“Worst President in History”
We have always talked about how Donald Trump projects himself onto others, and this time, it’s downright embarrassing. AL.com (an Alabama publication) wrote that Trump’s approval rating has dropped below that of the “worst president in history,” which is what Trump consistently called President Joe Biden. At this exact point in his presidency, Joe Biden had a positive rating at +11. Mr. “I’ll fix it” Trump currently stands at -13, which has dropped three percentage points from last week and 19 points below the start of his term. It’s not hard to figure out why Trump is tanking.
He is doing things that are bringing no benefit to anyone. Take his fight with the courts across the country (including the Supreme Court) over the Alien Enemies Act. This act is clear that it is to be used during times of war. Last time anyone checked, we were not at war with Venezuela, and claims of a Venezuelan gang don’t change that. We saw much more terror on January 6. It’s almost comical watching the Supreme Court try to rein in Trump when they’re the ones who gave him across the board immunity. They created this monster. He has taken that immunity and ran, doing all sorts of illegal and corrupt things.
He is killing the stock market. Oh, he and his billionaire buddies will survive just fine. It’s the rest of us who will pay the price for Trump’s bad decisions. His former friend Rupert Murdoch’s paper the Wall Street Journal is raking Trump over the coals for trying to illegally fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The Journal wrote about Trump’s activities of trying to fire Powell: “Mr. Trump thinks he can bully everyone into submission, but he can’t bully Adam Smith, who deals in reality. Markets know tariffs are taxes, and taxes are anti-growth. The tariffs are the biggest economic policy mistake in decades, and extending the 2017 tax reform and deregulation may not compensate for all the damage.” It won’t because it primarily benefited the rich, who will get through this unscathed.
In addition to creating an enormous amount of chaos, Trump is rewarding companies that helped to fund his inauguration. Those rewards entail terminating any federal enforcement cases against the contributing companies, which Alternet listed as at least 17. In detail, Alternet listed the companies that contributed and have had federal enforcement cases dismissed, including Bank of America, Capitol One, Coinbase, DuPont, and JP Morgan. Google also donated one million, and their CEO secured a prime seat in the VIP section. Apple got its imports exempted from tariffs, and according to former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, the Trump administration plans to end free direct file to the IRS in exchange for Intuit’s $1 million donation. As Reich said: “See how this works?”
At every turn, Donald Trump is doing his best to screw the “little man,” which is all of us. Fortunately, he cannot run again, but his supporters need to learn to separate lies from the truth so that they will do a better job of choosing whom to support in the next election.
Shirley is a former entertainment writer and has worked in the legal field for over 25 years