Domestically yes maybe although i wouldn't exactly call things stable under him as Americans became more and more divided under him (not as much as Trump though) and many of his poor actions/inactions helped create the conditions for someone like Trump to become popular enough to get nominated & elected. internationally I disagree. I was just different kinds of instability. Crimea, ISIS etc under Obama. N.Korea and Russia were emboldened under Obama and caused instability too.
Domestically yes maybe although i wouldn't exactly call things stable under him as Americans became more and more divided under him (not as much as Trump though) and many of his poor actions/inactions helped create the conditions for someone like Trump to become popular enough to get nominated & elected. internationally I disagree. I was just different kinds of instability. Crimea, ISIS etc under Obama. N.Korea and Russia were emboldened under Obama...
To be honest, I don't necessarily think Obama was to blame for those.
Crimea is far outside the American sphere of influence and its options for dealing with them were limited. ISIS did benefit from the withdrawl of American troops, but the withdrawal was following an agreement that had been made under Bush (and Iraq is an independent country; the U.S. can't unilaterally decide to station troops there.) North Korea has been a problem for pretty much every president. (After all, North Korea's first nuclear test was in 2006, when Bush was in power.)
It should also be pointed out that Obama's hands were often tied by congress, who took a very uncooperative stance over just about everything. For example, Obama wanted to take action against Russia over their election interference, but the Republicans in the senate would not support him.
Not the most diplomatic or perfectly effective way, but I agree with Trump showing N. Korea who is boss.
Except of course he didn't.
Obama mostly just appeased everybody, he didn't use America power to force the hand of their rivals.
He did greatly expand the use of Drone strikes.
And a failure to 'use American power to force the hand of their rivals' may not always be a good thing.
I'm not saying i agree with Trump's approach, but we need to stand up to China and not be satisfied with the status quo as we were under Obama/Bush Jr. Even if Trump is an idiot I give him credit for trying.
China is a significant trading partner, and engaging with China in the past has been beneficial.
On the other hand, Russia is not an ally, and directly interfered in the U.S. election. China may not necessarily be 'trustworthy' but they are not as detrimental as Russia. Yet Trump has taken every opportunity to suck up to Putin.