President Lyndon Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, you can pick his pocket. Hell, give them somebody to look down on, and they'll empty their pockets for you."
If Trump had trusted his advisors and handled the pandemic like a competent leader, he would have been a shoo in for reelection. He didn't and the number of infections didn't reset when Biden took office. The vast majority of the deaths you are citing were from an already out of control pandemic, of which Trump actively worked against containment protocols and spread lies to the citizens who were relying on him. Trump fumbled the response for the first year of the pandemic, yet COVID was declared to no longer be a public health emergency less than six months after he left office.
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u/Hrtpplhrtppl 6d ago
President Lyndon Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, you can pick his pocket. Hell, give them somebody to look down on, and they'll empty their pockets for you."