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2020-05-25 Home Front: Politix
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Trump Faces Uphill Battle - like Herbert Hoover
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[Dallas News]  WASHINGTON — More Americans lost jobs in the last nine weeks than live in Texas. The staggering toll — 38.6 million — is more than half the number of votes President Donald Trump collected when he won the White House.
So how about a little historical perspective, media mogul?
The last president seeking reelection while presiding over such economic carnage was Herbert Hoover, and the latest national unemployment rate, 14.7%, is the worst since the record of 25.5% in 1932 — three months before FDR sent Hoover packing.
Oh, yeah. Hoover is a lot like Trump. Not that anyone alive remembers Hoover. Except Biden's son.
Trump didn’t cause the COVID-19 pandemic, just as Hoover didn’t cause the Great Depression.
Anybody remember who caused the Great Depression? Bush? Nixon?
But voters do tend to blame presidents for such pain and malaise, which helps explain why he’s gone to such lengths to pressure states to lift stay-home orders — and to point fingers at China for unleashing the virus and at Barack Obama for leaving behind a national stockpile depleted of masks and ventilators.
Florida and South Dakota didn't need pressure; New York and California will never appear to respond to the Orange Man. Who disagrees with the origin of the virus or the 2017 status of stockpiles?
The president’s support grew steadily in the early weeks of the pandemic when he somberly cast himself as a "wartime president" at long televised briefings, flanked by the nation’s top public health experts.
Until the sleaze media decided his briefings were helping, not hurting his standing.
 His support against Democrat Joe Biden has slipped sharply since then, as quick cures he promised didn’t materialize, the death toll kept outstripping his overly optimistic projections, and tens of millions of workers suddenly found themselves furloughed or fired.
You can see where this is going. Cures promised? Optimistic projections, or were they hopes? Who sent trillions in aid, after delay by Nancy and fellow travelers?
Trump’s prospects for a second term now hinge on how fast the economy bounces back. History and the latest polls and economic forecasts suggest an uphill fight.
However - (skipping down)
The election isn't entirely a referendum on Trump, or the economy.
 Voters will choose between him and former Vice President Biden, who as recently as Friday reminded everyone that he's an imperfect vessel for the hopes and dreams of those eager to evict Trump from the White House.
Let's see if the author foresees a Biden replacement.
"Hoover essentially responded by saying, this is what happens in life and you have to suck it up. It's not the federal government's responsibility to save you," Engel said. Roosevelt, by contrast, offered empathy "by the bucket load…. His response was, this is not your fault but we have a responsibility to each other."
Which former president sounds more like Trump? The author is going to help us answer that!
In Ypsilanti, Trump promised an "epic comeback" for the United States in the next year if he's reelected.
Promoting the pressure he's put on states to lift stay-home orders, he struck a populist note and cast himself as friend of the blue-collar set.
"Americans who need and want to return to work should not be vilified," he said. "They should be supported. Unlike many politicians and journalists, for those who earn a living with their hands working remotely is just not an option."
Cold and distant as Herbert Hoover, the former engineeer? I think not. 
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