FDR Was Pretty Consequential
Jack Blanchard, the author of Politico‘s newsletter Playbook, created some minor embarrassment for himself this week. In a recent edition of his newsletter, he commented on President Donald Trump’s incredibly impactful first month as president, implying that this level of accomplishment was historically unprecedented.
“Has any incoming administration been better prepared for power?” he asked. “Never mind the first 100 days—Trump’s team had a battleplan for the first 100 hours, and they executed it with stunning efficiency.”
He repeated this question in Monday’s Playbook, asking, “Has any previous U.S. leader made such an impact in such a short space of time?”
Blanchard is British, and previously edited Politico‘s U.K. version of Playbook. Perhaps this is why he is unfamiliar with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Helpfully, readers of Politico chimed in to inform Blanchard, promp
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