Could Joe Biden be in denial about how badly his presidency is going?
Heading into last night’s State of the Union address, US president Joe Biden faced a grim political situation.
Some 70 per cent of Americans believe the country is going in the wrong direction, according to an Associated Press-NORC poll. Worse still for Biden, Americans have lost faith in his leadership during his first year in office. His approval rating has dropped to 37 per cent in a recent ABC News-Washington Post survey. Only Donald Trump had a lower rating (by one percentage point) at the same point in his presidential term. Some six in 10 say Biden is not a strong leader, and a majority says he doesn’t have the mental sharpness to serve effectively.
The State of the Union was an opportunity for Biden to start to turn things around. But judging by his speech, it seems that Biden and his team have no idea of the degree of Americans’ disenchantment with him. Biden hardly acknowledged the dismal state of affairs, and offered no course correction.
Must be nice to walk around in a mental fog, forever protected from reality by your own senility and a coterie of kiss-ass flunkies. Hope I'm that old someday.
Beer works for me!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I get that Biden isn't all there but why the real power behind the throne isn't even attempting to make a course correction is mind-boggling. Perhaps there is some sinister plan to refocus the voters on something other than this administration's failures. Maybe something like a war with Russia...