My biggest disappointment is, I wish he hadn't gone along with so much Democrat spending and had actually vetoed something. That, along with being bamboozled by Fauci during COVID. He caught on far too late which then brought the massive spending by sending everyone money and giving businesses free govbucks.
That pretty much covers his biggest flaws. The business free bucks was massively abused. Not being an experienced politician or a government insider he did not foresee the problems that arose by not have a mechanism to ensure rules compliance. They’re now trying to root out and prosecute cheaters but the horses already fled the barn and it’s massively expensive chasing those down.
The stimmy checks were also badly implemented. They were not nearly large enough to help those truly hurt by lockdowns, who lost jobs and businesses, and were totally unnecessary for those who kept their livelihoods. I believe Trump had good intentions, but he didn’t understand that, and he also didn’t foresee that he set precedent for Biden to continue with more stimmy money, which along with other factors caused inflation to explode.
And he trusted Fauci. Again, not being an insider, he didn’t know not to. Who did? Who knew about Fauci’s gain of function research, funding China, etc, and who knew about the CDC “pandemic plan” filed away in a drawer that had been the high school project of the 14 year old daughter of a bureaucrat? That the CDC would recommend something so destructive and with no scientific basis whatsoever, while Trump and many others couldn’t be blamed for assuming the CDC
somewhat knew what they were doing in the way of policy recommendations. Turns out they didn’t- at all!!!
So yes, Trump screwed up in those ways but hindsight is 20/20. He knows better now and if he gets another term, won’t be fooled by them again. One hopes.