. Life expectancy for Americans has declined for the first time since World War I. Why? Opioid overdoses, alcoholism and suicide. No wonder there is little cheer.
By way of example and keeping to the world of business, your treatment of Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell is an abomination and wouldn’t be tolerated in any fourth grade classroom. Or maybe now it would... “Presidential power has always been about at least creating the illusion of consensus,” says Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. “Donald Trump is the first president to not try to win over people who didn’t vote for him.”
As for infrastructure, nary a peep here. To be fair, this isn’t completely your fault. You and the Democrats agreed on a $2 trillion plan earlier this year—but oops, no agreement on how to pay for it. Still, you could have prioritized infrastructure and pushed the GOP, which has generally blocked projects in blue states.
You said you care about the working poor in your speech, President Trump, so why won’t you raise these wages of those who need help the most?