In his State of the Union address in February, President Donald Trump improvised a new riff on one of his favorite lines.
“Please, please, please, Mr. President, we’re winning too much; we can’t take it anymore,” Trump said, suggesting some citizens were discombobulated by a deluge of unheard-of success.
One war, several profound Supreme Court rulings and innumerable late-night social media outbursts later, Trump is claiming his biggest win yet, saying he’s made American great again for its 250th birthday.
Trump, as always, is spinning a bit of truth with a larger helping of hyperbole as he tracks deeper into a second term that’s creating unfathomable disruption.
But as he busily builds a legacy in cement and marble — soon to include a triumphal arch and a towering White House ballroom — it’s too early to say whether he’ll emulate truly consequential presidents with wins that long outlive his administration.
