Liberal hypocrisy at its finest.

It is only bad if Republicans do it.

Seems like you're missing a lot of context there. Like- how long did it take? What was the process they used to identify what positions could be cut?

Because the answer to those questions are the things that make the two very very very different.

I was on active duty during this time and saw many people with16+ years service booted out of the military. Context included.

No, you missed a lot. Like when did it start? (hint: 1993). When did it end? (hint: 1998). How many mystery departments were created that also didn't report to Congress? (hint: 0).

Who was the head of this effort? (hint: name starts with an A and ends with a L Gore).

How long did they spend in a review process before taking any action? (hint: 6 months).

How many of the departments where changes were made were leading the process? (hint: all of them).

And one of the big things that 'memes' like this leave out is the Clinton administration digitized the government- eliminating a lot of literal paperwork (and all the staff needed to organize & maintain it). And it took both of his terms in office to complete.

So, you missed a lot of context. Neither the Clinton nor the Obama reductions were anything like this sloppy DOGE fest we're living through now.

I also served in the Army in the post-gulf war era, and there were many reductions in the force. Have you ever gone to look up why that happens and how often it happens? Because it happens after a war- armies go through a contraction phase as they reorganize based on updated war plans & priorities. They re-organize based on experience.

It wasn't just "clinton fired everyone!"

It happened because Clinton promised to balance the budget.

Yes. And he followed through with that by taking reasonable, rational, and cautious steps to make sure necessary services and lives weren't impacted.

unlike teh sloppy lurching mess Trump is attempting. Most of which is getting reversed in the courts cause he's doing it all wrong.

Trump’s been in office for two months. Slow your role. And getting reversed by lower courts with Obama appointed judges is par for the course. I’m sure once they are reversed by the Supreme Court you’ll be crying foul because it’s Republican heavy. There is no win if with liberals. If Trump cured blindness, you’d complain that he put the braille industry out of business.

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He wouldn't be losing any cases if he followed the same method that Clinton used because he'd be following the law.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_students/resources/on-demand/quimbee-clinton-v-city-of-new-york/

Maybe you should have read that case? Because Clinton followed the law. The specific law that gave the Presidency line item veto power. The law suit wasn't really about him cancelling the debt New York City owed the federal government. It was about the line item veto power.

If it were about the money, him cancelling the debt would not have saved the government money. It cost the government money because they paid out and New York didn't pay it back.

So...he was following the law, using a power expressly given to the President, and that power was tested over that case. That power was found to be unconstitutional and was removed.

Which, for the record, I agree with. Presidents (nor governors) should have line item veto power.

Keep moving those goalposts.

You not understanding the court case isn't me moving goal posts.

Whatever case is against Trump means he broke the law. But, when Clinton broke the law and claimed presidential immunity, he was reversed 9-0. Keep moving those goalposts.

https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1857&context=jour_mlr