The top election issue isn't the economy or immigration -- it's Trump's unfitness to lead

With just three weeks to go before the most critical presidential election of our time, the Wall Street Journal reports that voters in America’s battleground states “see Donald Trump as better equipped than Kamala Harris to handle the issues they care about most — the economy and border security.”

However, we should hope voters recognize what’s really important. We can fix inflation and immigration. In fact, both are moving in the right direction. What’s far more important is the character, trustworthiness and stability of the person we choose for America’s top job.

Congress has more say over immigration than the president. The Federal Reserve, which operates independently of the White House, has greater influence over the economy. And neither issue is as critical as Trump has led voters to believe.

The economy, which has suffered its own version of long COVID, is doing well. Inflation is down to its lowest level since President Biden took office. Interest rates have come down, wages have outpaced inflation, the stock market keeps setting records, and the jobless rate is around 4 percent today, compared to 6.4 percent when Biden took office. The average monthly unemployment rate is lower under Biden than in any administration going back to Gerald Ford.

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