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> The chart shows a huge loss of employment during COVID-19, which isn't seen in Europe at all (not even close).
No there was a huge emploiyment recession in europe but because of laws instead of people getting fired they just lost hours... The mean hours worked per week per person in the EU dropped by an enourmous 18 hours during the economic shut down... very much in line with the unemployment rate in the USA, or at least when represented in hours lost. (see attached)
> And this is entirely due to (1) Trump's destructive policies prior to the arrival of COVID-19 combined with (2) the, shall we say, haphazard approach to the pandemic.
Wrong, as demonstrated the hit to people actually working in the workforce was approximately the same between europe and the USA.
> And I agree with you: Trump's unprecedented efforts to influence the fed and solve things with QE, which Biden doesn't even seem to dream of, makes his record even worse. Trying to cover up policy blunders by stoking inflation.
Trumps record is horrific to anyone looking at the big picture for sure... but there is **no** doubt the unemployment rate was largely thanks to his decisions, its just that he caused a LOT of harm to get what is effectively a temporary and artificial unemployment rate... it may be real, he may have caused it, and it was even record breaking, all true and he gets the credit, but it was NOT a good thing when you consider how he got it and the long-term effects of what he did.
