Donald Trump Just Had The Worst Week Of His Life

     In the ranking of presidents, a bipartisan process by historians who use a scale of 1-10 to rate the job performance of these men (and hopefully, someday, women) in a number of areas to get an overall score, Donald Trump debuted at 41st of the 44 rated (Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president). Lincoln, Washington, the Roosevelts, Eisenhower, Truman, Jefferson, Kennedy, Reagan, Obama, and Lyndon Johnson made up the upper quartile. Along with Trump at the bottom were men like William Henry Harrison, who died a month into office, and Warren G. Harding, the most corrupt president up to that point in history. Those beneath Trump were Franklin Pierce (although listed as 42nd, Pierce and Trump actually tied), Andrew Johnson (a fierce opponent of the 14th and 15th amendments), and James Buchanan (the policies of Pierce and Buchanan directly led to the Civil War). Factors that led to this are obvious, but include his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and BLM protests as well as his impeachments related to Ukraine and the insurrection of January 6th, 2021. The Capitol being stormed was probably the biggest factor: COVID was one of the deadliest events in American history, and the Ukraine corruption scandal was on par with Watergate, but January 6th was the only time a sitting president refused to accept a peaceful transition of power and attacked another branch of government. Even more irksome for Trump is perhaps that Obama, whom he built his campaign around dismissing as "the worst president in history," moved from his initial ranking of 12th place up to 10th place, earning himself the label of a "great" president rather than an "above average" one.

     This wasn't the only piece of bad news for Trump. He's been trying to stage a comeback, but his election lies are falling apart. Mike Lindell pushed back the date he expected Trump to be back in office to October, the Arizona "audit" has concluded with apparently no evidence of fraud after being extended several times, and Rudy Giuliani, who is facing criminal charges over Ukraine, lost his law license for his conduct during the 2020 election. Giuliani's son, Andrew, who said he would run for governor to promote Trump values, got no votes from party leadership: zero, zilch, nada. Even many of his supporters are getting tired of hearing the same old nonsense about the 2020 election. As Trump rambled at his "rally" in Ohio, a sizeable chunk of the crowd of his supporters walked out in disbelief. Many of those who truly believe it was stolen want to hear Trump's plans for 2022, which is halfway here, and 2024, which will be a turning point for the party one way or another. On that note, Trump's endorsements of fringe candidates to replace members of Congress he feels aren't loyal enough to him, including Liz Cheney and Lisa Murkowski, are at odds with party leadership.

     The same day Trump's abysmal rating came out, it was announced that the Trump Organization and longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg had been indicted on tax charges, a major new addition to the flurry of civil and criminal suits he and his ardent supporters face and a release that jeopardizes Trump's family business. Donald Trump is trying to play cool, to rally his supporters around the idea that he is being attacked, and he is. It's not the bunny rabbits doing the biting, though: it's his own dogs, the ones he trained and set loose. To many more shitty weeks for Orange Julius Caesar!