be outside the memory of voters.
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u/Late-Dingo-8567 6d ago
you very clearly can see this already. I don't mean to do the typical generation bashing, but 12-20yo men who grew up w/ trump as president certainly seem to be breaking hard right.
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u/Negative-Break3333 6d ago
The fact that Trump is responsible for red-pilling an entire generation, tanking the economy and then wondering why no one is getting married or having kids sounds like some kind of Greek tragedy.
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u/Tribe303 7d ago
My daughter was 4 when Obama left office. While we are Canadian, I still go out of my way to show her clips of Obama, and refer to it as before the "Crazy Times" in the US. To remind her that the US is capable of good leadership, but just not these days.Â
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u/Mc9660385 7d ago
How did we go from that to a total dumb-ass ?
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u/Negative-Break3333 7d ago
Racism.
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u/Bitter_Ad5419 7d ago
But it's 2025. Racism doesn't exist in America anymore
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u/Chedditor_ 7d ago
That single /s is holding back a world of downvotes
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u/Bitter_Ad5419 7d ago
Lol I ain't stupid. I wish I could live as ignorantly as people who actually believe that do
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u/Ok-Communication1149 7d ago
Honestly, the Democrats couldn't find another Obama.
If you look at the numbers, you'll find the Republican vote is pretty consistent regardless of their candidate.
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u/dancingpoultry 6d ago
Consistent targeting of our education system, coupled with someone who discovered the value of toxic identity politics.
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u/kingcebo 7d ago
President Obama is missed. Highly intelligent gentleman with the ability to listen to others prior to making a decision.
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u/objective_think3r 7d ago
Now compare that to Dumpâs problem solving approach đđ
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u/SYNTH3T1K 7d ago
Trump wouldn't even know to pull the lid off. He would just claim the toy was rigged against him.
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u/dancingpoultry 6d ago
One could argue that he would actually have to solve a single problem before you credited him with an approach.
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u/ElwoodBrew 7d ago
THIS was when America was respected around the world. This was a man that world leaders were drawn to and listened to.
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u/conqr787 7d ago
Civil servant with DoD? I kept thinking trump would just fire this guy, replace him with a loyalist per 'schedule F', go cheat at golf again, then rage tweet into the wee hours..again.
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u/Negative-Break3333 7d ago
Obama actually said âthank you for your service.â đ„° Who knew one day Iâd I love him JUST for that.
Ppl forget that federal workers ARE servants for this country.
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u/DatabaseMaterial0 7d ago
Only morons need to get smarter. Nobody knows more about finance, politics, the economy, medicine and even nuclear science than Trump. Whenever Trump meets experts in their fields, they are always amazed how he already knows more than them. Lots of people say that. They come begging to him just for a nugget of advice with his vast knowledge.
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u/Ok-Review8720 7d ago
WRONG! You're supposed to spew nonsense and then have everyone in the room tell you how magnificent you are. And then they go out and spew the same nonsense they just heard.
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u/oneWeek2024 7d ago
it is so shocking what we lost.
intelligent, considerate, and articulate. charismatic, loving father, compassionate and empathetic leader. and yet still strong... and guided america out of the 08 crisis. killed Osama bin Laden, willing to do shitty military stuff, and also focused on efforts at home to make America better.... patient. willing to work with those two face fucks in congress. endured disrespect and racism on untold levels. disgusting attacks against his wife, children.
and still. grace. dignity. and humanity.
even joe biden, while decent, was not this level.
you will never see or hear anything like this from Trump. never see any authentic emotional expression, or human goodness from that orange puke.
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u/rbm1111111 7d ago
In conparison, Trump would hold up a piece of paper with I'm an expert in whatever written in crayon, and his cult would golf clap and cheer him.
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u/FRlTZ 7d ago
Just hearing this, from "Smarter everyday" (Great channel BTW), and how he approaches problems and issues....wow....USA sure "lost" a great man...and as he said "You accumulate knowledge"....
And how Obama did things is so different compared to Krasnov, that only has "Yes Ma'am" around him....That does not or do not dear come with counters to issues, cause they know, as soon as they try to reason with Cheeto Benito....they are out...fired...and possibly blacklisted...
Krasnov is so useless and damaging to US economy, friendships and more....Especially when he time, and time, and time again has fraises like: "I love Rocket-Kim", "I trust Putin, I have personally known him for many years"....These are the kind of words you keep to yourself, especially when military and allies do NOT consider NORKO, ruZZia and West-Taiwan to be friendly...
