On the Carter Analogy

Let’s rub it in! Here are some ways in which Trump resembles Jimmy Carter:

  1. Both ran as outsiders determined, in their very different ways, to clean up Washington;
  2. Both won narrow victories over successors to the last elected president of the other party;
  3. Both were ineffective leaders; and
  4. Both were ultimately overwhelmed by a crisis not of their making (pandemic; Iran).

They’re so similar, they could be twins! Well, not really.