It didn't seem like it at the time. The ten-foot-high headlines excoriated the Orange Ogre for one calamity after another, day after day after day.
But looking back, none of it amounted to much of a hill of beans. You could pretty much sum it up as Donny J being an obnoxious a-hole.
There was no war in Europe.
He didn't even start a fresh one anywhere, which surprised me. I thought for sure that was coming after he rubbed out Soleimani.
Plus, he had a high entertainment quotient. Look where ratings are for CNN and MSNBC now that Trump's not carrying them anymore.
Anyway, four years of Mafia Don was plenty, and we figured we'd enjoy four years of peace and quietude with Sleepy Joe snoozing in the wheelhouse.
Well, Holy Mother of God!!!
We're just past the one year mark, and look around!
Gasoline at record high!
Murders at record high!
Inflation at record high... ditto for military budget, budget deficit, etc.
And now, the existential anxiety of wondering what Putin might do next.
For all the uncouth a-holery, it now seems the Trump years were the years of peace and quietude!
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