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President Trump's biggest accomplishment is lucky timing

I think it's safe to say, just a year and a half into his tenure, Donald Trump is the worst, most embarrassing president in U.S. history. Amid all his mistakes, lies, and public embarrassments, Trump and his supporters have consistently been able to point toward one accomplishment: the Supreme Court. After the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, then President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland. Congressional Republicans blocked this move, and after Donald Trump was inaugurated, he and Congressional Republicans successfully moved conservative Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Now that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, it appears as if Donald Trump may very well be able to get another conservative judge onto the highest court in the land. Following the Gorsuch vote and now the Kennedy announcement, I've heard seemingly countless Republican talking heads saying, "You see how great President Trump is? He's done more in his first year plus than Obama did in eight! Democrats should never have underestimated him!"

I don't mean to come across as insensitive here, but according to these people, Donald Trump's biggest political accomplishment has been one out of his control. One guy dies, another retires, two replacements basically fall into the president's lap, and this makes him great? Really? So if I somehow hit the jackpot with two lottery tickets, this makes me exceptionally smart? Even if one of them I found on the ground outside a grocery store and I selected auto-pick on the other? I don't think so. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the stars seemed to align properly for Donald Trump as far as the Supreme Court is concerned, but let's get one thing straight - Donald Trump didn't align the stars. 

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