I would not wish the job of President after Trump on my worst enemy

[Peacetrain]

We are asking someone to take up a thankless job.. that they will have to deal with the consequences Trump and his followers have made.. trying to shovel that elephant crap up.. I have chosen who I think could best handle it.. but honest to pete.. I think all of them should have their heads examined for taking this mess on.. having said that.. they are patriots above all else.... that is all I can figure.. they are the people who run out of the foxhole shouting to take on the enemy.. God be with all of them..

[redstatebluegirl]

1. I agree, I thought about this and would not want that job.

It is like the they guy who follows the parade elephants with a shovel.

[Peacetrain]

5. When I heard that the Turks are amassing on the border

that image came to my mind.. the next President is going to have to do that kind of clean up..

[Zoonart]

2. It will be all triage and amputations.

The next President will be running a MASH unit.

[Peacetrain]

3. You are right about that..

[LakeArenal]

4. One of the most qualified persons in the world

Wants to do it for us. I’m voting for Joe Biden because he’s just that. The most qualified candidate running. And not just in-the US but internationally with our Allies; if we still have the right ones not the trump ones.

[Peacetrain]

6. You know Putins fingers are all over the messes

we see in traditional Democracies.. we are going to need all of these people, no matter which one becomes President.. they are all going to have to be called upon to stand in the breach as they say.. I think VP Biden is the best equipped from the get go.. and there will be no time for a learning curve for the next President..

[LakeArenal]

24. ❣️

[TidalWave46]

7. It's amazing what Obama did when he took the helm.

Bush left us in an economic crisis. It was truly a dark time in our history. Obama steadied the ship and pulled us through. Now someone is going to have to take over after Trump. If the economy goes down it is only going to be that much more difficult.

It's one of the reasons I like Biden so much for the job. I think he embodies stability and has the knowledge of all aspects of the game.

K&R

[Peacetrain]

8. I know what you are saying and that crosses my mind all the time

[Kablooie]

9. Thats what I've been thinking.

They run on how they will fix problems we have but they won't get a chance to try because the whole government needs to be rebuilt from scratch first.
And if Trump loses, it will be a struggle to remove him and he will have 2 months to do as much damage to the country as he can before he leaves.

[Peacetrain]

11. He has done everything Putin now Erdogan has asked of him

Cannot even begin to imagine what he will do next

[Gothmog]

10. The hardest job for the next president may be fixing Trump's mess

This is one of the reasons why I think that Joe Biden is the best candidate. Who ever is the nominee will have to be prepared to fix all of the damage that trump has done to our government.

Link to tweet

Perhaps the most straightforward and least complicated undertaking, since it would be entirely within the next president’s purview, is rebuilding the executive branch from the corrupted ruin Trump will leave behind.

One of the most underreported stories about the Trump administration is its basic incompetence. Perhaps Trump’s biggest con of all was convincing his supporters that he was some sort of business wizard with a genius for management. In truth, the Trump Organization was a mom-and-pop family business that he repeatedly micromanaged to the brink of collapse. He is doing exactly the same with the government of the United States.

The White House itself is less like “The West Wing” than “Game of Thrones.” Courtiers vie for the favor of the Mad King, unable or unwilling to perform normal duties for fear of risking Trump’s ire. Usually, the White House is a place where information from outside sources is synthesized and digested so the president can make the best possible decisions. Under Trump, the flow is reversed — his whims, however ill-informed or contradictory or just plain loopy, are tweeted out and must be made into policy.

Agencies vital to our national security — including the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency — lumber along, month after month, without permanent leadership. “It’s easier to make moves when they’re acting,” Trump has said, but really the situation reflects his own insecurity. By keeping his underlings weak and beholden only to him, he limits their power — and thus hamstrings the departments they nominally lead.

Joe Biden is the best candidate to repair the damage done by trump. I think that the repair of this damage will keep the next Democratic President very busy.

[Peacetrain]

12. Rebuilding from the ground up...

I posted when Biden first ran, that it was a hell of thing we are asking of him.. he could have sat on his laurels in his twilight years.. and for that matter.. Sanders and Warren also.. but the truth be told.. we are going to need that experience to right the ship.. Joe knows where all the buttons are which ones he can push..and has built up over the decades relationships with other countries and their leaders up and down.. and we are going to need him to do that..

[murielm99]

13. If Joe is the nominee we are going to need

all of these well-qualified people to help him. That includes my first choice, Mayor Pete.

I can't imagine that all the elephant crap can be shoveled up in one term. It may take years.

[Peacetrain]

14. You are so right about that.. I posted that to someone in this same op

We will need them all.. this is going to rebuilding everything.. and you know the incoming from the other side will be dreadful no matter who wins.. supported now by outside dictators.. Trump and company have let loose the hounds of hell on our Democracy..

