>Well I think that is way to early to Judge. Typically the results of policies like this can only be evaluated a decaded after they were enforced.
If that were the context at the beginning - had expectations been honestly set by the president, I would tend to agree with you.
However, that is not what happened here.
The White House knew - absolutely knew - many of the implications, and elected to lie to the American people. Yes, I said "lie"