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Trump Has a Chance to Recreate His Greatest Success
But I don’t recommend holding your breath
Donald Trump’s first term as president was, to understate the obvious, no great success. As a political newbie, he came into office making grand pledges but did not do most of what he set out to accomplish.
The list of promises that he made and failed to fulfill is lengthy. He didn’t make Mexico pay for a wall, he didn’t repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, he didn’t renegotiate the Iran Deal, he didn’t deport all undocumented immigrants, and he certainly did not eliminate the federal debt. He promised an infrastructure bill so many times that “infrastructure week” became a “running joke” during his first term.
Trump’s chaotic approach to governing the world’s most powerful country was generally disastrous. He torched the United States’ international reputation, lowered ethical standards for public servants, accomplished little besides an expensive tax cut that favored the wealthy, and ended his term by mismanaging a deadly pandemic and inciting an insurrection. He did not make America great again.
But Trump’s administration did notch one incredible achievement: Operation Warp Speed.
You’ve probably shoved 2020 deep down your memory hole like everybody else, and I don’t blame you…
