Wrestling with the Obama Legacy

Zach Toillion
3 min readApr 25, 2019

In the 2+ years since Trump took office, liberals have pined for the leadership of President Obama. Generally speaking, those on the left view the Obama era as Halcyon days, where fear of the country regressing was at the back of their minds. Such a view betrays key facts about the Obama record.

In the defense of Obama’s allies, much of the Obama legacy will be restored. The Paris Climate Accords will simply be rejoined by the next Democratic President. Likewise, the next Democratic President will also re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. No President will increase…

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Zach Toillion

Libertarian Socialist who writes about politics, economics, philosophy religion & history. Former Newspaper Columnist.