Well, that's complete bull, and it can be smelled from an ocean away.

Under Obama:

* Ended the recession brought on by the Bush administration.
* Funded the upgrade of the US auto-Industry, preventing it from complete collapse.
* Lowered the deficit year over year from 1.4 trillion USD at the end of the Bush administration down to 400 B USD, or a 72% reduction. And at the same time cut taxes for the working class.
* Healthcare reformation.
* Cut back on expensive US military operations, saving hundreds of billions of US taxpayer dollars.
* Instituted bank regulations to prevent the kind of economic collapsed caused by the Bush administration and their removal of prior regulations.
* Eliminated Osama Bin Laden, after the Bush administration had failed to do so for its entire 8 year administration.
* Raised fuel efficiency standards, which is pro-environment and pro-consumer.
* Reduced carbon emissions through the US. 
* Solved the nuclear crisis with Iran, and has catalyzed the rise of liberal causes in Iran.
* Created more jobs than any other President outside of Bill Clinton. After Bush had the lowest success in 100 years, rivalled only by his father Bush Sr. and Eisenhower (both Republicans).

This is all in spite of Republicans trying to obstruct everything the Democrats were trying to achieve. The major problem with Obama wasn't the Democrats, it was the pig-headed Republican obstructionism.

On the other hand, the current Republican administration has achieved nothing, Donald Trump runs his mouth on Twitter like an whiney crybaby, dropping the world opinion of the US substantially. He has had to fire many of his own "expertly handpicked staff" for incompetence. The Republican government has not passed anything, the only things that have happened are Trumps really terrible executive orders to hurt the people of the United States and the country as a whole. He has ordered the launch of several disastrous military offenses in support of Sunni extremist groups and Saudi Arabia, costing American lives.

Question: Why are Americans so clueless about their own country? Sometimes I think Western Europe knows more about what's happened in the US than the majority of actual Americans do. Is the news/propaganda umbrella really that terrible in the US? Why is it that Americans think Obama did nothing when the rest of the world can see he achieved quite a lot? Or is this just certain states who are under propaganda umbrellas? Or is it just ignorant republicans?

Yes.

Regardless of what else I read in this thread, this is dead wrong. Consumption to wealth/income ratio goes down as the latter group goes up because consumption doesn't increase as quickly as wealth and income.

Wait nevermind. Poe's law I guess.

I support Trump on various issues. I am extremly dissapointed on his religious stance at this point since in the past religion has not been something he ever spoke about to my knowledge. I am for immigration reform and believe that if you are here illegaly you need to either become legal or leave. If you have been here 20 years and are still not legal, its time to go. I dont believe in the DACA program. I dont believe in giving drivers licenses to illegals or shielding them from deportation. To me it doesnt matter if they are from Sweden or Mexico, if you are not legally here you dont belong here. I am also not for mass refugee intake. We are bringing in millions of "refugees" giving them money and housing and making them citizens while we have homeless vets and homeless people in general that are citizens living on the streets. I also agree that we need to tax imports higher and make it more lucrative for businesses to stay in the US. Any smart company goes where its cheaper, unfortunatly that is outside the US right now and the companies have been leaving for years. Until we make it cheaper to do business in the US we will never see that tax revenue from those companies and will continue to lose jobs to other countries. 

I am also for universal healthcare. The problem is the goverment including the Dems will never do it. Bernie has the right idea but nobody will listen to him. Raise everyones taxes by 5-10%, eliminate all insurance companies, Medicare, Medicade etc. and create a health department in goverment that will only handle payments to hospitals and doctors. Have no stipulations on whats covered, everything is covered regardless of pre-existing etc. Everyone will pay far less per year than they do now for insurance and end up with 100% medical coverage.  I dont however believe in the ACA since that just puts the power in the insurance companies hands and makes rates go up while coverage goes down. 

If the dems can put someone up that isnt going to come after everyones guns, raise taxes for no reason, doesnt want to allow illegals to continue to live here without citizenship, wants to bring companies and jobs back to the US and stop spending money on BS social programs and things like the Paris Climate accord, not bring race into every conversation and agrees with eliminating any race based laws then I will vote for them. If not then Ill vote Trump even though I belive in seperation of church and state, a womens right to chose etc.  

Trump actually did help the stock market. Whether it turns out to be long term or not we will have to wait and see. His stance on policies is a big driver in stock price. If however he doesnt get what he wants or changes his stance then the market will drop. Companies have high hopes right now that they will make more money in a Trump economy.

It sounds like good Capitalism if it is true. Then there will be a trickle down effect and magically everyone will eventually become rich.

Well again you'd be agreeing more with what Republicans want to do than Trump. Any Republican President would have stood for those things. And I agree with immigration being enforced. But I also believe the immigration process should be faster and smoother than it is. It in itself is broken. DACA, I disagree with you there. For example I know people who were part of DACA who only spoke english. They'll be absolutely fucked going back to China. Esp since they've been in America since they were children. It's really not their fault that they were brought to the country illegally. Refugees, that's a matter that doesn't matter much to me. 

Universal healthcare is not something thatll pass unless we get a leftist President and congress that'll pass it. Dems are right wing. Just less right than Republicans. So neither want it. It wont pass anytime soon. 

I feel like Democrats will either push a Trump-like person, which imo is a bad idea. Or they'll do an anti-Trump. Which is a normal level headed restrained person. Aka standard President. I also think another Republican may challenge Trump. 

Cant do either when you're $17 trillion in debt and aiming to raise the military budget by $54 billion.

It's exactly fucking Macron's politics now. Reverse Robin Hood.

Anyone making more money in the same position as someone else is just poor negotiation. If a man makes more thana women, the women settled for less money. Knowing what you are OK with making along with what industry standards are on Salary goes a long way in determining your salary. I have started a couple different places with a higher salary than both men and women in my same position, it all comes down to what you negotiated for and what you were willing to accept. People forget that its ok to counter a job offer with a higher salary and to turn it down if its not what you are ok with. Employers will try to get an employee for the lowest salary they can, male or female.