Trump has failed to provide the leadership a nation at war needs

President Trump’s first major act as self-appointed president of the Board of Peace was to start a war. This inconsistency defines his bizarro-world second term.  

During his quest for a second term in 2024 he promised to bring prices down on the first day of his second term. He failed to keep his promise and then turned to an attack on Iran, which of course, has increased prices even more. 

Since he advanced against Iran, the economy has retreated. The February jobs report came with a rise in unemployment and the stock market has taken a big hit amidst oil price volatility. Since Trump has junked clean energy projects, and oil continues to drive the economy, food prices will soon go even higher.  

Many people will go hungry, but most hard-working Americans fighting to feed their families will find a way to survive. That means they must work even harder and longer to persevere. Their struggle to make ends meet will take an even bigger bite out of the president’s already anemic job rating.    

Americans historically have rallied behind the commander-in-chief in times of war but that’s clearly not the case with Trump. He has said that it will be a short war — and it had better be, because there’s no reservoir of good will for him to fall back on as casualties mount.  

A new national survey conducted for The Economist by YouGov.com though Monday contains nothing but........

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