By this time in year 4, BO had a House who literally would not do anything to help the country in year 4 of the recession.
By this time of year 4 of GWB, the Iraq War had gone on well over a year and people had soured on it since no WMD were found.
Trump came into office with the unemployment rate already dropping and at 4%. He has come into office during a relatively peaceful time.
He had every chance to take leadership of the pandemic but he fumbled several times.
He has nobody to blame but himself for his poll numbers even being as close to those as they are.