People Break Down The Differences Between Biden's First Year In Office And Trump's
At the start of Donald Trump's presidency, protests raged in response to a ban he ordered via executive order to seven Muslim-majority countries. At the start of Joe Biden's presidency, the nation was still reeling from the Capitol riot, which had happened just two weeks prior.
The country is currently in a remarkably divided time and political bonds have frayed further, charged with anger.
But the real question here is how did these two men do?
Opinions varied, which made us more excited to read them after Redditor HannibalGoddamnIt asked the online community:
"Dear Americans of Reddit, how do you find this first year of Biden's presidency compared to Trump's?"
"Instead of taxing the rich..."
"Well, there is pretty much one thing that's continuing to make me mad. It's that Biden lowered the threshold from $20,000 to $600 to get a 1099-K form."
"Instead of taxing the rich, they want to go after the gig economy (like door dash, or Uber) or small time eBay sellers to nickel and dime them to death. Most people using these platforms are doing so as a side gig to make enough money to support their families. So let's go after those people and not the billionaires, right Biden?"
ColtsFanNY
To which this person replied:
"Guess it's good for my local card shop. Before the change I could sell for 80-90% of market value through various platforms. After fees I'd come out ahead of my local stores trade in value."
"Now, taxes plus fees means I barely make more, and dealing with shipping and customer problems just isn't worth the hassle. Now I just trade in for straight cash."
Weasel_Boy
"During the first year..."
"During the first year of Trump’s administration the majority of news headlines were about Trump."
"During the first year of Biden’s administration the majority of news headlines were about Trump."
st11es
To which this person replied:
"It’s actually kind of scary because Biden has done some things that need to be brought up but it’s like a radio silence around him. Unless it’s about his pets."
Legeto
"At least 90% of people..."
"At least 90% of people couldn't even tell you 5 things that the president has done since taking office, let alone give a good opinion on a president's performance. For some reason everyone cares a lot about the election process, and then completely ignores what the elected president does beyond that point."
HellizBlazer
To which this person replied:
"To be fair, that’s partly the point of a republic: vote some people in to deal with these problems since we don’t have the time and most aren’t qualified/educated enough on every world problem."
"Still, people should actually learn what a president does and pay attention to what they do, not just what happens to occur while they are president; although, it’s probably more important to focus on congress members that represent you."
selfproclaimedtot
"He expanded..."
"He expanded Bears Ears National Monument and so that’s a plus. Besides that, not much to say."
jebhebmeb
To which this person replied:
"He's also gotten a ton of judges confirmed. When it comes time to evaluate all the racial gerrymandering bills from red states, that's gonna matter."
gsfgh
"The minimum wage..."
"The minimum wage was supposed to go up. Still waiting."
The_Sad_Whore
To which this person replied:
"Plus he promised to eliminate $10K in student debt immediately and then just…. Didn’t. With no explanation."
OOOOOOO
"Meanwhile..."
"Trumps first year was breaking news nearly every day about how awful and evil the man was and how he was destroying our democracy. I bought into it all. Looking back, policy-wise, his first year was pretty basic and may have been good for our country. Optics wise, his presidency was a dumpster fire."
"Meanwhile, Biden’s first year has been the opposite. His policies are terrible. The country seems to actually be worse off than it was when trump left (this of course could be trumps fault to some extent, although Biden did campaign on how the buck stops with him). Meanwhile he gets handled with kid gloves by the media, for the most part."
IAmANobodyMA
To which this person replied:
"The Biden administration is quickly becoming a disaster. It's as if they are intentionally trying to make things worse. They are not held accountable by the majority of the news media - the same news media who knowingly lied about the Trump administration. A lot of folks are turning on the Democratic party, so the midterms should be interesting."
dee_berg
"He's managed..."
"He managed to make it a whole year without committing obstruction of justice, so that's a positive."
grombleduke
To which this person replied:
"The bar is so low."
sacrificialfck
"I feel like..."
"Is one year really long enough to see any true outcomes of changes though?"
"I feel like, if we think about it, a lot of changes that are put in place during a president’s time in office take years to make some kind of difference and then the current president gets blamed for consequences of some previous leader’s actions/decisions."
courtenax
To which this person replied:
"Is 4 years even enough either? How much can an administration even get done in that time? The other world leaders just laugh and wait it out for the next president."
BarrettBuilt
"The cost..."
