Donald Trump is a one-trick pony who gives the same performance at all of his campaign rallies. He talks about the “rigged” 2020 election, blasts “radical left Democrats,” RINOS, the mainstream media, prosecutors who have indicted him and the judges who are presiding over his civil and criminal trials. Apparently, even his supporters don’t listen to him very closely anymore.

Except for promises to end the “invasion” at the border and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Trump rarely mentions policy priorities for a second term as president. When he does, he provides virtually no details and hides behind misleading, “have-it-both ways” inartful dodges.

Trump seems more interested in returning to the White House, staying out of jail and punishing his enemies than improving the lives of his fellow Americans.

On the economy: Trump doesn’t mention that as president he declared he would eliminate the national debt in eight years but added $7.8 trillion to it. Or that he failed to follow through on a ballyhooed $1 trillion infrastructure initiative “to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, and hospitals.” Or that his administration presided over a net loss of three million jobs, the worst four-year performance in more than 60 years.

Trump has predicted a severe recession, hoped that the crash “is going to be in the next 12 months” (on President Biden’s watch) and declared stock prices have increased dramatically because........

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