[Goose]

If this leader demanded to be given credit for economic growth and stock market performance, areas where he should know he had very little direct control, then he should have expected to get most of the credit/blame if members of his executive branch team stumble on pandemic management.

I think he/they fully well know that. That is why they have desperately tried to spin this whole thing the entire time to prove it wasn't his fault. The problem for them is that it doesn't matter if his team stumbled or not. He will get the blame, period. It is almost poetic justice that he will be defeated not for the horrible job he did on many fronts, but rather by something that actually was beyond his control.

[Goose]

If this leader demanded to be given credit for economic growth and stock market performance, areas where he should know he had very little direct control, then he should have expected to get most of the credit/blame if members of his executive branch team stumble on pandemic management.

I think he/they fully well know that. That is why they have desperately tried to spin this whole thing the entire time to prove it wasn't his fault. The problem for them is that it doesn't matter if his team stumbled or not. He will get the blame, period. It is almost poetic justice that he will be defeated not for the horrible job he did on many fronts, but rather by something that actually was beyond his control.