If Everything Is Still Biden’s Fault, What Exactly Did We Hire Trump to Do?

By Tammy-Jo Pritchett · August 10, 2026

Opinion

If Everything Is Still Biden’s Fault, What Exactly Did We Hire Trump to Do?

Let me tell you something. I run a household of six on a budget that would make a congressional accountant weep. When the dishwasher breaks, I don’t stand in my kitchen for nine months telling my kids it’s the previous homeowner’s fault. I fix it. Or I hand-wash the dishes. What I don’t do is hold a press conference about it.

So somebody needs to explain to me, in small words, why the man who campaigned on “I alone can fix it” is now running around telling us he can’t fix anything because Joe Biden broke it first.

I saw the argument floating around this week, and honestly? It’s the kind of thing I’ve been saying in my group chat since March. If every single thing going wrong in this country is still somehow Biden’s fault, then Trump is admitting something his biggest fans should find deeply uncomfortable. He is telling you, to your face, that he is incapable of changing anything.

Now I don’t trust The Hill any further than I can throw it. I don’t trust most of these outlets. They’ve got their own agenda and they think we’re too dumb to notice. But even a broken clock is right twice a day, and this particular point isn’t some deep media conspiracy. It’s just math. It’s just basic mom logic.

Trump came back to office promising immediate solutions. Lower prices. Stronger borders. Peace abroad. Economic relief at home. Those were his words, not mine. I watched the speeches. I heard the rallies. He said he would fix it on Day One. Well, we’re well past Day One, and every time something goes sideways, the answer is the same: “But Biden.”

Here’s my question, and I’m just a mom with a calculator and a grocery bill that’s gone up not down: If Biden is so powerful that his ghost still controls every outcome in the federal government, then why did we need Trump at all? If one former president can single-handedly thwart the most powerful office on Earth, what exactly are we paying the current one to do?

You cannot simultaneously sell yourself as the most powerful leader in human history and then insist that one elderly man from Scranton is still running the show from Delaware. Pick a lane.

Every administration inherits problems. That is literally the job description. You don’t get hired to describe what the last guy did wrong. You get hired to correct it. I don’t care if the last guy left the pantry empty and the pipes leaking. I hired you to stock the shelves and call the plumber.

And here’s what really gets me. The same people who spent four years screaming “Buck stops with the president” when Biden was in office are now suddenly very interested in historical context and inherited challenges. Funny how that works. When it’s their guy, it’s “circumstances.” When it’s the other guy, it’s “incompetence.” I’ve got a fourth grader who tries that same move with homework excuses, and I don’t accept it from him either.

If Trump has the power to improve this country, and he told us he did, then he should be judged by what he actually changes. If he claims he cannot overcome Biden’s legacy, then why on earth should anyone believe his promises of strength and competence? You don’t get to be the superhero who can’t get past the villain who already left the building.

I’m not a columnist. I’m not a pundit. I’m a woman who feeds four kids and reads the receipts. And the receipts say the excuses need to end and the results need to start. Eventually, whether you’re running a country or running a household, responsibility belongs to the person currently in charge.

That’s not a hot take. That’s just how life works. And if that’s too complicated for the people in Washington to understand, I’d be happy to draw them a chart with crayons.

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