he did the same things all be it in a more sly and less obvious way.

I think it was only less obvious because the media was on his side and didn't focus on it. I was well aware of how he escalated basically everything the left criticized Bush for and felt like the only thing that changed was people didn't care anymore.

I hadn't really made the connection, but this Trump term does feel similar to Obama's first term. Yeah, some of us actually believed the things we said we believed and won't pretend otherwise just because a politician flip-flopped.