It turns out all you need to do to totally whitewash your legacy is volunteer building homeless shelters after you’re out of office.
Forget the fact that this was the most powerful man in the country who maybe could have done something a tiny bit more impactful about homelessness while he was in office if he actually cared. No, it’s all okay because he volunteers. East Timor? But look at this house!
If an average person helps build a house, it is commendable. Though it is still a massive failing of the government that it was necessary. An ex-president doing it is just trying to assuage their guilt at best.
It turns out all you need to do to totally whitewash your legacy is volunteer building homeless shelters after you’re out of office.
Forget the fact that this was the most powerful man in the country who maybe could have done something a tiny bit more impactful about homelessness while he was in office if he actually cared. No, it’s all okay because he volunteers. East Timor? But look at this house!
If an average person helps build a house, it is commendable. Though it is still a massive failing of the government that it was necessary. An ex-president doing it is just trying to assuage their guilt at best.