Source: The Dispatch
by Jonah Goldberg
“One of Donald Trump’s closing campaign arguments was that he would deliver a new ‘golden age’ for America. This week, he announced that this Trump-powered golden age has already begun. That’s fitting insofar as Trump has rapidly eclipsed the current president, Joe Biden, in setting expectations and even an agenda for America at home and abroad. It feels as if the clock on the second Trump administration has already started. So has the usual fight over who should get the credit — or blame — for the economy the next president inherits. This happens to some extent with every new president, regardless of party and not just on the subject of the economy. … Trump has reason to jump the gun on taking credit for the economy now: It’s doing amazingly well.” (12/18/24)
https://thedispatch.com/article/the-economy-doesnt-care-who-is-president/