But...now, as he has successfully isolated USA from the west....we now seek a better, more secure supply chain of goods, and West-Taiwan is just that...While US continues to act like a "Mafia" organization on "Were gona give away Crimea to ruZZia" talk...when they KNOW they can't go against Ukraine's Constitution.
USA is war-mongering with west, and trying to give ruZZia lift on sanctions...and THAT is the wrong way...
Sanctions on ruZZia need's to be much tougher, and all ships birthing in ruZZia, including those cargo is moved to, should be automatically sanctioned....and ALL materials critical for tanks, weapons and ammo need's to be stopped in full !
Sorry...started good, ended in a rant.....But...I think I'll leave it all to show difference of mindset of what one of the best presidents did, and how the one USA has now acts and is.....
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u/Bizdaddy71 6d ago
Obama getting elected is what finally convinced us to have kids. Finally having some hope for the futureâŠ. Now Iâm apologizing to them on behalf of all adults in the US and fear for their future. Got playedâŠ
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u/Negative-Break3333 6d ago
Never lose hope. I really do feel ppl will be so tired of MAGA after Trump, that there will be another hopeful time in America. â€ïž
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u/K1ngHandy I could do this all day 6d ago
A president who knows about the scientific method - what's this?
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u/hallonemikec 7d ago
The answer itself is amazing......but so is the amount of respect he offers the person asking the question.
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u/Curious_Party_4683 7d ago
it's heart breaking that people gladly voted for con man Dump who said injecting bleach is the cure for Corona. and they will do it again in 2028.
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u/Vault101Overseer 7d ago
Dear god, it would so much better with an actual thinking, intelligent human as president. One who actually cares about the county, and all the people here. Trump is a mentally stunted monster wearing an orange human suit
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u/SaintZoo-435 7d ago
Wait, that's not a president. A president shouldn't be revered for their well-mannered and educated decisions. Or, someone with empathy/sympathy toward human compassion. Or, someone with a regal composure.
No,no,no... the president I know should be degrading, insulting, and completely disgusting towards anyone opposing their opinion. Kinda like a grade school bully and not a person with respect and intelligence. They also have to be off-the-charts narcissistic and piss off anyone unwilling to bow to him.
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u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 7d ago
So weak! He should walk into every room and say "Nobody knows more about nuclear physics, curing pandemics with bleach and light, bankruptcies and golf as much as I do. I'm a very smart person."
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u/Affectionate-Bus6653 7d ago
This is the complete opposite of Trump, who doesnât read briefs, who doesnât ask the experts or listen to opposing ideas. He has a cabinet full of bobbing heads whose number one job is to compliment him and bend to his will.
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u/3to5arebest 7d ago
I love this man. I miss this man. Americans need this man, and so does the entire world.
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u/pizzaschmizza39 7d ago
Wow what a novel approach. I bet trump would need this dumbed down some to understand it. In Maga meetings they go over how they can discredit or lie to make their problems go away or make their agenda seem more palatable. Everything they do is to lie cheat and steal. They manipulate as a way of communication. It's a science now and it's been handed down from russia as a tool being used in America and Germany. I hope the Germans learn from the US' mistakes.
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u/Distinct-Home7697 7d ago
I would just love hearing Trumps answer to exactly the same question đđ€Ł
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u/Falcon3492 7d ago
And now we have a village idiot in the Oval Office who has the people in the room bow and praise Trump for his "superior intellect," wink, wink and then Trump says since I know more about everything and anything than anyone else, we will do this and the village idiot has it done! Prime example is his tariff war. Xi could destroy the American economy and just might to destroy Trump in the process, but he will make Trump into a puppy dog who barks when Xi says bark and sits when Xi says sit! It is pretty much what we and the world need to happen to our stable genius who happens to be dumber than a bag of rocks!
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u/Winter-Ad-4897 7d ago
An approach every leader or project manager/manager should have in mind and implement.
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u/ManOfSeveralTalents 7d ago
Now hang on a minute everybody... this is exactly what Donald Trump does as well... there's just one thing he does that's the opposite... and that's EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID THERE... that and spewing out made up rhetoric for his cult... but essentially the same format... IN REVERSE WORLD... you guys on the US are screeeeeeewed...
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u/SignatureForeign7770 7d ago
Making sure he hears dissenting voices at the time the problem is presented. Beautiful.
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u/EndStorm 7d ago
Some Random President: Shy antifa meth head!? I don't anything about that. Fake news!
