Biden morphs into Carter faster than Jimmy did

Published August 27, 2021 11:12am ET



Back in May, when inflation headlines were raging, gas prices were surging, and the coronavirus crisis was kicking in again, critics of President Joe Biden tried to label him the new Jimmy Carter. Former President Donald Trump joked, “That is very unfair to Jimmy Carter.”

The label didn’t stick in most circles because Carter was saddled with one crisis Biden had avoided, the foreign policy debacle in the Iran hostage crisis.

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