Originally posted by lilpixieofterror
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I do Jim, but that is just what he has offered up, opinion pieces. You just happen to agree. We both know history isn’t a hard science, like physics, and is heavily dependent on the historians opinions. I can make anyone look good or bad, depending on who I ask, what I choose to highlight, or choose to downplay. Look at the presidency of Lincoln. Most modern historians rank him as among America’s best presidents, but his contemporaries wouldn’t agree. He was surrounded by negative press through his presidency. He even had to arrive in DC, in secret, for fear he would be assassinated before ever taking office. Truman is another such figure that history has looked a little kinder on. I’m sorry Jim, but I’m right and I’m sure you know it. History is heavily based on people’s opinions and Presidents are no different. History might look at Trump as great or it might look at him as a dismal failure, we simply are too involved and don’t know enough to judge more accurately.
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