Is Joe Biden a calming influence in US politics?

 My answer on  Quora.

Calming….hardly. If anything he has added to the angst and division that currently defines the political climate.

• Joe Biden barely seems capable of stringing three sentences together without looking at his notes. He largely answers soft ball questions and all too often loses his cool with reporters. The main stream media for the most part seems to have given him a pass with their obvious bias all too evident in the mind of the public.

US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media, Reuters Institute report finds - Poynter

Just 29% of people surveyed in the U.S. said they trust the news, compared to 45% in Canada and 54% in Brazil.

https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2021/us-ranks-last-among-46-countries-in-trust-in-media-reuters-institute-report-finds/

• He seems to be exhibiting the deterioration in Intellectual ability associated with the onset of dementia. We saw this particularly at the G7 summit where Biden reintroduced a political figure who had already been introduced. Other examples abound. On top of this he refuses to take a Cognitive Test, a stance he has defaulted to for some time now.

Joe Biden: 'Why the hell would I take a cognitive test?'

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee asks a journalist interviewing him if he is a junkie.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-53671679

• The situation at the border has deteriorated during his tenure. Kamala Harris as a border czar has achieved nothing productive. Her trip to El Paso was largely a photo op than anything else. This particular issue rightfully concerns Americans. His Administration’s handling has been abysmal

Most Americans think surge of illegal border crossings is a crisis

Most voters (68 percent) think that Biden’s immigration executive orders encourage illegal immigration.

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/561482-most-americans-think-surge-of-illegal-border-crossings-is-a-crisis

• With increased government spending inflation is on the rise.

Inflation Spiked 4.2% In April—Hitting 13-Year High As Price Concerns Rock The Market

Economists were expecting annualized inflation of 3.6%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/05/12/inflation-cpi-april/?sh=7207513728fb

• His Administration continues to push the very divisive Critical Race Theory across various platforms. This harms not heals the racist divide. Most Americans view CRT negatively.

Majority of Americans hold negative view of critical race theory amid controversy in schools

58 percent of American adults think critical race theory is at least somewhat unfavorable, according to a June poll.

https://www.newsweek.com/majority-americans-hold-negative-view-critical-race-theory-amid-controversy-1601337

• The close relationship between the Democratic elite and big tech concerns many people. Biden has done little to allay this legitimate concern.

ACLU Voices Concern About ‘Unchecked Power’ By Big Tech After Twitter Permanently Bans Trump

You know their positions are too far to the left when even the very liberal ACLU thinks you went too far. That is exactly what is going down after the Masters of the Universe have censored many top Republicans, including the president. You can expect much more of this liberal tripe over the next two...

https://davidharrisjr.com/steven/aclu-voices-concern-about-unchecked-power-by-big-tech-after-twitter-permanently-bans-trump/

• He has done nothing to heal the divide across the aisle. Comments like this don’t help.

Biden Reminds Gun Owners the Government Has Nuclear Weapons

Speaking from the East Room of the White House Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden re-introduced his extreme gun control agenda, advocating for a ban on modern sporting rifles and reminding

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/06/23/in-gun-control-speech-biden-reminds-gun-owners-the-government-has-nuclear-weapons-n2591481

• His Administration is using the excuse of ‘White Supremacy’ to purge the military. Military purges have a history of going foo far.

Space Force Commander Relieved From Duty Over Comments Criticizing Marxism, Critical Race Theory In US Military

A U.S. Space Force commanding officer was fired from his post Friday after expressing concern on a podcast that Marxist ideologies are becoming prevalent in the U.S. military.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/16/space-force-commander-relieved-from-duty-marxism-critical-race-theory/

Is The US Military Being Purged Of Rightists? | The American Conservative

Army reservist zapped by the Pentagon for a very minor social media joke believes he's victim of a political purge

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/is-us-military-being-purged-of-rightists-conservatives-wokeness/

• His proposed tax increases look to hamper an economy which is in the process of recovering.

98% Of CEOs Say Biden’s Corporate Tax Rate Hike Will Hurt Their Companies, According To Survey

Biden has said he is “willing to negotiate” a smaller increase.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2021/04/12/98-of-ceos-say-bidens-corporate-tax-rate-hike-will-hurt-their-companies-according-to-survey/?sh=38af79b5413e

• He is all over the place on policy.

