The ultimate insult of Trump is that a nepo-baby failson, who stumbled ass-backwards into the presidency by being kicked upstairs his whole life, until there was no more ‘upstairs’ to kick him, a man whose only real concern has been his own fame and legacy, was presented with not one, but TWO chances to inscribe his name in history in glory presented to him on a silver platter.
Chances where he could ensure perpetual fame, and all he had to do…was nothing. Just stand aside and let the people who are already working on the situation, do what they are doing, and collect the credit.
The first was COVID; the second was the economic soft landing.
And both times, he couldn’t see it and had to meddle, and blew it. Most people never get a chance at fame of that level, even if they work their whole lives. But he got two, he blew both, and he keeps chasing that positive legacy, in ever more destructive ways, as the sand runs low. A gambler in the red making increasingly riskier bets, that one big bet will turn it all around.
And the rest of us on this planet are the poker chips.