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Biden’s Presidency Is Already A Total Disaster, And It’s All His Own Fault
The Federalist ^ | August 31, 2021 | John Daniel Davidson

Posted on 08/31/2021 7:42:00 AM PDT by Kaslin

resident Biden is not being swept along by the currents of history, he is turning every challenge he faces into crisis and disaster.


The first seven months of Joe Biden’s presidency have been fraught with crises. First it was the coronavirus pandemic and the vaccine rollout. Then it was the border crisis. Then it was the economy.

And now Afghanistan, where the Taliban are now reportedly hanging people by the neck from U.S.-supplied Blackhawk helicopters, and the U.S. withdrawal has left behind hundreds of Americans and perhaps thousands of Green Card holders in what now amounts to the largest hostage crisis in American history.

The administration is stumbling from one disaster to the next, with no end in sight and public opinion plummeting on nearly every major issue. In each case, the disaster has been entirely of the Biden administration’s own making. Events are not overtaking Biden, his own rank incompetency is.

(Just about the only disaster facing Biden right now that’s not a result of his administration’s policies is the hurricane slamming into the Gulf Coast. But there’s a decent chance he might well botch that, too.)

The events now unfolding in Afghanistan, where the Taliban now control $83 billion worth of U.S. military equipment, are by far the most dramatic and disturbing display of incompetency and horrible policy from the Biden administration, which recent polling reflects. But the Afghanistan disaster follows a train of incompetence that left the station on day one of this presidency.

As soon as Biden came into office, he signed executive orders that guaranteed we would have a migrant crisis on our southwest border. By reversing a raft of Trump-era policies that had managed to control illegal immigration amid a worsening pandemic, Biden sent the message to would-be asylum seekers that if they could manage to get across the Rio Grande with at least one child in tow, they could stay—and if they sent their child alone, he or she would definitely stay.

The results were predictable: a 20-year record surge in illegal border crossings that continues to worsen by the month. Corporate media has largely stopped covering the border crisis, but July was the worst month for illegal immigration since March of 2000. We’re on track to arrest more than 1.6 million people at the southwest border this year, more than we ever have before.

This historic migrant surge wasn’t inevitable. It was a direct result of Biden’s policies, which played out in an entirely predictable manner.

The same goes for the administration’s COVID-19 response. Biden campaigned on having a plan to “shut down” the virus and end the pandemic, but so far there seems to be no plan at all — or even a coordinated and consistent message from the White House. Contradictory and ever-shifting policies and recommendations on everything from school closures to mask and vaccine mandates have sown confusion and mistrust among Americans desperate to get back to work and school.

Meanwhile, the pandemic seems to be getting worse, not better. Monday marked five consecutive days in which COVID-19 deaths exceeded the number of deaths on those dates a year ago under President Trump. Under Biden, the Centers for Disease Control has become lawless, attempting to impose an unconstitutional eviction moratorium on landlords, which the Supreme Court struck down last week, and announcing that it will be pushing for gun control in the name of public health.

Other pandemic policies from Biden’s team have made economic recovery from last year’s lockdowns well-nigh impossible. Federal unemployment benefits, which the Biden administration has extended to millions of Americans for months now, have exacerbated a worker shortage that’s hobbling the recovery.

And then there’s Afghanistan. The Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal will be the subject of many op-eds and think pieces and, eventually, history books. For now, it suffices to say that each passing day we learn something new about how Biden and the Pentagon botched the job.

Over the weekend, for example, we learned from a report in the Washington Post that on the day Kabul fell to the Taliban, Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the Taliban’s political wing, gave U.S. Gen. Kenneth Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, a choice: either American troops secure Kabul, or the Taliban would. McKenzie told Baradar that he only needed the airport. “On the spot, an understanding was reached, according to two other U.S. officials: The United States could have the airport until Aug. 31. But the Taliban would control the city.”

Of course, as we now know, the Taliban couldn’t control the city, and last week 13 U.S. soldiers, along with hundreds of Afghans, were killed by a suicide bomber in a pair of coordinated attacks near the airport.

