Chuck Todd: Can’t See Trump-Era as Anything But a ‘Failed Presidency’

Nicholas Fondacaro | January 17, 2021
Font Size

***To read the full blog, please check out the complete post on NewsBusters***

During NBC’s Sunday Today, political director Chuck Todd made it clear the network had had it with the last four years and were ready to move on to a President Joe Biden, the man they supported for president. Aside from White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell beaming as she reported on how the Trump administration was being “boxed up and carried out,” Todd looked back at the last four years and chided the pre-COVID economic boom and foreign policy successes, called it all a failure.

With host Willie Geist teeing him up to talk about new poll numbers showing Trump with solid support from his base, Todd immediately wrote off the last four years. “No. I mean, it really is -- it's one of his legacies. Right,” he said speaking out the poll. “Look, it is hard to look at this as anything other than a failed presidency when you look at particularly the coronavirus in the last year and obviously the violent ending to his presidency.”

According to Todd, the only successful thing about Trump’s time in office was the political movement he created around himself.

(...)

donate