> few terms have been more challenging than the last 4 years.
I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not
I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not
But to say the last four years which have been some of the calmest in history in the US has been the most challenging is hilarious.
Not the civil war, Great Depression, Cuban missile crisis, world war 2, COVID, GFC, etc.
It had to be sarcasm.
That's in the last four years, yes.
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-co...
Very disappointing.
Modern American history means last ~50 years. So that rules these out. Biden is great, but he's not going to ever come close to displacing Lincoln at the top of the heap.
COVID alone would have been one of the greatest crises of the last 50 years, but Biden's administration also had several others to deal with on top of COVID. (remember that 2022 was COVID's worst year).
The only comparable challenges in the last ~50 years would have been the Great Inflation and GFC. Carter did a smash up job appointing Volcker to fix the Great Inflation, but the fact the crisis festered for 15 years prior is a particularly bad smell.
The GFC is a great comparison. A stronger quicker response would have ameliorated it greatly. The last 4 years was handled well because Biden was part of the GFC response and learned from their mistakes.