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It's easy to find "insiders" with negative things to say about politicians/former bosses.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/06/harris-veep-boss-management/

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Yes, but it’s rarer to struggle to find *anybody* except sycophants on the order or Rudi Guliani who has anything good to say about you.

Also, it would surprise me not at all to learn Kamala Harris was a horrible person to work with. I was addressing your point about Trump.

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Understood. What went right or wrong under a certain President is not entirely their doing. That makes it difficult to make broad claims and we end up with, not as bad as Biden equipping the Taliban military. Not starting new wars. Attempting diplomacy with N Korea and Russia where the situation is dangerous at the moment, notice how it ends up a comparison. But the results are complex.

Sooner or later, someone is going to call America's bluff. Our arrogant, we can always nuke you ignores MAD and America's extreme vulnerability. We are closer to that now, but how much credit and blame goes to Trump or Biden alone?

I understand that you are not going to drop the Trump is worse thing and I'm certainly not trying to change your mind or disagree.

At this point if it was possible to compare the results and world situation at the end of a Trump and Harris Presidency with some sort of dual reality, I wouldn't be willing to bet my life savings on who gets the best result. Since I want what is best for my country and the world, I hope that whoever wins surprises the naysayers and does a good job and obtains the most beneficial result, even if it is in spite of themself, Not being a disaster might be the best we can hope for.

In the end, I will never cast a deciding vote or know that my opinion is best, so my thoughts are just conversation.

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