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The terrible jobs numbers released on Friday were the cherry on top of a lousy week for the administration. The week opened with Trump vanishing and the White House releasing old pictures and videos as new in an effort to fool the American people into believing that Trump was active.
On Tuesday, the administration promised a big announcement, which turned out to be the relocation of Space Command to Alabama. The event seemed like a pretext to put Trump in front of the cameras to prove that he is not dead.
Trump suffered multiple defeats in court related to his effort to freeze federal funds to Harvard, and courts ruled that his use of the National Guard as a civilian police force is illegal. Trump has also had his tariffs ruled unlawful, and the Department of Justice continues to fail to win cases in Washington, DC.
The president tried to pretend that he could change the name of the Department of Defense with an executive order, and watched India cozy up to Russia and China.
Trump’s HHS Secretary had one of the worst Senate hearings in recent memory, and Epstein survivors stormed the Capitol and revived a Trump scandal that refuses to go away.
It is unprecedented for an administration that is still in its first year to have so much failure so consistently.
Nothing that Trump is doing as president is popular or working.
This is a historic level of complete and comprehensive failure.
These are challenging times that the nation is enduring, and it is essential to take a broader perspective and recognize that this president is not achieving success. Trump blusters and tries to look strong, but if you tear away the propaganda and sideshow, this is a president who is failing.
What do you think about Trump’s week of fails? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
