Thursday, January 30, 2025

It's Trump's job now

For all the afterthoughts and recriminations, Joe Biden/Kamala Harris are not in office because a tiny majority of us believed they were not doing a good job. (Yes, different people had different notions of what the job was they weren't doing; it's a big country.)

So it's Trump's job now. How's he doing? 

  • Egg prices going up because of the avian flu? That’s on Trump. 
  • People not getting needed aid because of the federal funding freeze? Trump’s fault. 
  • Criminals set free to wander around the country? Trump. 
  • Chaos abroad? Trump. 
  • A collapse in the Gaza ceasefire? Also Trump.

That's Obama comms guy Dan Pfeiffer's list (lightly edited). 

Let's see how many I can add off the top of my head:

  • MLK holiday, Pride Month, Holocaust Remembrance cancelled by order of Trump's DOD guy? Trump.
  • Commercial plane over DC hits errant military helicopter. No FAA leader? Trump's fault.
  • Crooked NYC Mayor's prosecution to be ended? Trump.
  • Reopen Guantanamo prison in Cuba? That's on Trump too.
  • AIDS drugs to be denied to African countries? Trump.
  • Too few workers to harvest crops in California? Trump.
  • Women under 30 seek sterilization. Trump.

As Pfeiffer concludes: 

... Trump won the presidency despite his flaws because he promised to make everything better. We need to hold him accountable when he fails. Just start fighting back and we’ll figure out the rest later.

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