Time.news – The tired air, the hoarse voice, the now punctual cough, the President of the United States Joe Biden appears to be a wounded and disappointed person, albeit far from giving up. But after the harsh speech made in Congress, yesterday on the day of the first anniversary of the assault on Capitol Hill, the one seen today to talk about Covid seemed like a man surrounded: from the worsening of the pandemic, the crusades of the conservative states, the hesitations to inside the Democrats and the silences of deputy Kamala Harris.
The polls continue to show a disconnect with the rest of the country. According to the recent CNBC / Change Research survey, 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Biden’s work. And this after the rain of aid for 1,900 billion dollars, in the middle of the pandemic, after the green light for the 1 trillion infrastructure plan, the messages for unity, the constant call for dialogue between parties.
For the second consecutive day, the president looked back at his predecessor, accusing Donald Trump of having “kept quiet” about the economic recovery. Biden has once again praised the decline in the unemployment rate and employment growth, although for the umpteenth time the data on the new employment appear disappointing.
Trump is described by his magic circle as “rejuvenated”, he lets his intention to reapply in 2024 filter out, and in the meantime prepares the launch of the social platform where supporters will be able to speak uncensored, as long as they do not criticize their beloved “Commander in Chief”.
The specter of one Democratic blow to the midterm elections, for the renewal of Congress, is increasingly real. Out of conviction or fear, but the Republicans remain more compact than the Democrats. Just think of the empty seats in the chamber left by the conservatives on the day of the commemoration of the assault of January 6. The tycoon – who will return to speak at the rally in Arizona on January 15 – continues to be the leader most loved by Republican voters, to the point that two thirds remain convinced that the 2020 elections have been rigged, despite the “detail” of the absence of evidence.
The unemployment rate, which fell from 4.2 to 3.9, does not seem enough to change the wind. Consumer prices continue to be high. Even evoking – in Trumpian style – the stock market numbers do not seem to affect. The industrial Dow Jones has grown nearly 18 percent over the past year. The Nasdaq of the 15th, the best 500 Wall Street stocks of the 23rd. But the polls have no weight. People vote every day when they fill up on diesel and see prices skyrocket.
So Biden clings to the approval of the Build Back Better plan, on welfare and climate, but even there another grueling battle awaits him. Moderate Senator Joe Manchin continues to hold the party and the White House in check. Without his green light, the plan will not pass. Almost a year after his tenure was inaugurated, this was not how Biden dreamed of finding himself. That was the time when the president designated July 4, 2021 as the day America “would return”.
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