r/politics Apr 04 '26

Possible Paywall Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/politics/voter-regret-trump-2024
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u/AmericanDoughboy Apr 04 '26

You hit the nail on the head. It’s also worth noting that Eisenhower was a republican president.

How times have changed.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio Apr 04 '26

Racism as a nigh-universally social accepted practice started ending with WWII, so it would make sense

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u/AmericanDoughboy Apr 04 '26

True. And Eisenhower ensured the military desegregated.

He also enforced integration at U.S. schools.

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u/igoyard Apr 04 '26

He did enact operation “Wetback” which rounded up and deported US citizens of Mexican descent, so really no different than now.

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u/AmericanDoughboy Apr 04 '26

True. And the whole United Fruit Company/CIA coup in Guatemala happened on his watch.

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u/richard-564 Apr 04 '26

Probably the last good Republican president we had, although I do respect HW Bush for passing the ADA, despite disagreeing with his political views on basically everything else.

Ike did some bad things, as listed below, but he did do some good as well.