"The cost of living part hit us all really hard. People who I knew were well off got slammed hard. Everyone is really struggling now. Meat prices are awful and so is gas. Groceries are looking the same as my truck payment now."
CuriousWrangler
To which this person replied:
"Where I live gas has gone from a 4 year low of $1.12/gal to a current $3.10/gal. Supply didn't shrink, so I can only assume lockdowns affected refining and distribution."
Wundei
"I just wanted..."
"I just wanted a return to the normal problems of government, not having to worry so much about itchy trigger fingers, massive grifting/corruption, gross incompetence, and boorish performances."
"So I guess I got what I wanted. Do I wish Biden were better? Yeah, of course. But given the state of politics in Congress, I didn't expect much."
thenextvinnie
To which this person replied:
"So good that I can go back to ignoring the White House."
Singlewomanspot
And there you have it. Many of the discussions were conducted in good spirits.
Sure, a few disagreed and some were perhaps harsher than others.
That said, there is no denying that much needs to change in the United States before it can be whole again.
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Tom Brady Makes Shady Dig At Trump's Election Lies During White House Super Bowl Event
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden invited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win earlier this year. The tradition would normally have been relatively uneventful in a year like 2021, except for some comments made by Tom Brady.
Brady was an obsession for former President Donald Trump. Seeing the athlete visit Biden in the White House is speculated to be a personal nightmare for the former President.
However Trump felt about the visit, it's sure to be worse when Brady made this joke:
Brady: Not a lot of people think we could’ve won. In fact, I think about 40% of the people still don’t think we won… https://t.co/n8yBEFhbeY— Acyn (@Acyn) 1626796724.0
Brady also made fun of the bad nicknames Trump tends to come up with.
President Biden praised the team for their win and called the team an example that it's "never too late to come together and achieve extraordinary things." He also used the opportunity to recommend people get vaccinated.
The whole situation struck the internet funny.
Who's in charge of making sure Trump sees this? Can we get the clip on a show that he hate watches? Something on CN… https://t.co/6wK8Kfv3sP— Jon Favreau (@Jon Favreau) 1626815530.0
Gotta confess. Didn’t have Tom Brady trolling Donald Trump at the White House on my July bingo card.— Dan Rather (@Dan Rather) 1626810622.0
@SusanIsSicOfGOP @Buccaneers @POTUS I thought the same thing!— JangoFett (@JangoFett) 1626821095.0
Who knew Tom Brady had jokes?! https://t.co/N5dOEO8uaV— Doc King-Lewis (@Doc King-Lewis) 1626841117.0
The Buc's visit marks the first time a Super Bowl champion team has visited the White House since 2017. The Patriots won, with Brady's help at the time, though the athlete himself skipped the tradition.
This likely upset Trump, seeing as the former president used to use his Twitter account to defend Brady while he was caught in a scandal over using deflated footballs.
However, not all of Brady's history is so easily forgotten, including a "Make America Great Again" hat he had in his locker in 2016.
@Quicktake Too late to try and save face, a-hole, you stood by his side the entirety of his 4 years of terror— Meh (@Meh) 1626806728.0
@EliStokols Nice try, Brady. We can’t forget this https://t.co/xMvHgW4koz— Kristine Kenyon (@Kristine Kenyon) 1626797183.0
@Sharpe222 @EliStokols Almost. Almost— Jack Rios 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 (@Jack Rios 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈) 1626796491.0
This is the first NFL visit by Super Bowl champions since 2017.
In 2018, the Philadelphia Eagles were uninvited by Trump due to protest during the National Anthem. In 2019, The Patriots won again, but chose not to go, though they confirmed it had nothing to do with politics.
And of course, the 2020 winners, The Kansas City Chiefs skipped due to the pandemic.
Head coach of the Bucs, Bruce Arians said it was an honor to be invited to the White House and hopes the political divide in Washington can be overcome for the American people.
Donald Trump Claimed He's a 'Young, Vibrant Man' Compared to Joe Biden, and Biden Just Had a Good Laugh at That One
President Donald Trump went after Joe Biden again, because politics in the United States is very much like high school bullying and nothing makes sense anymore.
Asked by reporters on the White House lawn whether Biden, who is 76, is too old to run against him in 2020, Trump, who turns 73 in June, scoffed:
"I feel like a young man. I'm so young. I am a young, vibrant man. I look at Joe, I don't know about him. I would never say anyone is too old."
