And the reason for financial distress is primarily a result of having no choice to elect anything but Democrats & Republicans, where both parties have proven to be financially reckless enough to compromise the wealth of a Nation. In a compounding way. That you may have to do the math to understand.
Now this is The Economist and they're trying as hard as they can to criticize Trump, including reminders of his well-recognized low-class behavior. Although it's well-deserved criticism, I wasn't going to pile it on, but there's still deceptive influence here that just adds to the ridiculously exaggerated hype when it comes to Trump's competency:
>With his sophisticated grasp of new and legacy media and his instinct for the basic needs and fears of many Americans,
Give me a break. Trump's closest professional associates have confirmed beyond doubt that he doesn't have a sophisticated grasp of very many things at all. Especially things like this that some people give him undue credit for. All he really did is appeal to an idolizing fanbase that grows by absorbing those who were less sophisticated than traditional Republicans used to be in general, and stoking them with additional fears that he can be praised over his exaggerated hatred for. That surely is very many Americans but it's strictly on the basis of the degree of idolization he can "feel" firsthand, nothing more sophisticated than that.
>Biden ... was ... no longer up to the demands of presidential communication that Mr Trump understands so well.
From what people see in the media, Biden may be bumbling, but there is a very wide consensus that most of what Trump displays is completely non-Presidential. Every President before him set a bar which he has never been able to come close to reaching.
>“Can you believe he endorsed me?” Mr Trump chortled at a rally in North Carolina on November 3rd, gloating over how Mr McConnell eventually fell into line. Mr Trump felt no obligation to reciprocate. “Hopefully we get rid of Mitch McConnell pretty soon,” he said.
I would say the odds are not zero that one day Trump may be saying this about Elon Musk :\