A Very Trump Response

President Trump has seen tremendous highs during his presidency. But his time in office could be defined by the lows of the pandemic.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has presided over a record high close of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its biggest single-day drop. He enjoyed the lowest unemployment rate in recent history and may well be president during the modern highest jobless rate. He campaigned on a theme of American exceptionalism, only to see the nation nearly paralyzed by a virus.

But none of this has changed how he’s conducting his presidency.

While some presidents have taken an occasion such as a national emergency to encourage unity, Trump continues his brash, take-no-prisoners style, leading some to conclude that he’s missing an opportunity to remake his political persona into one more marketable for re-election and one more suited to a second term. Continue reading.