Trump is in trouble
There is no clearer sign of a president in trouble than his continuing to blame his predecessor for his current ills. Case in point: the president just gave a speech in Pennsylvania in which he mentioned President Biden 31 times including calling him an SOB. This is now a recurring theme. Yes Biden allowed the southern border to be overrun with illegals all the while whining that he could not stop it without a change in the law. Trump proved Biden wrong and stopped it. But now that it is stopped and there are mass deportations afoot, blaming Biden for letting them in is now an excuse where Trump can highlight any misdeed done by an illegal.
Trump blames Biden for the inflation. Yes it was over 8 percent during Biden’s term but when Trump came into office it was at 3 percent and has stayed there throughout his 11 months in office. Why hasn’t it come down more? Is it still Biden’s fault? Trump says so. “I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was no affordability. Nobody could afford anything.” Of course it was not the worse inflation in history and his White House translator Karoline Leavitt attacks reporters who ask that question. Leavitt is now becoming Karoline (Lying) Leavitt and is proving to be hardly better than her predecessor Karine Jean-Pierre who was arguably the worse press secretary ever. Trump has yet to address whether his tariffs might be playing a part in keeping consumer prices high. Jay Powell just said that and it is interesting that Trump didn’t respond to those comments.
Trump even blamed Biden for the Chinese stopping the purchasing of American soybeans. Didn’t he learn from his first term? The president said “We inherited a total mess from the Biden administration.” Although his tariffs on China and their retaliation caused him to propose a $12 billion bailout of the farmers (just like in the first term), Trump blamed Biden for agriculture’s woes. BTW, Trump said that the $12 billion would come from tariff revenues. However, he will need an act of congress to pry that money out of the general fund. And of course the farmers say that the $12 billion is not enough to compensate them for their loss. What was really weird was Karoline (Lying) Leavitt’s response to all this. She said “Following his successful meeting with President Xi Jinping in South Korea, President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing, or begin purchasing again, American soybeans, which is something China wasn’t doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or for the country at the time.” This is simply not true. The only drops in Chinese soybean purchases have been during Trump’s two terms, not the time that Biden was in the White House. Leavitt has been roundly criticized by those on both the left and the right for telling such an obvious lie. I wonder how all this will impact the midterm elections in soybean country?
Trump blamed the killing of the national guardsman in Washington on Biden. The Afghan shooter came in during the rescue of the Afghans who had aided US forces in Afghanistan and faced retribution by the Taliban. Trump said that the shooter was not vetted even though the report to congress by the Biden Administration said otherwise. However, the president has not answered why the killer was granted asylum this year by the his administration. He even blamed Biden when asked why he released the Honduran president jailed for aiding and abetting cocaine trafficking saying that his conviction was a Biden setup.
Of course, someone is out there keeping count and reports that Trump has mentioned Biden over 580 times since becoming president. This is getting ridiculous and isn’t counting the 31 times mentioned in the Pennsylvania speech. Although Trump labels Biden as the “worse president in history” this is no excuse for blaming the continuing problems of the Trump presidency on the ghost of Joe Biden. The right accuses the left as having TDS – Trump Derangement Syndrome”. Is it fair to say that the president suffers from BDS?
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I recall – during President Obama’s administration- possessing a strong desire to ask the President, “would you mind giving us a date that you will officially own the economy?” Of course, he was blathering about how Bush had put the economy at risk and in tatters during the 2009 financial crisis – arguably brought on by Barney Frank and democrats who pushed the sub prime mortgage disaster. But a different argument for another day.
He’s even compared himself favorably to Lincoln and Reagan, and threatens to pull the rug on any GOP party partisan who dares to counter him. This is wearing thin, and you’re right – it’s because he’s in trouble.
Leavitt is simply a mirror of Trump – a late 20’s acolyte who knows only what she’s told. And Trump idiocy in trying to sell the idea that a tariff is not a tax by another name should be offensive to any GOP politician with a brain and a spine.
Beyond seeing shifts in close friends and family who have historically given Trump a pass on everything, I have no data to back up this statement: the Trump show has gotten old and the patrons are restless. And other than throwing spears at Biden, he has no answer. Powell was slow on the draw to stem inflation after the ridiculously stupid spending bill of 2021, but he’s been somewhat heroic in holding the line on capricious rate reductions to appease Joe Biden’s constant accuser…
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You are right on every point. Every president blames his predecessor for any and all problems. I have readers whose inclination is to give Trump a pass. I have written that a one percent fed funds rate would work against Trumps own best interest. But some readers will insist that the Fed is still a democrat tool. But that makes for a lively debate which I love.
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2. Biden admin gaslighted us on Afghan exit, Inflation, Border , Censorship on media, etc. Absolutely worst president in our lifetime.
3. Trump has de-escalated many disturbances around the globe. Russia/Ukraine the one notable exception.
4. EPA is being reined in.
5. Military pressure on illegal drug imports.
6. Illegals being expelled. Sanctuary cities being cleaned up.
7. Dems all aflutter due to their strategies being dismantled. From censoring to recruiting illegal voters, global climate change hoaxers.
8.. I would vote for him a third time if it were constitutional.
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I have said much the same. However I do care what he says. Nonetheless I still contend that the blame shifting is an indication that his presidency is in trouble.
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Good post.
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Bessent tells Trump : leave the Fed alone, connect your name to the not-so-bad economy. Hassett goes on TV, saying the tariffs DO have questionable aspects..
There are real leaders in DC..
Soybeans : there’s no guarantee that China will buy them fm us. While Trump Lemmings praise God and Trump for the Soybean Deal, farmers are getting $$ just in case China doesn’t come thru. See. Someone knows the prospects, and knows this is America’s issue..
Not often do I meet a Hong Kong businessman- but I have. And he said Asians always smile and say yes, and then do what they please. While Trump builds a legacy of division, someone is thinking like a real business leader..
We can only hope that someone said-Trump, go out and blame Biden. We’ll take care of the country.
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Larry, Just like drummer points out, Trump has done a good job cleaning up Biden’s messes. I just wish he would tone down the rhetoric and move to correct his policy mistakes.
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