History may be kind to President Biden as the presidency is “currently unpopular” as only one-third of Americans view him favorably, the Washington Post Editorial Board said Saturday. I wrote.
“Many Americans now think of Mr. Biden as the focus of inflation (though it has subsided), the porous southern border that allowed millions of immigrants to cross, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the loss of his son. It's reminiscent of a broken promise not to forgive, and most of all, Biden's stubborn determination to seek a second term, which he didn't want, none of which would improve his popularity. said. Written by the editorial board With the headline, “President Biden is now unpopular. History may be kinder.”
The president will officially leave office on Monday as President-elect Donald Trump takes office and begins his second term in office.
The newspaper cited the president's accomplishments as “helping lead the country out of the pandemic, rolling out vaccines and putting the economy on a soft landing” and “appointing the first African-American woman to the Supreme Court.”
The Washington Post Editorial Board wrote Saturday that the presidency may have been historically “unpopular” as only one-third of the country has a favorable view of President Biden. . (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Columnists, pundits and political commentators have been vocal about the legacy of the president as he prepares to retreat, citing Biden's refusal to exit the race early and Trump's election to a second term. It is suggested that the fact that it was held will be the most memorable for Americans.
The editorial board lamented that much of what the president had enacted in his four years would be repealed by the next president.
“Biden's other efforts seem destined to be lost along with his guiding principles. The next administration will likely roll back Pentagon policies that allow access to abortion and protections for transgender athletes. “Biden’s lofty support for norms is likely to disappear as well, as recalcitrant voters likely view this as a defense of an unpopular status quo,” the board wrote.
The editorial board also claimed that Biden may have succeeded in “lowering the nation's temperature.”
President Joe Biden descends the stairs of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)
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“As the 2024 results showed, many Americans have been perfectly satisfied with having Biden, not Trump, as president for the past four years. “We may not have been able to raise the temperature, but we did succeed in cooling the nation's temperature — for a while,” they wrote.
The Washington Post editorial board was prepared to support Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, but the editorial board was shut down by the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, and Bezos decided late in the cycle that the paper's future would be decided not to support presidential candidates.
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Bezos repeatedly defended the decision, but several Washington Post staff members quit in protest.
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