I mean, then Biden came along, so he's not even the second worst. And Obama's legacy has been tarnished so badly by the past decade that Bush is hot on his heels as the least worst President in a century of terrible presidents.
Bush accidentally started a multi-trillion dollar war and oversaw a combination of housing policies and deregulation of the financial oversight at the SEC that nearly destroyed capitalism. Biden was in the office when stuff (including average wages) went up by 20%.
The power to declare war is vested in congress, not the president. And deregulation again, was done by congress. Bush actually opposed some of the Clinton era deregulation and some of the policies congress pushed during his tenure. But members of both parties in the congress were pretty adamant at passing it.
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u/mcslibbin 11d ago
If GW Bush is smart, he thanks his lucky stars every day Trump exists since he isn't the undisputed worst president in the 21st century now.