I ' m not who you asked but I guess it depends on how you define things . His comment is a bit misleading as you can basically define basically anyway you want to make you correct . I don ' t think I ' d personally call it uninformed but somewhat debatable . He definitely wasn ' t unemployed . He did work but becoming a public servant was likely his primary focus and he succeeded . He ' s gotten reelected several times therefore he ' s obviously been doing enough to please his constituents . It ' s a little too early to say but it looks like he ' s also helped to inspire a younger generation which could be his biggest achievement and not necessarily an easy task . The reason for that inspiration seems to be that he lead principled stands against a bunch of things the public has changed their minds on . Staying in office and being principled . That ' s a fairly big accomplishment . There are a lot of people who judge people solely on how much money they ' ve made or very hard tangible contributions . You know , the same line of logic people frequently use to support Trump . He ' s ran businesses and made money , therefore he ' s successful and a hard worker .