Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Economy Under Biden Is ‘Growing More Than It Did Even in Pre-Trump Covid’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MELBER So ░░░░░░░░ will get to your ░░░░░░░░ it s all related ░░░░░░░░ you see when we ░░░░░░░░ back other presidents both ░░░░░░░░ and directly after crises ░░░░░░░░ seized on them to ░░░░░░░░ effect policy and in ░░░░░░░░ politics in the public ░░░░░░░░ they ve gotten How ░░░░░░░░ President Biden doing on ░░░░░░░░ measure and is it ░░░░░░░░ with the economy where ░░░░░░░░ lived it and this ░░░░░░░░ where I would say ░░░░░░░░ I m not a ░░░░░░░░ but anecdotally a lot ░░░░░░░░ people want to forget ░░░░░░░░ GOODWIN You know it ░░░░░░░░ so interesting there is ░░░░░░░░ mystery of leadership even ░░░░░░░░ FDR was able to ░░░░░░░░ the New Deal that ░░░░░░░░ inaugural address alone instilled ░░░░░░░░ in the American people ░░░░░░░░ said as you were ░░░░░░░░ earlier he didn t ░░░░░░░░ light of it He ░░░░░░░░ only a foolish optimist ░░░░░░░░ deny the brutal realities ░░░░░░░░ the moment but the ░░░░░░░░ thing we have to ░░░░░░░░ He famously said is ░░░░░░░░ itself But then he ░░░░░░░░ it s not your ░░░░░░░░ American people it s ░░░░░░░░ that s failed and ░░░░░░░░ m here to provide ░░░░░░░░ leadership With that one ░░░░░░░░ confidence was projected his ░░░░░░░░ is the American people ░░░░░░░░ night they said we ░░░░░░░░ a leader in headlines ░░░░░░░░ government still lives A ░░░░░░░░ wrote in among hundreds ░░░░░░░░ thousands of letters saying ░░░░░░░░ roof has fallen off ░░░░░░░░ dog ran away my ░░░░░░░░ is mad at me ░░░░░░░░ ve lost my job ░░░░░░░░ everything s okay because ░░░░░░░░ are there That s ░░░░░░░░ mystery of leadership He ░░░░░░░░ t even done anything ░░░░░░░░ but projected his own ░░░░░░░░ So much happened with ░░░░░░░░ President Biden has done ░░░░░░░░ has had a lot ░░░░░░░░ largeness to it it ░░░░░░░░ affect us in the ░░░░░░░░ but still somehow it ░░░░░░░░ t fully translated into ░░░░░░░░ fact that the people ░░░░░░░░ giving him credit for ░░░░░░░░ fact that the economy ░░░░░░░░ gotten better It s ░░░░░░░░ more than it did ░░░░░░░░ in pre Trump Covid ░░░░░░░░ I think did something ░░░░░░░░ us to take our ░░░░░░░░ away from ourselves and ░░░░░░░░ seems quite the same ░░░░░░░░ I don t think ░░░░░░░░ trust is in government ░░░░░░░░ the institutions the way ░░░░░░░░ once was certainly during ░░░░░░░░ s time So it ░░░░░░░░ much harder for him ░░░░░░░░ gain the traction I ░░░░░░░░ because we re in ░░░░░░░░ a different era.”