The corporate press, keenly aware that things are not going well for this White House, will soon back away from their critical tone on Afghanistan and resume their usual routine of running cover for Biden. In the coming days we’ll almost certainly see outlandish polls showing that, aside from Afghanistan, Biden is doing pretty well, actually, considering all the crises his young administration has had to face.

But don’t buy this line. Biden has not been overtaken by events, he is not a hapless victim of history or coincidence. Every problem his White House has encountered, it has made worse. Every crisis his administration has faced has been of its own making. And as bad as things have been thus far, they are going to get even worse.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bidenbordercrisis; bidensfailure; california; covid19; lockdowns; nancypelosi; residentjoebiden; useconomy; vaccines; waronterror; withdrawal
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1 posted on 08/31/2021 7:42:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

And it’s only going to get worse........................


2 posted on 08/31/2021 7:43:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Kaslin

A disaster? Hell… it’s all going according to plan. Their objective is to do as much damage to America and Americans as they possibly can. Wait until they put the pedal to the metal on their actions.


3 posted on 08/31/2021 7:44:50 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Kaslin

The MSM says it’s Trump’s fault. I believe them! :sarcasm off:


4 posted on 08/31/2021 7:45:14 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: Kaslin

It’s NOT Biden running the show...


5 posted on 08/31/2021 7:46:18 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: House Atreides
Wait until they put the pedal to the metal on their actions.

Yep. The keyboard warriors will be even more vocal about their disappointment. That should but the leftists in their place. Ugh.

6 posted on 08/31/2021 7:46:18 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: Kaslin

Total Disaster = Biden Supporters


7 posted on 08/31/2021 7:46:18 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Kaslin
No it's not his fault. It's the idiots who voted for him.

Yes I know, voter fraud, but someone with Biden's history and who is in obvious mental decline should not gotten even 5% of the vote.

8 posted on 08/31/2021 7:47:08 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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But, but, but...orange man bad!


9 posted on 08/31/2021 7:49:03 AM PDT by packagingguy (Kit)
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To: Kaslin

8 months down, 40 to go...


10 posted on 08/31/2021 7:49:16 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

.....”And now Afghanistan, where the Taliban are now reportedly hanging people by the neck from U.S.-supplied Blackhawk helicopters,....”

I had not heard about these atrocities....who is flying these Blackhawks...?


11 posted on 08/31/2021 7:49:34 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: Kaslin

All I care about is no more mean tweets...


12 posted on 08/31/2021 7:50:19 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Kaslin

It’s not a disaster until the dumb masses are suffering beyond the media’s ability to hide the pain. Until then, the dumb masses are blissfully ignorant and so happy there are no mean tweets.


13 posted on 08/31/2021 7:50:44 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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To: TokarevM57

Somehow these retards can pilot helos.
There’s a video of the dude swinging by the neck at a decent altitude.


14 posted on 08/31/2021 7:51:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: CatOwner

“Yep. The keyboard warriors will be even more vocal about their disappointment. That should but the leftists in their place. Ugh.”

I am guilty. I’m old, I complain, I’m angry, but there aren’t many options. What do you suggest?


15 posted on 08/31/2021 7:52:06 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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To: brownsfan

Wait until black unemployment hits 40% for not getting the vax.


16 posted on 08/31/2021 7:52:10 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Kaslin

The millions of illegals that have entered illegally need to be returned to their native countries. The border wall needs to be finished, completely.


17 posted on 08/31/2021 7:52:40 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: qam1

“Yes I know, voter fraud, but someone with Biden’s history and who is in obvious mental decline should not gotten even 5% of the vote.”

Agreed. And that is at the root of my despair, disgust and depression.


18 posted on 08/31/2021 7:53:02 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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To: TokarevM57

US Trained infiltrators who were in Afghan uniforms.........................


19 posted on 08/31/2021 7:53:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EEGator

“Wait until black unemployment hits 40% for not getting the vax.”

People don’t react until inaction becomes more painful than action. I am anxiously anticipating the pain that is coming. (I’m somewhat insulated).


20 posted on 08/31/2021 7:54:14 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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