Don't forget: Trump was a nightmare. The US was led by someone who in a deadly crisis responded with denialism and magical thinking, writes Julian Zelizer.
Zelizer: Republicans are trying to present his entire presidency, even 2020, as pure splendor. When Reagan uttered his famous line, the United States was suffering from an annoying mix of high unemployment and high inflation, he says. But today, unemployment is near its lowest level in 50 years, and inflation is rapidly falling.