According to Bloomberg News, President Joe Biden stepped into the New Year with his economic plan getting stalled, with a rate of inflation at a 40-year high, and Russia is threatening to fight a war in Ukraine. Somehow, things have only gotten worse than before.
There has been a series of drawbacks in the present week which has further clouded Biden’s fate and policy agenda and impacted his Presidency’s graph.
Data freshly collected manifested prices increasing by 7% last year, which was recorded to be the highest since the year 1982. While talks that were held with Iran and Russia did not yield any breakthrough results.
The number of Covid-case infections and rate of hospitalization has hit a record high, at the same time the Supreme Court disappointed Biden by stalling his plans for goose vaccinations, thereby putting hindrance in a rule that would necessitate business entities to make shots mandatory and make testing for employees’ compulsory.
The President’s focus related to the voting rights was a signal intended to disaffected Black voters and liberals and Biden’s party needs them for the midterm elections scheduled in November. But the troubles in the domestic arena might send ripples overseas, thereby making adversaries emboldened that is poised to exploit an already weakened President of the US.
It is a cause for concern for the democrats that fear that voters might hand over the control of the House or Senate or both to the Republicans.
Bloomberg News reports that as per a Quinnipiac University poll held this week, it was found that 33% of the Americans were approving the performance of President Biden, 53% do not approve.
Yet another poll that was published in the current week by YouGov and Economist revealed that 52% of Americans stated that the economy of the country is moving for the worse and it is just about 15% that think that it is on the way to improvement.
The political fortunes of Biden might be improving in the months to come provided Covid-19 goes away and inflation rates return to normal.
Biden tried to regroup Friday thereby showing signs to promote a certain victory, the bipartisan infrastructure law, which is now almost three months behind, and an announcement for funding in billions for the construction of the bridge.
So far, there is no hint about Biden considering a traditional reply to floundering in White House, that is replacing the topmost aides. The Press Secretary of White House Jen Psaki Friday did not reply to a query about whether the President is planning to change his staff, giving examples of several achievements of last year, Bloomberg News reports.
Signs that are there are internal disputes were evident by their take on the new variant omicron. Many groups of Democrats criticized openly testing shortages that have caused the president and his team to become defensive.
The number of coronavirus cases has surged since December and as many as 1.5 million were recorded Monday. New, as well as old cases and hospitalizations, are at record levels now, and to add to the woes, tens of millions of Americans do not want to be vaccinated.
Outside the country, the latest crisis that the Biden administration is facing is the growing conflicts in Ukraine. Talks with Russia did not yield positive results this week and there was a lack of clarity about the intentions of the Kremlin related to military buildup at the borders. According to Bloomberg News, the White House has issued warnings Friday that President Vladimir Putin might be gearing up for an invasion following cyberattacks that hit several websites of the Ukrainian government.
