1. It's idiotic for anyone to claim that GDP growth, or lack thereof, can be attributed to whose butt is in the White House, but that didn't stop Trump from bragging about the economy nonstop until it tanked.
2. You can't criticize Biden for handling the Afghanistan withdrawal "poorly" unless you have some genius plan of your own (which nobody else thought of) that would have worked better (and was a practical possibility).
3. Were these families entering the country illegally? Fuck, no. They presented themselves at the border (which isn't entering the country--it's requesting entry) and legally asked for asylum.
4. The deficit has two causes. Republican talking heads focus on only one cause--spending (because it's in their basic playbook to portray Democrats as reckless spenders). However, lack of revenue is an equal cause. And the Trump tax giveaways for the rich created a deficit that is larger than all of the spending the Democrats are posing combined (over the same 10-year time period). So if the Trump tax cuts were rescinded, all those bills would be paid for.
5. Who do you think is responsible for vaccinations being politicized? (Hint: not Democrats. In fact, Biden has cost himself considerable political capital by his insistence that federal and large-company workers be vaccinated.)
Many of the things you like were actually pretty bad. Deregulation allowed many industry players to resume polluting and relax environmental standards (how much you care about that might depend on how aware you are of the danger). The tariffs on China did nothing other than jack up prices for consumers (which is why tariffs have always been a terrible idea, something that anyone with even a passing knowledge of American history and economics would know). "Energy independence" is a stupid concept, in that we are capable of generating enough energy on our own to meet our needs (so we've always been energy independent) but we don't, because it's cheaper to import at least some of it. Support for Israel is dubious, considering how they treat the Palestinians. Withdrawal from the Paris and Iran treaties was monumentally stupid and aside from the immediate consequences, sent the message that we don't honor our agreements, which lowers our standing in the world. And if you actually liked Trump's stupid and cruel "border policy" (including Da Wall), well, then, there's no hope for you.
About inflation. Yeah, people don't like it. But if you want to look at it a little less shallowly than most people, there's one thing you should know: prices are still well below what they would have been had the pandemic not hit and inflation had continued at the January 2020 rate. In other words, the economy is just "catching up."
The same can be said for gas prices. Adjusted for inflation, gas is still cheaper than it was during at least four 3+ month-long periods since 2000. Hell, it's cheaper even in absolute terms than it was during several stretches (I remember paying $4.79 early in 2016).
Roughly half of the US Savings Bond yield is an inflation adjustment. So, in real terms, interest on a 7% nominal return bond is actually about 3.5%.
There is no "issue" or "crisis" at our southern border. There have been some temporary problems. But what no one seems to realize amid all the Fox News ranting and raving is that tens of thousands of trucks cross the border every day. People still present themselves and apply for asylum or temporary residence. Nothing has changed in those aspects.
If you don't like what Congress is doing, well, their terms only last two years. And whoever you might be, you can only have a tiny influence on who is the occupant of ONE Congressional seat. So it's not really under your control. I personally think that all the insurrectionist House members who voted to not certify the election should be expelled and forbidden to ever hold public office again. But I realize that the 75 million brain-dead assholes who infest this country will vote them back in not only despite their treason, but because of it.
And one other thing--you wish to separate Trump's "policies" from the man's behavior. That can't be fairly done. The man is a boor and an ass--and Jesus, what an ignorant piece of garbage. He literally made it all up as he went along. Throughout history, there have been incompetent leaders. But some of them have known enough to surround themselves with competent advisors. Trump surrounded himself with sycophants, many of whom knew not bloody all about the critical jobs they were tasked to do.
