Vern Scott
1 min readApr 17, 2023

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Yes, at least 2 big economic difference between Trump and Biden:

1) Trump wanted to split NATO and enable Russia, demonize immigrants. Biden bolstering NATO/SEATO, standing up to Russia/China, working with Latin American allies. The resultant economic iron curtain weans us off Russia/China products and boosts domestic, with help from nearby Latin America/NAFTA (w more to come). Granted that short term, much of "growth" is in oil and weaponry, but looks to be long term in computer chips and hi tech. Part of this also is Biden's return to bolstering of higher education for native borns, versus Trump's dumbing down.

2) Energy: Biden is an energy moderate who is wisely increasing renewable infrastructure (large interstate HVDC grid backbones that can better receive his increased wind/solar, EV growth, along with hydrogen, biomass, Willow Project, some tilt to next gen nuclear and carbon capture). Trump was an energy idiot that demonized renewables, only supported oil and coal with no regard for environment or the future.

Trump's economy was short sighted and self serving, wanting to exploit our current wealth (including record deficits, checks to citizens before election to make himself popular, bullying of Fed to keep interest rates at zero to make him look good). Biden having to clean up much of Trump's economic mess (resultant inflation and deficits) just like all Dems who follow Repubs. Let's hope Biden or similar wins in '24 to finish the job, or Russia/China may become economic leader.

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Vern Scott
Vern Scott

Written by Vern Scott

Scott lives in the SF Bay Area and writes confidently about Engineering, History, Politics, and Health

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