Byron York's Daily Memo: Assessing Trump’s disastrous end
by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent |
| January 14, 2021 09:05 AM
ASSESSING TRUMP'S DISASTROUS END. Donald Trump is now the only president ever impeached twice. Yes, that says a lot about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's, and the Democratic Party's, obsessive quest to remove him from office. But the impeachment is also the result of a disastrous turn in Trump's presidency since the November 3 election.
Before November 3, there was much speculation, much guessing, that Trump would not accept the results of the election. And then, when the day arrived, sure enough, Trump did not accept the results of the election. That one action would lead to catastrophe in his final weeks in office. Still, at the beginning, in the days immediately following the election, Trump was entirely within his rights to challenge the results in some key states.
Ironically, while Trump was doing that, he also enjoyed what should have been one of the highest notes of his presidency: the successful development of a COVID vaccine. On Monday, November 9, less than a week after the election, drugmaker Pfizer announced a vaccine that it said was 90 percent effective. That announcement was followed by other, equally effective vaccines. It was a stunning success for Trump's Operation Warp Speed. He had promised the program would deliver a vaccine in record time. His critics scoffed, and some accused him of lying. And then Operation Warp Speed delivered a vaccine in record time. It was, or should have been, a triumph for Trump -- an accomplishment that would be a high point, perhaps the highest point, of any presidency.
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