President Donald Trump said he's a "young, vibrant man" compared to Joe Biden. https://t.co/8GKunSAMIC https://t.co/iOJL4la7ci— USA TODAY Video (@USA TODAY Video) 1556298967.0
Shortly afterward, Biden, who stopped by the set of The View, had a good laugh at Trump's remarks, encouraging voters to judge him based on his performance as a candidate:
"If he looks young and vibrant compared to me, I should probably go home. Everybody knows who Donald Trump is, and the best way to judge me is to watch. See if I have the energy and the capacity."
When asked if he lives up to Trump's nickname for him as "Sleepy Joe," Biden said that was "the first time" he'd ever been "referenced" that way:
"It's usually the other end, 'Hyper Joe.' And I think, in terms of the future, I think that what I've done in foreign policy, what I've done in foreign policy... Look, one of the reasons why I want to be president... is that there's so much out there. Think of what this next generation is going to have an opportunity to see."
"We're going to do everything from make fundamental change in curing cancer, in Alzheimer's, in diseases. Your kids are going to be flying across America in less than an hour and a half... more is going to change in the next 10 years than has happened in the last 30 or 40 years."
Responding to Pres. Trump's sarcastic welcome to the race, Joe Biden tells @TheView he's never been called "Sleepy… https://t.co/BIUClvx2UR— ABC News (@ABC News) 1556293287.0
Does this mean Biden considers the president a dinosaur in comparison to him?
It wouldn't surprise us, and people are certainly more onboard with his assessment.
Trump is being dragged considerably.
@ABC @TheView Joe Biden will be more of a respectful President than Trump will ever be.— Marcia Reid Richard (@Marcia Reid Richard) 1556310076.0
Friends, I must inform you that, contrary to his claims, the president is not a young man. https://t.co/BA4ox6Q8Ek— Philip Bump (@Philip Bump) 1556297309.0
@thedailybeast Young and vibrant? This alone is proof he cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy. He is old,… https://t.co/UJYv0vw3FB— Carole Raphaelle Davis (@Carole Raphaelle Davis) 1556299726.0
@thedailybeast I am a young, vibrant man who is lacking in governmental experience, abrasive and unschooled in dipl… https://t.co/30YJmnFyet— Mongrosio (@Mongrosio) 1556300429.0
@CBSNews "I am the youngest person" mentally/emotionally he's around 7 so I guess we can agree— MiTcH (@MiTcH) 1556287205.0
@CBSNews Says the guy that sits around watching tv all day, occasionally gets up to go out and make a sound bite(tr… https://t.co/6c4HQRpQtq— Alan Jansen (@Alan Jansen) 1556307128.0
According to the April 25-26 Hill-HarrisX survey of 1,000 registered voters, 43 percent say they would choose Biden over Trump in an election match up.
Biden's 6-point lead was outside the poll's 3.1 percent sampling margin of error, and he has consistently polled above the President, performing the most successfully among voters ages 35 to 49 while polling higher than Trump among respondents between the ages of 18 and 34.
Joe Biden Calls On White America To Admit That There's Still 'Systemic Racism' During MLK Event
Former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed a glaring epidemic in America with a bold statement during a breakfast on Monday that paid tribute to civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
Biden, who has yet to make an official announcement for his bid to run as a Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election, aimed to honor MLK's legacy by urging everyone to continue fighting against the "dark forces" that led to King's assassination on April 4, 1968.
Things have not changed much since the 60s, especially after the tragic events that unfolded after the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville that claimed the life of Heather Heyer.
Biden explained that the "dark forces" phrase was from among King's last words spoken "to make America what it ought to be."
Former VP Joe Biden at MLK breakfast: "America's been made better, all the struggles many of you have endured and l… https://t.co/64wv2Y8DLC— ABC News (@ABC News) 1548084041.0
"America's been made better by all the struggles many of you in this room have endured and led," said Biden.
"But we've learned the last two years it doesn't take much to awaken hate, bring those folks out from under the rocks -- part of American society that's always been there will always be there."
At the breakfast event hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network, Biden said that Americans need to acknowledge that "systemic racism" still exists today.
Former VP Joe Biden at MLK breakfast: "We have a lot to root out, but most of all the systematic racism that most o… https://t.co/NWAZKEOTFe— ABC News (@ABC News) 1548085064.0
"The bottom line is we have a lot to root out, but most of all the systematic racism that most of us whites don't like to acknowledge even exists," Biden said.
"We don't even consciously acknowledge it. But it's been built into every aspect of our system."
