September 25, 2024 ☼ trump ☼ do-nothing-president
Source: Atlantic (Link)
Donald Trump’s best line in the September debate against Vice President Kamala Harris came near the end, when he sought to tie her to the unpopular president under whom she serves.
“She just started by saying she’s going to do this, she’s going to do that, she’s going to do all these wonderful things,” Trump said. “Why hasn’t she done it? She’s been there for three and a half years. They’ve had three and a half years to fix the border. They’ve had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about. Why hasn’t she done it?”
The only problem with this attack is that it applies to another unpopular president as well: Trump himself. Time and again during the 2024 campaign, he’s promised to do something that he failed to do in his first term, that he didn’t bother to do during his first term, or is the opposite of what he did during his first term. Whenever he makes these claims, it’s worth remembering that Trump was president once—a fact he seems to hope you’ll forget. Maybe he doesn’t remember himself.