By Nancy Thorner -
After the Labor Day holiday, it is time to reflect on the first seven months of the Biden Presidency. Say what you want about the outcome of his short seven months plus a few days, but this is in stark contrast to the Trump time in office. Biden's term is nearly void of controversy. There is almost universal agreement, although many will not comment publicly about the events, policies and executed orders Biden created.
The consensus is Biden's presidency has been a term of failure of epic proportions with serious consequences.
Let’s look at the body of work we have witnessed:
Afghanistan: The world has struggled to find words to adequately describe this unmitigated disaster of a decision and outcome. Complete failure of timing and execution of a horribly bad commitment of a date certain.
Relations with NATO & Allies in the Far East: Dumbstruck and terrified. No other way to describe it. Some have spoken out, but most are silent. Our standing as a country is diminished and we are not trusted. Loosing trust is the bottom because it is the erosion of the power of moral authority.
Immigration: A human disaster of epic scale and irresponsibility of policy managed by appointees of breathtaking incompetence.
Law & Order: The murder rate in the largest cities in the country is staggering, the epidemic of mobs raiding stores in free shopping sprees is evidence that defunding the police policies, liberal judges who refuse to incarcerate, unenforced strict gun laws, tolerating invasion of the homeless in metro areas and public areas, all wholly supported by Biden, are eroding the value of our cities and the confidence in government.
War on Fossil Fuels: This attack on the energy sector has flipped the US from a net exporter of oil and gas to an importer of oil, and from Russia no less. Now Biden begs OPEC and Russia to pump and drill so gasoline prices do not continue to spike. The acceptance of the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany while banning pipelines in America is beyond puzzling. Was noy energy independence once a national security issue?
Liberal Stimulus Packages: These Biden supported packages; paying people not to work has retarded the economic recovery, held work participation rate to record lows has left record open jobs unfilled and employers scrambling. It has also led to wage increases without productivity improvements contribute it the obvious inflation.
Bidens Federal Reserve: The Alfred E Newman, “the what me worry” crowd at the Fed and Biden Economic Team ignore the elephant in the room, inflation, as though they are not responsible. The do so at great peril to the nation.
Capitulation and Soft on China: Showing weakness with China only emboldens Xi and his Communist regime to reject our demands for sensible trade, an end to human rights abuses, the takeover of Hong Kong and sights on Taiwan. We have left our allies in t the region, Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, other SE Asia countries, and even India terrified.
Bowing to Putin: This gives the Russian thug license to get tougher on the Ukraine, use his energy leverage in Europe and ignore all international norms. He will continue to punch well above his economic weigh to the detriment of all of the West. He also has freer rein in the Middle East.
Iran: Trying to make nice with the Mullahs is always a dangerous game and they continue to march toward nuclear while spreading mayhem in Syria and Iraq. The quest for restarting the Iran accord is a fool’s errand, destined for failure and a more dangerous Iran.
There is more, but is this not enough? All this in but a few months. These are not simply policy differences; these are consequential and threatening to the country far beyond inconvenience.
One unanswered question, just who is President, who makes these decisions, sets policy, even selects cabinet and staff. Aside from the stupidly stubborn choice of the 9/11 symbolism for leaving Afghanistan, who calls the shots each and every day. Surely, not Joe Biden, he is not competent or sufficiently engaged, or even well enough to do so. This is why we should be very afraid.
