Where will Biden stand in history books?
President Joe Biden’s time in the White House is coming to an end. He’s now officially a lame duck with six months to go.
So where will Biden stand in the history books?
From his first days in the Oval Office, he governed from the far left on everything from climate change to radical income redistribution to massive government expansionism to racial politics to a “blame America first” foreign policy to his dangerous weaponization of every agency of government, from the IRS to the State Department to the FBI to the Justice Department and perhaps even the Secret Service.
The trillions of dollars of debt he rang up bought nothing. He sent inflation to the highest levels in almost 40 years. The average family lost $2,000 of income after inflation during his reign. Test scores fell. More people died of COVID-19 during his presidency than in former President Donald Trump’s — despite the availability of the vaccine.
Interest rates rose. Home ownership became a pipe dream for young people. Homeowners faced mortgage payments that doubled. Biden declared war on American energy. He put America back into the corrupt Paris Climate Accords. The rest of the world went on using more fossil fuels than ever. By impeding U.S. oil and gas production and pipelines, he played into the hands of our enemies — China and Iran.
Gas prices rose. Small business confidence sagged. Two-thirds of Americans consistently told pollsters that the economy was “fair” or “poor.” Poverty rates rose.
Even the one statistic that Biden boasts about — job creation — is a mirage. Most of the jobs were government or health care jobs. With the government borrowing $2 trillion a year, there is no reason the government should be hiring more workers.
Then there was the bungled Afghanistan withdrawal that was a national security disaster. The border became a broken dam, with some 10 million illegals flowing into the country. The government spent $7 billion to build electric vehicles, and only a handful got built.
Hundreds of billions of dollars were given away for an illegal and immoral student loan forgiveness program. He put regulators of key agencies in charge even though — or because — they hate business. Less than 10% of his appointees had any business experience. It showed.
He tried to pass mandates that would force Americans to give up their gas cars, gas stoves and other appliances.
When he departs the White House in January, he will leave the nation poorer, weaker, more divided, more in debt, more vulnerable and less respected than when he entered office.
This was a man who pledged to unite the country.