Posted on 01/10/2025 1:31:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Biden inherited a mess. He leaves the U.S. in far better shape, at home and abroad.
It is easy to forget how desperate things were on Jan. 20, 2021, when Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States.
Just two weeks earlier, thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters had stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to keep Congress from certifying Biden’s election victory. The nation was at the height of the coronavirus pandemic; in that month, 3,000 Americans died daily from covid-19. There were newly developed, lifesaving vaccines, thanks to the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed — but there was no viable plan to distribute them. Schools and workplaces were shuttered; hotels and airlines had no customers; restaurants tried to survive by offering take-out. The U.S. economy and the world economy were on life support.
Four years later, the country is in vastly better shape, at home and abroad. The economy, though still recovering, is the envy of the developed world; U.S. stock markets are at or near all-time highs. Our political system has survived. We have made overdue investments in infrastructure and technology. And in a world full of conflict and danger, American troops are not at war for the first time in a generation.
History may fault Biden for the way his term in office ended. By any objective standard, however, he was a very good president whose accomplishments will benefit the nation for many years to come.
Biden’s critics find it convenient to look past what may be remembered as his biggest success: He guided the country through, and ultimately out of, the pandemic. The virus has not entirely gone away, but getting vaccinated is as easy as dropping by one’s neighborhood pharmacy. And regardless of what Republican...
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He must be on some very powerful drugs.
What was that “mess” that Pedo Joe inherited, oh clueless ‘journalist’?
I’m so proud that I managed to get a real education.
Sounds like ol’ Eugene is applying to be the ghost writer for Biden’s “memoir”.
Are they going to put Joe up on Mt Rushmore?
UK Gov’t confirms Covid19 harmless to VAST MAJORITY of people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adj8MCsZKlg
Absolute nonsense and gaslighting.
AND a rabid racist
1) He went on a massive inflationary spending spree, and 2) he opened the borders.
“He guided the country through, and ultimately out of, the pandemic.”
SURE he did...the demented POS who had to be guided off the stage like a blind man.
My Gawd, you people are insane.
Good Lord, no wonder the Washington Post is almost bankrupt. Bezos needto rid himself of that propaganda machine before he is permanently tarred by it.
Fixed it for ya, Eugene. Yeah...desperate times, indeed.
As many here have already noted, Eugene is a few eggs short of a dozen, an elevator that always stops a few floors from the top, a few feathers short of a bunch, a BB rolling around in a box car, ...
What is this guy smoking?
Yep, he wrecked the country and caused more pain than any president in history.
Isn’t he the one that periodically bugs out his eyes when he’s talking? Always added an element of comedy to the talk shows.
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