.MaddowBlog: President Trump laments that he's not basically immune from criticism because the economy.
When Donald Trump reflects on his understanding of history, trouble soon follows. After all, the president has talked about Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and the U.S. civil war, and in each instance, Trump ended up embarrassing himself.
“In the ‘old days’ if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism. Remember, ‘It’s the economy stupid.’ Let’s not dwell on the minor factual errors, including the fact that the current economy isn’t even close to being the “greatest” in history. In fact, it’s not quite as strong as it was in 2015.
In case this isn’t obvious, no American president has ever been “immune from criticism,” regardless of the economic conditions of the day. Bill Clinton was president when the economy boomed, and he not only faced criticism, he was also impeached .
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