Trump, Biden dispute whether things were better in 2020

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Donald Trump has again asked Americans a pivotal, comparative question.

“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Trump posted on his social media platform. “I don't think so.”

To emphasize the point, Trump posted a chart on Monday comparing inflation at the same point in his and President Joe Biden's presidencies.

The complication, of course, is that in April 2020, the United States and much of the planet closed down their economies and people sheltered in isolation as the coronavirus swept the planet.

Inviting the comparison, some have commented, suggests Trump lacks selfinsight. Among those is Biden, who lashed out at the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in a Scranton,

Pennsylvania, speech April 16 by reminding attendees of Trump's theorizing at the time about the use of disinfectants and sunlight to combat the coronavirus.

So, what's behind resurrecting the quote Ronald Reagan first made part of the political lexicon 44 years ago?

In that White House briefing on April 23, 2020, Trump said: “So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn't been checked, but you're going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you're going to test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?”

He then added: “And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in