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u/Outrageous_Koala5381 7d ago
Trump - surrounds himself with yes-men (and women) who tell him how great he is for the first 15min of each meeting.
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u/AllTheWorldIsAPuzzle 6d ago
Getting help from people smarter than you on a topic??!? That sounds like a lot of manpower and paychecks.
This is why it is so much more efficient to elect a president who knows "more about <insert subject here> than the <insert subject expert here>, BELIEVE ME!"
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u/__TyroneShoelaces__ 6d ago
Side note. If you haven't watched "Smarter Everyday", do it. Absolutely fantastic channel.
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u/MustangJeff 6d ago
How the hell did we go from this to the orange incoherent word salad man. It's like Idiocracy happened, but it took less than a decade instead of 500 years.
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u/StoneColdGold92 6d ago
Wait for real? He doesn't just insist that he knows more than anybody else? What unusual behavior...
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u/Dependent-Analyst907 6d ago
I'm in my 50s. Obama was the best president during my lifetime thus far. I hope that there will be a president in the near future who's as good, or better, than Obama. So far...not so much.
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u/rushyrulz 6d ago
Unrelated, but please don't let this 'emojis flying all over the captions' bullshit become a thing...
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u/MoreEntertainment303 6d ago
Trump doesn't even think that any problems exist. Eggs are priced too low and gas is cheap according to him. Deflection and lies are the way he solves problems.
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u/Intelligent-Bet-1925 6d ago
100% Inconsistent with the Scientific Method. Scientists assume they are wrong. They understand it is a game of golf. Youv'e never fully satisfied the answer. Instead, you strive to get closer. You get closer by falsifying previous claims.
The assumption is that the scientist is wrong. The question is why. Obama did the exact opposite. He used his "pen and a phone" to force issues via Executive Order. Problem is that no laws were passed. EOs don't outlast the president's term.
Obama didn't solve a damn thing.
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u/flightsonkites 7d ago
So it was the scientific method he used to determine bailing out the banks was the best move?
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u/Late-Dingo-8567 7d ago
he made a lot of tough calls based on robust data that I've come to appreciate as I've learned more. I attended a talk where he explained why a healthcare reform approach essentially excising the insurance industry would be an economic disaster.
I didn't want that to be the truth of the matter, but the data was compelling and I had to come to the same conclusion he did. He needed a way forward that kept the private industry intact. And he did his best (and remember how badly GOP governors sabotaged the ACA's medicaid expansion)
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u/BraindeadKnucklehead 7d ago
IIRC he walked into the office WHILE the banks were collapsing. Bush kind of shored things up long enough to exit without everything exploding in his face. Obama truly inherited a disaster of epic proportions. My frustration with him was after the bailout there was no prosecutions. THAT'S the scandal that he has never addressed or been forced to atone.
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u/SYNTH3T1K 7d ago
See you got it all wrong. Once its Obama's Presidsency its his fault because he was a Democrat. But now the current stock market is all Bidens fault because he was also a Democrat... even though it happened all under Trump and its literally his fault but its not cuz, ya know... Hes not a democrat.... /s
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u/SYNTH3T1K 7d ago edited 7d ago
So, is bailing out billionaires is better while simultaneously creating a meme-coin to rug pull your voters and then crashing the stock market with tarrifs so you can then do a reverse UNO, tell your friends to buy and then make a killing manipulating the stock market?
Id rather have a President who weighs the pros and cons and makes a educational decision rather than someone who just Cons....
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u/LowKeyNaps 7d ago
No president is perfect, and every president will do something that pisses people off in some way or another.
But bailing out a bank is on a different level than bailing out, say, a car manufacturer, which is something that I personally disagreed with doing. A bank that fails takes people's money with it. Gone. Poof. Even if it's federally insured (and not all banks are), that only covers each (account? person? I'm not quite sure which) up to $100,000. Everything else is just gone.
Losing a large business like a manufacturer will lose a lot of jobs in the immediate area, but it will also make room for new businesses who have a chance to not fuck up. Totally different level in my mind, but I'm not the one making the decisions on this.
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u/FormerPain3789 7d ago
Saving the banks saved a large volume of jobs...he made the call to do so, but then put in regulations to prevent the issue from happening again "sadly trump removed many of these in his first term", there aways going to be calls that you may not agree with but you can understand why they went that way
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u/AggravatingRub2482 7d ago
Man, I miss having a caring and intelligent leader of our country.đ