Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

Trump set a deadline based on multiple conditions being kept by the Taliban.

The Taliban repeatedly broke these conditions yet Biden still withdrew.

Regarding the border, Biden is now planning to reintroduce Trumps Remain in Mexico policy. Biden proposed humane immigration reforms but continued harsh, Trump-era enforcement policies at the border. All the while he has encouraged migrants to come to the border, telling them that they will be welcome. Its his mess.

Biden is blamed for higher fuel prices because he placed a moratorium on the federal oil and gas leasing program. He stopped pipelines being built.

You cant blame Trump for that as much as you'd like.

Thats right ,ignore the elephant in the room. Covid-19, did you hear of that ?

Record low unenemployment levels before Covid. Record low black unemployment levels.

For the past year and a half due to Covid hardly anyone was spending money. Now that the economy is back open, people are spending and traveling and, as such, there is a bottleneck with very high demand.

There are a number of unique factors at play.

A supply chain disruption due to Covid, government stimulus spending, and a recovery driven by vaccine rollout and economies re-opening.

But yeah according to you its because Trump gave a tax break to the rich. Blinkered.

You mean I can’t disagree with you unless I produce a history of the US Presidency with a comparative analysis of every President’s achievements? This is a chat board.

Biden’s ratings are now in Trump territory and lower than any other previous President.

You might like higher corporation tax - half the “intelligentsia” in this country would happily strangling our golden goose - but no one has pointed to any practical help Biden has given us, despite his strong words on the NI Protocol. I think Biden is the US President best disposed to Ireland but he’s too weak to really help us.

Delivering on election promises is a poor measure of strength or weakness. In many cases, such promises are made out of weakness i.e. trying to buy votes. (Never happens here, God forbid!, but those Yanks get up to quare tricks)

A strong President is someone with the power to pursue their political vision, controlling the levers of power domestically, including in Congress, and externally through global leadership. Biden is obviously weak domestically. Not only do Democrats have the slimmest of majorities in the Senate, they are utterly split ideologically. Contrast that with e.g. Reagan and Tip O’Neill.

Trump was a failure as President and deserved not to be re-elected (though he would have been but for COVID) but he was far stronger than Biden. He transformed the Republican Party into an instrument of his personal power. It’s funny to read all his critics here who are trying to argue that he was the weakest of all Presidents. Until now, we were being told that Trump had singlehandedly destroyed America. I would rank him along with Carter in terms of power I.e. both came to the White House with great ambitions but neither delivered (yeah, I know both men would hate that comparison). But both were stronger than Biden and both had political vision while Biden is a weak chameleon in the grip of “progressives” who despise everything he worked for over the last 40 years.

Oh no, not snl.

Why lord, whyyyy?

You can disagree as much as you like. However, you cannot state things like "Biden was the weakest US President in modern history" when you evidently have not put any effort into quantifying how weak or strong modern US presidents have been. You believe he is the weakest because you want it to be the case.

• Like I said, you won’t allow me to state my view if you disagree with me. Now you’ve abandoned your ludicrous demand that I write the history of the modern US Presidency but you still deny me my right to express my view of Biden, which I have backed up with clear factual statements over a series of posts.

No they aren't, I objectively showed that in my last post.

No they aren't, I objectively showed that in my last post.

• Did you not read the Economist article I posted?

What help are you looking for exactly?

• Anything would do, really. I’m making the point that Biden’s weakness is also evident in our own country.

And Biden is doing just that. Unlike previous presidents, he is not backing down on things that may hinder his approval rating nor that has universal approval from his party.

• He is pushing a massive spending spree which he did not mention during his election campaign and which runs counter to his 40 year political legacy. He is captive to “progressives” who despise him (and Obama).

You do seem to use that word "obviously" a lot and then when asked you to demonstrate it, you go "what, you expect me to..."? No, it is not obvious. Demonstrate it with evidence.

• No, I don’t. And I gave many examples.

Good, I'm glad we have critical thinkers in the senate who don't just follow the opinions of their party.

And are you saying that they should have a larger margin in the Senate? Because they weren't expected to have a majority at all.

• We agree! The Democrats are split. Hence Biden is weakened.

That's not a strong president, that's a narcissist.

• Not unusual to be both, possibly even necessary. As I said (but you don’t listen), Trump,was a failure and deserved not to be re-elected. But he was definitely stronger than Biden.