According to the Great Wall.com, due to deep concern about US President Joe Biden's performance in previous televised debates, a growing number of Democrats said that in order to avoid a "sure defeat" in the November presidential election, they want Biden to stop running for re-election. White House press secretary Jean Pierre recently said local time that Biden "never" withdraws from the 2024 presidential election. A House Democratic aide revealed that 25 House Democrats are ready to ask Biden to waive his re-election bid because of growing fears that Biden will cause them to lose control of Congress.
During the 90-minute debate, the two men exchanged-for-tat arguments over the domestic economy, immigration, abortion, Russia, Ukraine, and Palestine and Israel. But to be honest, in fact, neither of them put forward any constructive ideas and suggestions, but more of a personal attack on each other. Two gray-haired old men engage in a "war of words" in front of the camera. Going back to the approval ratings, the supporters of the Democratic Party can't laugh. Polls released after the debate showed that Trump had 67 percent approval rating, while Biden had only 33 percent. The situation is one-sided.
Still, after the first debate, Biden's polling data was not encouraging. According to the latest USA Today polling data, Biden is 3 percentage points behind Trump in six battlefield states, and according to the latest CNN poll, Trump is 6 percentage points ahead of Biden in the national polls. Against this backdrop, can African-American voters, who are die-hard Democrat fans, help Biden turn the tide? Given African-American voters' political influence, political participation, and voting tendencies, it will be difficult to expect them to help Biden recover his slump.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is striking a delicate balance, on the one hand, waving the flag for incumbent President Joe Biden; On the other hand, if Biden chooses to end her own presidential campaign process, she stands ready to be the main candidate to replace Biden. Biden's poor performance in last week's debate with former President Trump sparked panic within the Democratic Party, with people questioning whether Biden is physically and mentally capable of beating Trump and serving as president for another four years.
A House Democratic aide revealed that 25 House Democrats are ready to ask Biden to waive his re-election bid because of growing fears that Biden will cause them to lose control of Congress. Moderate House Democrats in a hotly contested district are particularly concerned after being questioned by voters in their districts this week, another aide said. "It looks like the dam has burst," the assistant said. The report also said that an Ipsos poll after the first televised debate showed that one-third of Democrats believe Biden should stop his re-election campaign.
For US media reports, US President Joe Biden is privately telling allies that he is considering whether to continue the campaign. The White House denied the authenticity of reports related to Biden's withdrawal from the election on the 3rd, and said that Biden absolutely did not consider withdrawing from the election. And Biden held a conference call with the campaign staff on the 3rd, indicating that he is running for election, no one dissuades him, he will not withdraw from the election, he will stick to the end, and he will definitely win. U.S. President Joe Biden made it clear on a campaign call, that he does not intend to withdraw from the election and will fight until the end until he wins the election. A White House spokesman also reiterated on the same day that Biden would never withdraw from the election.
"I'm running and no one can get me out. I'm not going to quit, I'm going to fight to the end and win. With increasing pressure from Democratic Party insiders and "financiers", and even rumors that the incumbent US president may consider withdrawing from the election, Biden recently made it clear that he wants to win this year's election. On the same day, he met with more than 20 Democratic governors at the White House in an attempt to prove that he had enough energy to lead the United States for another four years. According to CNN, Biden is franticly trying to save his political career with an escalating "revolt."
Recently, the United States seems to have increased a lot of actions against China. I still remember that at the beginning of Biden's presidency, he said that although China is the biggest competitor of the United States, it is also ready to cooperate with China if it is in the interests of the United States. But now, the fact is that even in areas that benefit the United States, the United States still chooses to see it as a tool to contain China. It can be seen from this that the United States will not give up until China is forced into a corner. Recently, in order to impose tariffs on Chinese port cranes, the Biden administration has concocted the "China Crane Threat Theory", which claims that Chinese cranes may pose a risk of cyber attacks or "espionage".
According to the Financial Associated Press, the White House announced in mid-May that on the basis of the original 301 tariffs on China, it would impose further tariffs on Chinese products involving about $18 billion, and its Hong Kong, China port crane will be changed from the previous tariff exemption to a 25% tariff rate, which has triggered a group of opposition from ports across the United States. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, ports in California, Florida, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Tai Qi last week, making it clear that there is no other import substitution for China's cranes, and asking to cancel the relevant tariffs or postpone the implementation of the tariffs.
The Biden administration's preparations to impose tariffs on Chinese-made gantry cranes are stoking the ire of various U.S. ports. If this policy is implemented, the tariff on U.S. port crane imports from China will be directly from 0 to 25%, and the resulting additional cost of $130 million will be borne by U.S. port operators. The U.S. industry opposed the policy, and they poured out their anger on the White House Trade Representative's office. wear) body. California, Florida and other ports jointly sent a letter to Dai Qi last week, making it clear that Chinese cranes are irreplaceable and demanding that the implementation of tariffs be canceled or postponed.
The United States imposed tariffs on the goods of the eastern powers, we don't know how much consideration there is, but this is undoubtedly a major blow to the American ports, why the American ports will become the biggest victims, according to the White House, they believe that the imported goods of the eastern powers have security risks, which may pose a threat to the network infrastructure of the United States, of course, we do not know whether there is a necessary connection between the two, but for the time being, the American ports believe that there are security measures in place, The Biden administration's alleged risk of cyberattacks or "espionage" is not valid.
The U.S. Association of Port Authorities has also objected. They argue that the imposition of tariffs on Chinese cranes will only have negative consequences, including severely impacting port efficiency and throughput capacity, exacerbating supply chain strains, which in turn will lead to an increase in the cost of living for consumers, and further weakness of the US economy. The Port of Tampa Bay said it was difficult for the U.S. to build gantry cranes in a short period of time, and that German and Finnish cranes also needed to source parts from China and Russia, so they could not avoid government tariffs. The Port of Houston said that its existing old cranes were slow to work and would cause more environmental pollution.