[Celerity]

28. +10000

[Gothmog]

32. I remember the trouble the Holder and Tom Perez had rebuilding DOJ voting rights section

Bush 43 had gutted the DOJ voting rights and civil rights section over 8 years. An asshole name Christian Adams was hired in the voting rights section despite having no qualifications. We need to get rid of trump and have someone rebuild over government

[BeyondGeography]

15. Another huge post-Republican clean-up job

Imagine how bad it would be after eight years. Then again, let's not imagine that.

[Peacetrain]

16. I cannot even wrap my head around that one..

there is no one to hold him back and explain anything to him anymore.. he thinks he is God

[crazytown]

17. Obama faced a worse mess.

[emmaverybo]

18. Quite an economic mess he faced. And two wars. Biden, whom he chose in part for his FP chops,

was entrusted with the post-Iraq jumble and went there eight times. He also gave a big hand with
The Recovery Act. So he has been directly involved with mop up before and he is entirely prepared for what lies ahead now.

There is no candidate with Joe’s knowledge of how government works and how to rebuild our alliances and put our enemies in their place with the message that they can not mess with America anymore.

No one running has more stature, respect, and trust on the world stage.

[crazytown]

19. The point I am making is Obama, his VP

and the transition team faced the worst mess since WWII. The world was on a cliff, VP Biden, the national security team, the most of cabinet deserve all the praise that they have been given. The AG who brought no one to book, well that's another matter.

[emmaverybo]

22. Fair enough and agree.

[corbettkroehler]

20. Obama And Biden Handled A Yuge Mess Well

POTUS46 will have a big job on his/her hands to be sure. However, PBO proved that patriotism and brain power can repair quite a bit of damage (having Hillary log 1,000,000 miles in the air embracing shuttle diplomacy helped a great deal as well).

[peggysue2]

21. You nailed it, Peacetrain

This absolutely will be a most thankless job to undertake. The damage is massive, getting worse everyday. The foreign policy implications are gargantuan, not to mention the damage done domestically--to the agencies meant to protect us and the environment--left in tatters. Trump has been the enemy within who with ignorance and malice has split the country wide open weakening our defenses, making a mockery of our institutions.

Whoever our nominee is will spend considerable time and gobs of energy to put the pieces back together.

God help us all. This will be a Herculean task.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

23. I don't care much for Biden, Harris, Warren, Sanders, etc.

So I'd happily condemn any of them to that thankless task.

[Blue_true]

25. Yes, the next President will have to clean up a grotesque mess.

The level of incompetence and outright greed being shown now is breath-taking.

[dchill]

26. I wouldn't want any of my enemies to be president.

[NCLefty]

27. Without the Senate, all of our wildest liberal dreams are going to be dashed anyway. :p

We just need a steady hand on the wheel at this point. And someone who is not a criminal. :/

[Celerity]

29. absolutely, I have been banging the Senate-is-so-so-vital drum for ages

As long as the Rethugs have Senatorial control, I doubt we see any Democratic POTUS's SCOTUS nominees even get a hearing, let alone a vote. They will try and block a shit tonne of lower Federal judges as well.

[brooklynite]

30. Um, wouldn't that be.....Trump?

[Gothmog]

31. We need a POTUS with foreign policy experience

Link to tweet

[Turin_C3PO]

33. It's gonna be a monumental task.

Hard and thankless. I believe Joe has the most experience to deal with our current disaster. Warren and most of the other candidates would do good too but I believe Joe has the most chops, especially foreign policy-wise.

[pecosbob]

34. I'm reminded of the Stanglers' lyrics

That sort of responsibility you draw straws for, if you're mad enough

[AwakeAtLast]

35. Hear hear!

Warriors all!

[ecstatic]

36. k&r! nt

[Gothmog]

37. President joe biden it's going to have to clean up all this mess

Link to tweet

[Peacetrain]

38. Joe Biden has dedicated so much of his life to the welfare of the country...

Of all the candidates running now he is by far the most qualified to take this mess on and try and straighten it out.. and to be honest.. I hope he picks Buttigieg (sp?)to be his running mate.. because he could be such a great person to hand off to, we have to look at the long plan, and it will take more than 4 years or even 8 years to make all the repairs to the government that this monster has managed to damage..

[scheming daemons]

39. I disagree... Trump is a very easy act to follow

Literally the most mundane, normal behavior in the next President will be hailed as "Presidential".

The simplest things... like returning to the Paris Accord, will be praised at the level of major achievements.


It will be very easy for the next President to have a high approval rating - simply by acting like a normal human being.

[Peacetrain]

40. It the damage that will be done to the very structure of our government .. not the Trump..

We are up to our ears with damage done to our allies.... We are living with the results of the "very easy" philosophy of the current resident..

[scheming daemons]

41. Yes, the next President will have to go on an apology tour....

....but the world will rejoice and want very badly to work with this next President, just for restoring sanity.

[Gothmog]

42. We must defeat Trump like beating a hardcore drum.

Link to tweet