Case closed

or the past several months I have observed right wing letter writers declare that Donald Trump did numerous things for all Americans, and that Joe Biden has done nothing. Therefore, I have taken a look at what each president has accomplished.

1.Trump inherited an economy that was creating 250,000 jobs per month and an unemployment rate of 4%. He left office in January 2021 with an economy in disarray and an unemployment rate of 10%. Biden inherited this mess and has turned it around. Hundreds of thousands of new jobs have dropped the unemployment rate to 4.6%

2. Trump did almost nothing about the pandemic, other than arguing it was just like the flu and would disappear when summer hit. When he left office more than 600,000 Americans had died. Biden got Congress to pass the Rescue Bill to fight the pandemic. Vaccinations appeared throughout the nation, and more than 70% of Americans have been vaccinated.

3. Afghanistan. Trump promised in 2016 to bring the troops home if he were elected. He left 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. Biden brought them home as he said he would. In foreign affairs, Trump thumbed his nose at our NATO allies. Biden is working with them and has strengthened our weakened position.

4. Infrastructure Bill. Trump never had any interest in repairing roads, bridges, dams, etc. He had one “infrastructure week” after another but did nothing. Biden got the job done and the bill has passed which will create millions of good jobs.

It looks to me that Biden has done more in one year than Trump did in four. All Trump did was sign a $2 trillion tax cut, which gave 80% of the loot to the wealthy and big corporations. Case closed.

Ralph S. Brax

Lancaster