As Presidents, Barack Obama and Joe Biden did little, and that poorly. In contrast Donald Trump has done very much, and of that body of work, much that is consequential and positive.
I wonder if, looking back, historians will develop a theory that both too little and too much presidential action is possible. In the current era, both have been exhibited literally within a single decade.
Perhaps a theory of the “Goldilocks presidency” will result. A sort of golden mean where neither too little nor too much is ideally done by the nation’s CEO. Let’s call that a COTTonLINE almost-prediction.
It is not my personal preference, however. I find Trump’s hyperactivity refreshing and invigorating after a longish period of “can’t do,” gridlocked government.
