Kerby Anderson

A week from now, Donald Trump will take office and the Biden presidency will end. Jeff Crouere put together a few statistics that puts some of the Biden presidency in perspective.

His legacy will last longer than his presidency since 235 federal judges have been confirmed while he was president. His total surpasses the total number of judicial confirmations during President Trump’s administration.

Congress also passed a bill that would have added additional judgeships to relieve some of the backlog in federal cases. Although the bill was passed by both houses of Congress, President Biden vetoed the bill, perhaps because Trump will now be in office and could nominate judges for those positions.

The totals on the economic front should concern all Americans. The Biden administration and Congress added an additional $8.5 trillion to the national debt. It now stands at $36.3 trillion, or over $323,000 per American taxpayer.

“Inflation and interest rates outpaced wage growth and families fell deeper into debt.” The average home is valued as 7.64 times “greater than median household income.”

According to a recent report from the House Committee on Homeland Security, 10.8 million illegal migrants entered this country from Fiscal Year 2021 through Fiscal Year 2024. And that number does not count the approximately 2 million who entered without encountering customs and border protection (the so-called “gotaways”).

This is the situation Donald Trump will inherit next week. I think it is fair to say that is not what the American people voted for four years ago and some of the reasons why they voted differently in 2024.