President Obama has had the chance to have people discussing him in the history books for the next 5,000 years. But, they won't. He will be no more than a footnote, first kinda' black president in US history, if you don't count Mr. Clinton.
If he had not run so hard with his socialist dogma, that simply isn't applicable in a republic, put his narcissism on the back burner, and cooperated with the people in the legislative branch, the way he is supposed to, we could have seen great things.
Nobody can tell me a single great thing that he accomplished in 8 years, because there is literally nothing.
It was a complete waste.
We are paying the price for that wasted time. Have I mentioned the 40% of my pay that it takes to enrole in health insurance that I am now forced to buy? It used to be 5%, three years ago. I can't afford to use it, but, hey, I haven't been fined, yet.
I miss the later half of the Reagan years, when you opened a newspaper and saw 3-6 pages of jobs for your trade. What Mr. Obama gave us is literally the same thing Mr. Carter gave us, and that Mr. Reagan stripped away, setting the economy free of the government. You can argue about how you didn't like Mr. Reagan, but, you can't argue those were good times to be a productive member of society.
Mr. Trump has his work cut out for him, but, his fingerprints are not on the current mess, as he is an outsider. He owes no political favors to outside forces, as he used his own money to get elected. He has had a whole lifetime to deal with the stink and corruption of various government agencies that put their mark on every aspect of business and trade, and with any luck, he is good and sick of it.
If anyone can put the US back in order, it should be him. But, I heard that said that about Mr. Obama, too.


Best,
Ted