Obama deported more people than Trump. His policies in the Middle East were an utter disaster and caused tens of thousands of deaths.
The overthrow of gadaffi, then the refusal to stand behind Mubarak in Egypt even though that had been the US policy since the 80s, caused the election of the Muslim brotherhood. Then all these changes caused the "Arab spring" uprising in Syria, then the collapse of the Syrian state , the resurgence of Islamic extremists in Iraq which merged with extremists in Syria causing Isis. After causing all that Obama refused to confront the monster he was instrumental in creating. Remember he did nothing when the yazidis were being massacred in the mountains in Iraq by Isis. If Obama had left gadaffi in Libya and Mubarak in Egypt there would be no "Arab spring" and no Syria uprising.
| Date | Total Personnel |
|---|---|
| 31 December 1960 | 900 |
| 31 December 1961 | 3,200 |
| 31 December 1962 | 11,500 |
| 31 December 1963 | 16,300 |
| 31 December 1964 | 23,300 |
| 31 December 1965 | 184,300 |
| 31 December 1966 | 425,300 |
| 31 December 1967 | 485,600 |
| 31 December 1968 | 536,100 |
| 31 December 1969 | 474,400 |
| 31 December 1970 | 335,800 |
| 9 June 1971 | 250,900 |
Eisenhower resisted direct US Military involvement in Vietnam, knowing that it was an unwinnable war. Kennedy sent a detachment of Green Berets to operate as special forces in 1961. It was also Kennedy that escalated the troop numbers from 900 to 16,000. Without that the later excitation by Johnson wouldn't have happened as it was the attack on the USS Maddox that led Johnson to start air strikes and the Westmoreland expansion and Operation Rolling Thunder etc.
My comment was in relation to what Trumps legacy will be - not a comparison to actions by previous holders of the office.
The timeline thing complicates the question. To simplify it I chose between the following 3
Now Wolfie, you can't have your cake and eat it. This is a two horse race. Come the morning of November 4th you will be the only one in the 26 counties rooting for The Donald.
Clearly a Covid vaccine, no contest.
Wow. Pulling out of the Paris Climate Change agreement would be his single biggest screw up in my view but the damage he’s done to America’s soft power, and the vacuum that’s left which is being filed by police states like China and Russia is also high on the list.
I presume you are referring to the ME and Syria here where the Trump policy is to disengage and leave the ME to others, so far the vacuum has been filled by Russia. But a question, if that is the case and US foreign policy has caused alot of the trouble there, then surely the vacuum should be filled by Europe seen as the ME is much more important to Europe than it is to the US. Why are we so engaged by who is the president of the US and what their foreign policy is? What is Europe's foreign policy in the ME and would a european alliance confront Isis, Turkey or Russia if they start causing problems there? That is the real vacuum , European foreign policy!