he predicted the trump fever would break in the republican party. that hasn t happened. yes, he did get the bipartisan infrastructure bill. but we re still in very polarizing times. biden is not alone. number of presidents w., obama, trump even said everyone will unite around me. it s not happening. we re in a polarizing time and that s the way it is for the immediate future. neil: if you think about it, every time a president is challenged, whether it was gerald ford by ronald reagan, ford survived that or jimmy carter by ted kennedy in 1980, carter survived that. but he was so weakened by that that you could argue and the economy in both cases was not doing that great. they were divided party each running a divided party and they lost. i m wondering whether they changed people at the top of the ticket or both people at the top of the ticket, whether that will make any difference.
yeah. you are right because i was one of those people because it was either you were team blackberry or you were team iphone and [overlapping speakers] [laughter] the thing is apple went to over 3 trillion. but he was obviously an innovator. with that came changing the world. i am addicted to my phone. i would give of so many things to make sure i can hold onto my phone. i checked my average screen time. i m over seven hours a day. the average american spends the average american spends five and have them hours a day. mike: i guess you can do that. everyone has these things now. people are always on devices. and they blame him. i just remembered what he said at the time.
gregg: except she s in charge of the border which is a big deal, she s in charge of the border. please, she went near the border but not at the border, let s be clear. as i said, i don t think that has much bearing on people s evaluation of president biden. as i say also, it is tough for me to see how you explain why donald trump s popularity was even lower than joe biden s right now at this same point in his presidency. this is the american way of presidents.w we chew them up and then once they re out of office, we raise them back up again. gregg: charlie, last quick question. ron klain, staff of joe biden, the retweets is opinion piece and says, you know, 2021 wasn t that bad. i mean, my lord. is this a guy who s just not in touch and does that represent a