John Cleese, the famous British comedian, is confounded. Why can’t Trump voters see how awful the former president is?

This sentiment is everywhere. People are confounded that Donald Trump might win back the White House.

By “everywhere,” of course, I mean a certain establishment media bubble, and by “people” I mean the various media elites, celebrities and New York-Washington smart-set. Ironically, their confusion says more about their own ignorance and narrow-mindedness than it does about Trump voters.

The fact is, Trump should be far, far ahead in the polls, romping to a massive victory. Cleese and the smart-set should be thrilled that Trump is such an unhinged, non-strategic rage-a-holic; just a slightly more disciplined, strategic campaign would make this year's presidential race a foregone conclusion.

The evidence is there for all to see. Compared to Trump, the Biden-Harris administration has been a decided downgrade — both economically and from a national security standpoint — and it isn't not even close.

The statistics tell the tale. The Biden-Harris economy has been much worse for most Americans than the Trump economy. Cumulative inflation under Biden-Harris is above 20 percent, compared to just 8 percent under Trump. Real median income (i.e., after inflation) from 2016 to 2020 rose 9.2 percent, but from 2020 to 2023, it rose a paltry 0.6 percent.

And as bad as those numbers are, the numbers are worse for new home buyers.

In 2020, with mortgage rates averaging 3.10 percent, a........

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