Credit Where Credit Is Due

Underscores, among many reasons, why some Trump allies don’t think he ultimately runs again https://t.co/BIOzGZsaKw

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 11, 2021

Or it could be this:

NEW FROM @CBSNewsPoll: Three in four Americans approve of Congress passing the American Rescue Plan. Large majorities of Democrats and independents, along with nearly half of Republicans, approve of passage. pic.twitter.com/9Y1b8K6htV

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) March 11, 2021

Or even this:

“The U.S. death rate increased by 15 percent last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, making it the deadliest year in recorded U.S. history, the ⁦@CDCgov⁩ will announce, according to two senior administration officials ..”

⁦@politico⁩ https://t.co/mjBQQn8N3Z

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 11, 2021

Besides, people are gonna like this:

Companies announce plans to scale back planned layoffs immediately after Dems' stimulus bill passes https://t.co/TIkHrcJHcC

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 11, 2021

Is Trump going to claim credit for that, too?

And I think this had a great deal to do with 7 million more votes for Biden, and won't really be forgotten all that quickly, even four years from now:

It's just simple — but extreme — narcissism. If we named the vaccines after the former guy and gave him a cut of proceeds, he'd do it. Otherwise, he'd view saving lives as helping Biden and not helping his own brand. It has to be about him, or for him — and not anyone else. https://t.co/DFS8LW9meL

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 11, 2021

Nobody's going to give Trump credit for this recovery. Nor is he going to escape blame for the losses. His narcissistic insistence on being blameless and wronged may still stump the journalists; but it's not longer even newsworthy to the American public. I think politicians trying to continue Trumpism are going to find that out.