Trump’s relief-era credibility problem kept getting worse
The administration was still trying to act like it was driving the recovery, but the broader relief effort was already tangled in confusion, political favoritism, and implementation headaches. That made every claim of competence look thinner and every promise of order sound more like wishful thinking.
First recorded May 19, 2020·Meaningfully updated May 19, 2020
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Trump’s relief-era credibility problem kept getting worse
The administration was still trying to act like it was driving the recovery, but the broader relief effort was already tangled in confusion, political favoritism, and implementation headaches. That made every claim of competence look thinner and every promise of order sound more like wishful thinking.
The administration was still trying to act like it was driving the recovery, but the broader relief effort was already tangled in confusion, political favoritism, and implementation headaches. That made every claim of competence look thinner and every promise of order sound more like wishful thinking.
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