From a macro perspective, the United States and parts of Europe are in the midst of an incredible crisis, with soaring prices, inadequate supply of goods, scarcity of labor, and extremely weak economies. For example, the US GDP grew by 2% per annum in the third quarter, far below expectations. Economic performance is the result of a combination of simple figures that show the depth of the crisis in the United States. In this sense, the United States has lost the ability to lead its allies.
In the eyes of many, the failure of the United States is to blame for Biden. But Biden is not unaware of changing the current situation, and even wants to hold back a big move. It's just that biden thinks the plan to save the United States is not the same thing that most Americans think. Right now, Biden is betting on a "political career" to push the Democratic Party's "Rebuild Better" social support bill and an infrastructure bill.
Originally planned on the 28th, Biden would go to Europe to participate in the G20 summit and the COP26 summit, which was supposed to be a stage for Biden to show diplomatic skills and re-envelop allies. But in order to win an uphill battle in Congress, Biden specifically postponed his trip to Europe.
Early in the morning, he went to Congress to meet with members of the Democratic caucus and expressed his "heartfelt thoughts" to them, after which Biden blocked his "political future" to persuade Democrats to focus all their attention on supporting the "Rebuild Better" social spending bill. The original amount of this plan was as high as $3.5 trillion, but after cutting it again and again, only 1.75 trillion yuan is left.
In fact, this bill, together with another $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, is Biden's prescription for American society and the core of the Biden administration. In Biden's view, this plan can improve the chaos in the United States, boost the economy, make itself comparable to President Roosevelt and John Lyndon, and even let the Democratic Party win next year's midterm election. Agence France-Presse believes that Biden's move on the 28th shows that he bet his political legacy on whether the Democratic Party can pass the "Rebuild Better" bill.
But the embarrassing thing is that so far, the bill has not received majority approval within the Democratic Party, let alone the Republican Party. Therefore, the Biden administration intends to use this bill to prove that "democracies can surpass authoritarian countries" and that plans to meet modern challenges are also in difficulty.
After the bill was blocked, Biden also had to go to Europe, but the US president who came to Europe was obviously a little less confident. Biden is here in Europe to attend the G20 summit and COP26 (the twenty-sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). The international community has high hopes for both meetings, but Biden's defeat at home in the United States has clearly affected the trust of his allies. Climate experts argue that the U.S. plan cannot be passed in Congress, like being helped by an arm.
This is the first meeting of G20 leaders since the pandemic, and the themes of the summit include COVID-19, economic recovery, the energy crisis, the situation in Afghanistan, etc., and climate issues run through the G20 and subsequent COP26.
Just arrived in Europe, Biden first met with Macron in Rome, Italy, the location of the French Embassy in Italy held, obviously for Biden's "door-to-door apology", did enough to pave the way, and sure enough, Biden once again bowed to Macron and confessed his mistake.
Biden admitted in front of the media that the agreement between the United States and Australia on nuclear-powered submarines led to the abortment of billions of dollars in contracts between Australia and France, and the clumsy performance of the United States caused tension between the United States and France. For a "good partner" like France, the United States should communicate with France about nuclear submarines. Agence France-Presse said it was another signal sent to France by the U.S. government after acknowledging its responsibility for the "submarine crisis" and making amends.
In fact, last month, a week after the submarine crisis, Biden talked to Macron on the phone, admitted his mistake, and bowed his head twice on one thing, and Biden and the United States behind him completely lost their previous domineering and stubbornness. This is another proof of the deep domestic crisis in the United States!
In its heyday, the United States could indeed pick and drink from its allies, but now the United States is facing an unprecedented crisis, and what is even funnier is that these disastrous performances are almost all related to Biden.
For example, the failed withdrawal in Afghanistan, the lack of control of the epidemic, as well as the supply chain crisis and rising inflation, have put Biden and his Democratic Party under great pressure in next year's midterm elections.
And Biden has become the president of the United States with the fastest decline in support after World War II, and his approval rating is now only 43%. Biden hopes to use the two options to build confidence in the United States by bringing the fractured United States together by demonstrating his ability to govern, but he clearly underestimates the difficulty of things.
Biden identified climate change and COVID-19, economic depression and racial tensions as the four major crises facing the U.S. government. If it is broken down, the U.S. government has not really solved the racial problem; and on the epidemic, Biden has been defeated. He had thought that he would first solve the domestic economic problems, boost confidence, and then reshape the leadership of the United States on climate issues through "international appearances" and return to the peak of the world.
But now, this is a fantasy. The inability to solve domestic problems has affected Biden's diplomatic performance, and the credibility of the United States in the world has plummeted, exacerbating the supply chain crisis and rising inflation in the United States. The two are entangled, and the United States is now in a dead loop.