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The problem with Biden's 'legacy' and Trump's 'mandate'

The problem with Biden's 'legacy' and Trump's 'mandate'

Two fuzzy concepts that obscure more than they reveal

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Dec 04, 2024
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Trump and Biden walk to the Oval Office. (White House photo.)

President Joe Biden and his predecessor/successor Donald Trump are being analyzed through the lens of two shopworn words: legacy and mandate.

They are terms that pundits are especially prone to use, perhaps because they are so ill-defined.

Biden blew up his legacy, the argument goes, with the pa…

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