I was trying to emphasize the "based on personal experience" part. Of course you can still criticize the government. But elections have time and time again show

I was trying to emphasize the "based on personal experience" part. Of course you can still criticize the government. But elections have time and time again shown that the opinion of experts matters much less to the electorate than their personal experience. That's one of the reasons why the state of the economy is so important for the reelection of a president. That being said, if the US economy really does tank that could make his reelection more difficult but I think he can easily blame that on the virus.