All Presidents fail in one area or another. The complexities of the challenges facing the nation render it almost inevitable that mistakes will be made. However, the total failure of the Biden Administration is unprecedented. It is an extraordinary reality the mainstream media, which was largely responsible for the President’s electoral victory in 2020, desperately seeks to downplay.
An economy that dropped into recession last quarter, a loss of border control, the surrender of billions of dollars in military equipment to the world’s foremost terrorist organization, the loss of energy independence, rampant inflation, a failure to take steps to discourage and deter Moscow’s Ukrainian invasion, are all crises which an even moderately competent White House could have lessened or avoided altogether. Add to the list the unnecessary and inappropriate dilemma of parents seeking to cease the leftist indoctrination of their children in public schools being labelled as “domestic terrorists” and the growing attack on free speech, recently made worse by Biden’s appointment of a “Disinformation Governance Board” led by Nina Jankowicz, a figure who was part of the effort to coverup the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.
These existential problems facing the nation are to a significant extent the direct creation of Joe Biden and the progressives who clearly dominate him. They could have been avoided had there been competent leadership not wedded to an extremist philosophy.
The Pew Center found that migrant apprehensions at U.S.-Mexico border fell sharply in fiscal 2020. They have skyrocketed since Biden took office, and deportations are at a 20 year low. The extent of the danger is manifest. In testimony before Congress, Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas couldn’t even provide information on key terrorists entering into the U.S. through the southern border.
The open border policy has been a gift to Mexico’s infamous crime cartels, who have reaped record profits and have expanded their activities within the U.S., a significant aspect in soaring crime statistics throughout the nation.
Up until Biden’s inauguration, America was energy independent and inflation was under control. The U.S. Energy Information Administration notes that average price of gasoline was $2.17 a gallon. Biden chose to close the Keystone Pipeline, end exploitation of the ANWAR, impede or stop drilling on federal lands, and more. The result? As of this writing, the average price of gas is $4.15. Despite all the ravings of environmental extremists, there is currently no alternative energy that can replace more than 20% of what fossil fuels provide. Once the cost of energy rises, it is inevitable that all other prices skyrocket, because everything requires energy to make or transport.
As the COVID pandemic reduced in severity, thanks in large part due to the vaccine successfully developed during the Trump Administration, it was to be expected that the economy would roar back uninterrupted for numerous fiscal quarters. It is shocking that Americas’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell at a 1.4% rate last quarter. That stunning drop is a clear result of Biden’s reckless tax and spending actions and proposals, his mishandling of COVID’s remnants, and more.
Vladimir Putin carefully observed Biden’s bungling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He noted that the American president submitted a defense budget that, accounting for inflation, actually cut the Pentagon’s spending power. He observed Biden’s ignoring America’s deteriorating nuclear arsenal. And, as the Kremlin deployed its invasion forces near Ukraine, he was cognizant that Biden did nothing in response. Indeed, the befuddled President even mentioned that he wouldn’t respond to a “limited” invasion. With all that, the attack was on.
The challenges facing Biden are of his own making, the result of his own policies. His errors are unprecedented in the harm they cause, and the ease with which they could have been avoided.
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