I haven't read the article, but that quote sounds pretty accurate... Obama was definitely in favour of reducing society's dependence on oil; he was not in favour of new pipelines, preferred the development of natural gas over other more polluting sources of energy like coal, and was more environmentally conscious than his successor.

Trump has made no secret about his favouring cheaper energy prices and increased drilling, so yeah, it's not the same direction that Obama was following. I don't see it as much of an indictment, though... Supporters of president Obama were always well aware that his environmental concerns would play a big role in his energy policies, even in the midst of an oil and gas boom.

Dammit! You people stop being so reasonable! This is the Politics thread!!! 

So the Dow drops almost 800 points the third largest single-day drop ever.  Guess who was President for the top two?  The man with the really bad hairdo.  He actually has five of the top ten one-day drops.  George W. Bush has the other five.  

Now you can argue that the President has limited control over this sort of thing.  You can argue that as long as you aren't arguing out the the other side of your mouth that he's the reason for a booming economy.  Not that Trump supporters understand hypocrisy.  But they could pretend.  

You could also argue that people voted for Trump so he'd run the country like his business'.  And...he's certainly running it like all those failed businesses.  

2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, Treasury - AP News

The emoluments clause* case that's been brewing since DJT took office is heating up. In short, they are saying that, among other things, his having foreign leaders visiting stay in Trump hotels is in violation. 

From the article.






*The emoluments clause, also called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment, or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.
- www.britannica.com/story/what-is-the-emoluments-clause

Tax cuts do goose an economy, like low interest rates do, but you can't sustain it long and when you do start to veer into the negative as you are going to it is much harder to pull out (and to pull out will include raising taxes as Dukakis knew and Bush Sr. found out). Rather than focusing so much on the health care right away (I have some experience with health care in both Canada and the U.S.) I expected Obama while he had real power the first year and a half to make sure what happened in 2008 didn't just come along again in a dozen years (and after a lot more private accounts grew overseas that really do nothing for anyone in the U.S.). Nope, the big banks got let off pretty much with a promise to be good (most haven't been) and nothing was done about the forced predation of some sound institutions like Washington Mutual (wholly engineered under the guise of the crisis to absorb a competitor). So we are set yet up again for failure even without Trump making some things much worse long term (although short term gains for some; huge economic gains for the wealthiest, tiny gains at the bottom more than taken back in service cuts). Plus all the circus-like focus on repealing the ACA over and over and over for a few years and nothing else.