Biden’s chief of staff says president is comparable to historic predecessors

Ron Klain compares Biden's achievements to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson in interview

In a bullish interview, the White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, compared Joe Biden's achievements in his first two years in office to historic successes under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson.

Speaking to Politico, Klain said: The president has delivered the largest economic recovery plan since Roosevelt, the largest infrastructure plan since [Dwight D] Eisenhower, the most judges confirmed since Kennedy, the second-largest healthcare bill since Johnson, and the largest climate change bill in history."