U.S. President Joe Biden, 79, has often said that America's best days are ahead, but it's not so good right now. The two-year pandemic has exhausted the world's most developed country, overwhelmed by rising food and gasoline prices, upset by school closures, and torn apart by violence caused by political divisions. And just this week, Biden's approval rating fell below 40 percent in a key average in the main polls, the first time that has happened since he took office.
1, "Biden really can't do it"
That sense of turmoil was captured in a new poll released Thursday by CNN and SSRS that showed that confidence in the U.S. election was waning, finding that nearly 60 percent of Americans who disapproved of Biden's approach to governing could not say a single thing they liked what he had done. One frustrated interviewee said, "He's not Donald Trump, pretty much or so"; another replied, "I really like his new cat, Willow Biden." ”
Also on Thursday, news said a key measure of inflation climbed to a nearly 40-year high last month. There is a strange magic power to rise prices that not only upset voters, but also sows the seeds of political chaos in which extremists like former President Donald Trump can thrive. His attacks on facts, and the help of a submissive right-wing media, have left his fans eager for him to return to power after he instigated a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol 13 months ago.
2. He is considered an illegal leader
There is no longer a consensus on the truth in the United States, and according to CNN's latest poll, 37 percent of Americans believe Biden did not legitimately win enough votes to become president. This disgusting national mood will be largely a disaster for the Democratic Party in november's midterm elections, but it has been around for a long time, US media said. Moreover, the first 20 years of the century saw a demoralizing military defeat, a generational economic crisis and an era of political upheaval, including comprehensive social and demographic change, and an equally strong backlash.
At the same time, Republicans have obstructed Biden's power in the Senate by using obstructionist tactics to save American democracy from a series of new laws introduced by Republican-led states. These new laws make voting more difficult and easier to politicize election results. And Trump has turned the country's divisions into weapons for his own political ends: the impression that his lies about the theft of the last election have seduced his followers and made Biden an illegitimate leader in the eyes of millions of people, an impression that the president cannot repair.
3) There is nothing Biden can do
In the United States, which is divided in many ways, a dirty mood is translating into declining confidence in the country's political leaders and in the system itself. It also helps explain why the summer boom, falling inflation and more success in legislation in Congress are unlikely to save Biden's presidency. Biden said last month at an event that emphasized the push to increase semiconductor supply, "We have to let it go on, and I think our good days are still ahead." But Biden's efforts to revive the national spirit and his own political outlook sound rather hollow.
Moreover, Biden does not get much trust, and CNN's latest poll is simply cruel to the 79-year-old US president. Only 41 percent of respondents agree with the way Biden handles his work. His approval rating for the economy has fallen to 37 percent — down 8 percentage points since early December alone. Only 45 percent agree with his approach to the pandemic he will end after his election. When those who despise Biden's overall performance were asked to name one thing they approved of what he had done, 56 percent didn't have a positive review.
One interviewee wrote, "I can't think of anything he did that was good for the country." ”