He continued:
"Because when your schools are substandard, when your houses are undervalued, when your car insurance costs more for no apparent reason, when poverty rates for black Americans is still twice that of white Americans, ... there's something we have to admit."
"Not you -- we -- White America has to admit there's a still a systematic racism. And it goes almost unnoticed by so many of us."
@ABC #MLKDay @JoeBiden 2020 In 'a battle for the soul of our nation' #NoWallEver #ImpeachTheMF & END #TrumpShutdown… https://t.co/l1uUqz17sK— Maggie Aliaga-Kelly (@Maggie Aliaga-Kelly) 1548086945.0
But he was also very optimistic and remembered a significant moment in his life when he was sworn in to serve the United States with Barack Obama.
"There I was, it just hit me, standing, waiting for a black man to come 28 miles from Philadelphia to pick me up and take me on a 128-mile ride to be sworn in as president and vice president United States. Don't tell me, don't tell me things can't change!"
@ReciteSocial @ABC Thank you for speaking truth— rev kim jerido (@rev kim jerido) 1548126195.0
@ABC Joe, I agree with you! It’s literally written in our white DNA... it’s a feeling that being white is somehow s… https://t.co/zMVwfb9pCb— William Richards (@William Richards) 1548085788.0
@ABC Awesome speech.— vernetta sims (@vernetta sims) 1548087668.0
@ABC For Real! Can't have Equality, Freedom, and Justice with Racism in the Air.— Amatullah Al-Mahdi (@Amatullah Al-Mahdi) 1548090303.0
This user refused to acknowledge systemic racism when there were other white people responsible for committing other atrocities, but another stressed the importance of acknowledging it being the inherent issue.
@ABC Not like we don't want to acknowledge it exists. We just don't like taking credit4 other shitty people's behav… https://t.co/zy8fC7jz90— Laf Awftn (@Laf Awftn) 1548106690.0
@FrozenFirstAid @ABC No one is asking for white Americans to "take credit" for systematic racism...it just needs to… https://t.co/v2MWPVo8FG— nnicky89 (@nnicky89) 1548120878.0
@nnicky891 @ABC You cannot say, "no one is asking"...You have not walked in other's shoes. I for one have had many… https://t.co/xdQ5QIXWKh— Laf Awftn (@Laf Awftn) 1548121948.0
People dissected the definition for "systemic racism," sparking another debate that discrimination was not exclusive to white people.
@RayMcCue @ABC I don't object to the term 'systemic racism'. In fact...i think it's definition is what's needed to… https://t.co/BK1qkTbqaQ— Mike D (@Mike D) 1548102196.0
@RayMcCue @ABC Racism is simply a function of prejudiced beliefs. Systemic racism is prejudice + power. The rocka… https://t.co/ZLLUZVNcOM— Mike D (@Mike D) 1548102708.0
@RayMcCue @ABC So in order for a law to be racist it must be written and affirmed with racist intentions? If so...I… https://t.co/i8QPiLAO5I— Mike D (@Mike D) 1548111429.0
@ABC Racism exist in all colors , religions and politics— Jerry Stebe (@Jerry Stebe) 1548088338.0
Most generally agreed with Biden's statement and were fully onboard.
@ABC Many of us older folks were raised in a racist environment. That racism hurt everyone, not just the ones who w… https://t.co/JAtEs8wyVf— CatMom (@CatMom) 1548102615.0
@ABC @MichaelRapaport Yes Mr. Biden!— P L (@P L) 1548116675.0
@ABC Joe rules !! Where was Comrade Trump?— Atlas Biomechanics (@Atlas Biomechanics) 1548101512.0
@ABC Wonderful message-Thank you for stating what should be so obvious, but clearly ignored from the RIGHT— donna mccune (@donna mccune) 1548120886.0
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, another potential contender for the 2020 presidential bid who has not made any official announcements, attended the morning event in Washington, D.C.
Bloomberg hinted that both he and Biden are hoping to elect a Democrat back into the White House in 2020.
"Whatever the next year brings for Joe and me and I know we'll both keep our eyes on the real prize, and that is electing a Democrat to the White House in 2020, and getting our country back on track."
"I haven't had a chance yet to talk to the Vice President at length today but I did want to get some pointers from him on how it's like to live in Washington, D.C."
The 2020 campaign is already ramping up to be a compelling journey. Our eyes are wide open, and we are ready to do something about it.