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The Daily Beast: To All Trump Voters: How Will You Measure His Success?

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Keeping Score: Michael Ian Black asks: Four years from now, when we look around at a remade America, how will Trump voters know if their man hasachieved anything?

By MICHAEL IAN BLACK

This one goes out to all my Trump homies. To the MAGA voter, the Trump supporter, the fascist-curious, the Red Stater, the Fox News viewer, the boat parader, the “Let’s Go Brandon” flag flier, the “f--- your feelings” T-shirt wearer.

To the mighty 49.8 percent: congratulations! You got your man. Orange Julius is about to once again rest his ample a-- behind the Resolute Desk. My question to all you is simple: What are you hoping to get out of Trump II? When this second go-round has concluded, how will you determine whether it was a success? And what makes you think this time will be any better than the last?

We already know his first administration was a disaster: multiple impeachments, a million dead Americans, the economy in the toilet, jobs lost, a final job approval rating of 34 percent, etc. No wonder you want him back. After all, with a record like that, there’s a lot of room for improvement.

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