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No, I did not. But society at large seems to.

I don't think society did. It's just that no one imagined someone even worse in almost every regard becoming president. I don't think anyone thinks better of GWB, simply that the bar was greatly lowered.

How could you possibly think Trump is worse than GWB?

GWB: Ignored warning signs for 9/11, Patriot Act, NSA mass spying, Afghanistan mismanagement, got us into Iraq on falsehoods, Iraq mismanagement, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, supported torture, Katrina mismanagement, 2008 financial crisis. I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting, but his presidency did things that are still causing issues today.

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