Biden’s problems

Joe Biden’s low approval rating are not totally an accident, but are the sum of a number of issues and events, facts and perceptions about our 46th president of the United States boiled down to a lackluster performance. 

First, he got elected because a majority of Americans wanted to get Trump out of office, just like recently, in France, Macron got elected in order to prevent Le Pen from getting the top job. So, it’s fair to say that Biden wasn’t desired, but was the least of two bad options. 

Second, being old affects people differently, and in the case of Joe Biden it clearly shows that 78 years have an impact on his looks, his energy and his alertness and, let’s face it, the majority of voters are not in their seventies or older. So, with this in mind we have a president who tries to awkwardly run in front of the camera and can fall from his bike. Not so good! 

I also suspect that Biden does not listen to his advisers, is stubborn and wants to do things his way. Furthermore, his career as a senator did not give him the leadership experience he needed, and his time as vice president was not sufficiently engaged and he seems to have learned very little from it.  

Worst, though, his communication has been quite bad, especially when he responded to the rise of inflation, failing to bring up Covid as the main reason, albeit exacerbated by the invasion of Ukraine. He wasn’t able to stem the tide of Republican disinformation and stay on a strong and convincing message. 

Then, there’s the US Senate, that Biden thought he had in the back of his hand and didn’t not at all, especially as it relates to the two rogue Democrat Senators, Manchin and Sinema, that should have been his main focus and the thrust of all of his efforts. 

There are many other reasons, like his lack of experience in leadership, his inability to help Obama convince Ruth Bader-Ginsberg to quit while it still was time to replace her with a progressive judge, or fight for the nomination of Garland. 

In few words, Biden wasn’t able to grow into his presidential job and probably didn’t have the potential to do so. He shouldn’t run for a second term.