It seems that no matter how badly things are going, President Trump, his administration, his army of cable news talking heads, podcasters, influencers, and regular supporters have a default excuse. “But Biden,” then fill in the blank is supposed to shut you up and accept that the current train wreck should be much, much worse.

It really doesn’t work anymore, does it? I mean, back in January 2025 and the early part of the second Trump term, it was very much a safe way to explain why his “day one” promises didn’t come to fruition right away. But inflation has gone up since the end of Biden’s term. Prices have gone up, the war with Ukraine did not end, we started a whole new war with Iran that was also won on Day One (but not really), gas has skyrocketed, and the list goes on.