Think back to one year ago. America was at peace. American troops were coming home from the hot spots around the world. Incomes and jobs were skyrocketing, and people had made more wage and salary gains in three years under President Trump than in the previous 16 years under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The swamp was getting drained.

Trump was not far off the mark when he boasted to Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes that we had the best economy ever at the start of 2020.