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Well, yeah, he totally f***ed up the response to the pandemic. So while I agree with you that the pandemic was a Black Swan event, I completely disagree that he was at the mercy of factors totally outside of his control. He mismanaged every aspect of the pandemic except fast-tracking the vaccine... and then he f***ed that up eventually too.
A valid perspective...but one that's a little beside the point we're talking about here. Prior to Covid, the economy under Trump was doing fairly well, under conventional measures. Unemployment was really low, growth was solid (though not extraordinary). Inflation rates - and especially gas prices - were low, and interest rates were low.
Yeah, well, you can't fix stupid.
Well, Biden needs to fix it. He needs progressives if he's going to win re-election. Without them coming out to vote, and volunteering their time and energy to his campaign, he's got an uphill climb. Pointing to job creation figures over and over again and expecting that to have a different result, when that's not the issue they care about, isn't going to help.
