drag his feet

10:59 May 25, 2020 

Are you writing both texts simultaneously? If so, you might consider focusing on just one language first, e.g., "Barack seems to be dragging his feet. By the time he returns, people will have forgotten..." The first sentence, which is in the present, would be said if the writer believes that he's taking a long time on purpose. This is the usual meaning of the idiom 'to drag ones's feet," which usually implies a motive, such as to allow time for something else to occur first.

Something to consider if you have that ability to craft both the English and the Spanish simultaneously---an interesting task, for sure, if that's what you're doing. :-)

09:31 May 25, 2020 

thank you so much for your help, yes exactly, she means by the time he comes back, since he's gon be rpesident for the third time very soon, it's a video, they ain't authors , they're servants of God who have received visions or dreams about the end times in which we are

01:18 May 25, 2020 

"...dragging his feet. By the time he does come back, there will be humans who will have forgotten ..."

If the original said this, it would make a little more sense (to me, at least).

@jenny - Do you know anything about the source text or its author that might help?

01:07 May 25, 2020 

I'm not so sure I understand what they're after here, by saying, 'will have' this, or 'will have' that. It seems odd, unless they meant to say, "but by the time he does 'come back,' people will have forgotten..." (??)