George W. Bush vs. Donald Trump

[Suburbia]

Which 21st century Republican President was better?

Dubya or Trump?

[HillGoose]

George W Bush of course, he was probably the greatest President of all time

[Bootes Void]

George W Bush easily,

[H. Ross Peron]

Thanks for providing the neither option.

[whywhywhy]

Dubya, just barely

[Alcibiades]

George W. Bush because he didn’t attempt irreparable damage to US democray.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Both have been a mess.

Trump is corrupt, anti-democratic, anti-rule of law, white supremacist, and probably even more incompetent than Bush. GWB on the other hand needlessly entangled the country - and the world - in endless military conflicts (Iraq) which arguably led to the rise of ISIS.

If forced to choose in an election I'd probably go for Bush as the lesser of the two evils. But that's because I assume that I had to live in the U.S. and not in the Middle East.

Nevertheless I voted "neither" for the purposes of this poll.

[SWE]

Bush is easily much worse

[President Johnson]

Both have been a mess.

Trump is corrupt, anti-democratic, anti-rule of law, white supremacist, and probably even more incompetent than Bush. GWB on the other hand needlessly entangled the country - and the world - in endless military conflicts (Iraq) which arguably led to the rise of ISIS.

If forced to choose in an election I'd probably go for Bush as the lesser of the two evils. But that's because I assume that I had to live in the U.S. and not in the Middle East.

Nevertheless I voted "neither" for the purposes of this poll.

This, though I still voted Dubya, because he didn't undermine the constitution like Trump and at least seems to be a nice guy in private. However, Trump's conduct should not let anyone forget Dubya's presidency was a total disaster.

[😥]

George W Bush easily

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I mean, I could try to parse them out but why do that when I don't need to?

Thanks for providing the neither option.

[Goldwater]

Dubya, of course.

[OSR stands with Israel]

On Economic Policy: Trump Easily

On Non-Economic Domestic Policy: Bush Easily

On Foreign Policy: Trump Easily even though I agree with Bush's philosophy much more

On Leadership Skills: Bush Easily

As A Person: Bush Easily

Overall: Lean Bush

[Gracile]

George W. Bush because he didn’t attempt irreparable damage to US democray.

Bush v. Gore is arguably an example of such.

[Alcibiades]

George W. Bush because he didn’t attempt irreparable damage to US democray.

Bush v. Gore is arguably an example of such.

While an outrage, it doesn’t compare to how Trump has spent his entire term undermining institutions, and is not quite as egregious in his personal involvement as Trump’s post-election antics.

[Lechasseur]

George W. Bush because he didn’t attempt irreparable damage to US democray.

Bush v. Gore is arguably an example of such.

Tbf, it's not his fault the court ruled as such

[SN2903]

Trump easily. Not even close. Didn't get us into any wars and was much better economically.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

George W. Bush because he didn’t attempt irreparable damage to US democray.

Bush v. Gore is arguably an example of such.

Tbf, it's not his fault the court ruled as such

How do you figure?

[LAKISYLVANIA]

On Economic Policy: Easily Trump, arguably the best or one of the best since LBJ, even while I vehemently opposed many thiings (tax policies)

On Non-Economic Domestic Policy: Trump

On Foreign Policy: Easily Trump. Best FP president since at least Reagan and excluding him Ike. Truman though clearly outclass him in every way. Since HST, it's between Ike, Reagan and Trump

On Leadership Skills: Easily Trump

As A Person: Bush, but if you exclude narcissism and sexism, it would be Trump

Overall: Trump by a mile

[Middle-aged Europe]

As A Person: Bush, but if you exclude narcissism and sexism, it would be Trump

"As a person Bush, but if Trump were a different person I'd pick Trump."

[LAKISYLVANIA]

As A Person: Bush, but if you exclude narcissism and sexism, it would be Trump

"As a person Bush, but if Trump were a different person I'd pick Trump."

well yes it's W. that's better as a person

[Lechasseur]

On Leadership Skills: Easily Trump

I definitely see your point on virtually everything else, but I'm not sure I follow you on this one.

Trump had no leadership skills (other than rallying his voters), and was a horrible representative of the nation (at least Bush behaved as a president and was capable of having cordial relations with other world leaders)

[LAKISYLVANIA]

On Leadership Skills: Easily Trump

I definitely see your point on virtually everything else, but I'm not sure I follow you on this one.

Trump had no leadership skills (other than rallying his voters), and was a horrible representative of the nation (at least Bush behaved as a president and was capable of having cordial relations with other world leaders)

perhaps it's not "easily", but he never intended to start good relationships with other world leaders. That was part of the image he created. He certainly proved he's able to lead the GOP and his cabinet.

[Lechasseur]

Domestic Policy: not sure, depends on the domain

Foreign Policy: Trump

As a Person: Bush

As Head of State (in terms of leading and representing the country): Bush

Overall: probably Bush

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Anyone who thinks Trump is worse than W believes that Muslim lives don’t matter. Full stop.