>My personal opinion is that, if you squint, his [Carter's] presidency is a lot like that of Trump The parallel goes further. Both of these presidents initiate

>My personal opinion is that, if you squint, his [Carter's] presidency is a lot like that of Trump The parallel goes further. Both of these presidents initiated a very different economic policy, and this was expanded on by the succeeding president despite the successor being a standard bearer of the other party: * Carter initiated deregulation and appointed Volcker to the Fed. * Trump initiated China tariffs and decoupling, and was leery of trade deals in general. Another parallel is the unique foreign policy both had compared to their 'ordinary' successor. e.g. I don't think any other President would have been so supportive of Mugabe like Carter was.