Current Affairs Joe Biden POTUS #46

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peteblue said:
Biden has overseen the retreat from Afghanistan, and I’m not even going to go on about the damage this did both to the country nor the western alliance. On the plus side, with the U.K., he has aided Ukraine really well, even if slow to the party. I have no real idea what he has done to the USA other than the fact that the country seems more divided than ever. He has insulted his closest ally, the U.K. , by bringing up the fact that he is Irish (his family left 172 years ago) and accused the U.K. of behaving to Ireland as Isreal behaves to the Palestinians. His ignorance is now beyond acceptable. If he is not well I hope he gets better, but the longer he stays away from any levers of power or a microphone the better…I love America and it’s people and my comments reflect the feeling from Americas greatest friends…..
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Trump would have left earlier.

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Setting aside whether or not this is a good idea from a policy standpoint (totally different discussion), this seems like the sort of political unforced error where James Carville would have tackled Bill Clinton in the West Wing on his way to the press conference and put the president in a headlock until he relented, having reached an understanding with the Secret Service agents that he was going to do it.

Paying off part of your base with an executive order is something to be done after an election, not two months prior. The people this one targets already were turning out anyway. It activates the opposition's voters, demoralizes some of his own and plays into a bunch of Fox narratives (eg: incompetent on the economy, out of touch with the working class, big spending liberal). It's admirable that he wants to fulfill his campaign promises, but there's also a time and a place for that.
 
Martin Alvito said:
Paying off part of your base with an executive order is something to be done after an election, not two months prior. The people this one targets already were turning out anyway. It activates the opposition's voters, demoralizes some of his own and plays into a bunch of Fox narratives (eg: incompetent on the economy, out of touch with the working class, big spending liberal). It's admirable that he wants to fulfill his campaign promises, but there's also a time and a place for that.
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what democrats are demoralized by this?
I'm not sure its paying off his base either.
It's fulfilling a 2020 election promise, seems to me that getting this done before the midterms makes good political sense. It also makes economic sense.
Again I see this as good policy with poor messaging. The Democrats calling card.
 
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