>Acts like a cringe idealogue for 90% of his life
>Becomes president
>Decides to ditch his idealism for sensible leadership
Wtf?
>Acts like a cringe idealogue for 90% of his life. >Becomes president
>Acts like a cringe idealogue for 90% of his life
>Becomes president
>Decides to ditch his idealism for sensible leadership
Wtf?
MANY SUCH CASES
>Jefferson administration
>sensible leadership
Was that before or after the Embargo that destroyed the economy and dragged us into war in 1812 once the Brits were free from dealing with Nappy?
which of his values did he violate while president?
He made the Louisiana Purchase despite having no explicit constitutional power to do so. He kept the Bank of the United States despite having previously denounced it as unconstitutional and a threat to liberty. He blatantly weaponized the federal government against the interests of New England despite his talk of state's rights and nullification.
>buys one of the largest areas of fertile farmland in the world without bloodshed
how's that a bad thing
learn how to read
The constitution addresses adding territory as states. Obviously the main way you obtain territory is by buying it.
The Bank's charter was supposed to run until 1811, which extended past his presidency. Even Andrew Jackson still allowed the Second Bank to run out its term of contract even though it was basically powerless when he got done with it. And personally I don't agree that the LP was unconstitutional as it ought to fall under Congress's power to negotiate international treaties.
people always say he betrayed his principles when he became president because he somehow expanded his power or something but is just not true or at best a half-truth, Jefferson did not expand his power, he simply exercised the power he was given as president
He did not ditch it, that's a myth. Two of the chief problems resulting from his presidency were consequences of his idealistic adherence to punitive trade measures in place of a large standing army or navy.
On the more subjective side, he was the one who beat Hamilton and Adams and destroyed the Federalist party so that it reformed and became the much worse and gayer whig party.
>destroyed the navy, the economy and relations with England
>sensible leadership
pick one
It’s one thing to promote a political ideal when you have no actual responsibility to carry anything out. That’s true for every modern politician.
When you’re actually given power, reality sets in that you have to manage expectations of different interest groups, some of whom naturally come first in priority as they are the ones who keep your government functioning in the first place.
so just like Drumpf
>Drumpf says he wants to drain the swamp
>the swamp drains him instead
but there's the problem. he was unwise in not acting properly to fire Obama appointees from the government and there were thousands of them.
Jefferson disappointed some of his supporters because out of principle he refused to purge the government of Federalist office holders. This became a standard practice of later administrations whereby half the Federal government would be fired.each time the White House changed parties.
the Embargo Act had to be tried to find out why it was a bad idea