Washington Post Fact-Checker Gives Up on Recording Biden’s Lies

© Erin Scott/Reuters President Biden delivers remarks in Philadelphia, Penn., April 30, 2021. Welcome back to “Forgotten Fact-Checks,” a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week we have President Biden’s mistruths during his first address to a joint session of Congress, Democrats’ racist attacks on Senator Tim Scott, and USA Today ’s stealth edits on Stacey Abrams’s behalf. As we noted in our first edition , the Washington Post and other outlets incessantly fact-checked Donald Trump’s presidency. Now, the Post says it will give up on cataloguing Biden’s lies after his first 100 days in office. Here's the Biden database — which we do not plan to extend beyond 100 days. I have learned my lesson. https://t.co/qK42PRlnrS — Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) April 27, 2021 As NR’s staff pointed out , Biden’s first congressional speech on Wednesday — which received the lowest TV viewership in 28 years — included more than a few falsehoods. The president called out Senate Republicans for stalling progress on gun control, saying lax gun laws have led to “daily bloodshed.” He argued that the expiration of the assault-weapons bans “in the early 2000s” caused an increase in violence. However, gun violence continued to decline even after the ban expired in 2004. Even while the ban was in effect, the country was not free of shootings, as NR’s Jim Geraghty noted, the Columbine High School massacre, the Long Island Rail Road shooting, and the Atlanta day-trading shooting all occurred while the ban was in effect. In his speech, the president also touted his infrastructure and families plans, which he said he plans to fund by taxing corporate America and the wealthiest 1 percent. He claimed that he “will not impose any tax increase on anyone making less than $400k.” But, as it turns out, “anyone” is a deceptive claim — as White House press secretary Jen Psaki has explained , the $400,000 threshold refers to households, not individuals. Biden also claimed that Medicare could save “hundreds of billions of dollars” by negotiating drug prices, though the Congressional Budget Office has said that “providing broad negotiating authority by itself would likely have a negligible effect on federal spending.” Biden just claimed that Medicare could save “hundreds of billions of dollars” by negotiating drug prices. CBO has concluded “providing broad negotiating authority by itself would likely have a negligible effect on federal spending.” https://t.co/4SBSAIMhAS — Philip Klein (@philipaklein) April 29, 2021 The president said, “We kept our commitment — Democrats and Republicans — of sending $1,400 rescue checks to 85 percent of American households.” However, the American Rescue Plan, which delivered the checks, was hardly a bipartisan effort, with Democrats using budget reconciliation to pass the measure without any Republican support. Biden also made some dubious claims about the economy, saying he had inherited the “worst economic crisis since the Grea

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-post-fact-checker-gives-up-on-recording-biden-s-lies/ar-BB1gjze8

Analysis | Biden’s nonsensical claim about Alzheimer’s and hospital beds

The president claimed that within 15 years, every hospital bed would be occupied by Alzheimer’s patients. There’s no evidence for that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/03/bidens-nonsensical-claim-about-alzheimers-hospital-beds/

• A great deal of doubt exists as whether he will stand up to China. Events like this are not promising.

China Berates U.S. in Alaska Showdown

Yang Jiechi’s statements, though pointed, are better viewed through a domestic lens.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/19/china-united-states-alaska-talks/

• Far Left groups such as ANTIFA continue to act with greater impunity in various US cities.

Author Andy Ngo who exposed Antifa says he was beaten by ‘masked mob’

An author who recently published a book exposing Antifa said he was beaten and chased by the left-wing militant group while covering ongoing protests in Portland, Oregon.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/03/author-andy-ngo-says-he-was-beaten-by-mob-in-portland/

Antifa's deadly year shows the extremism on the far left | Opinion

The threats from the far right are real and undeniable, but there is far-left violence, too. Americans don't seem to recognize that.

https://www.newsweek.com/antifa-far-left-violence-extremism-deadly-year-opnion-1477065

• He is threatening to resurrect this travesty.

The Iran deal was a bad deal in 2015. It's an even worse one now | Opinion

Simply jumping back into the Iran nuclear deal isn't an option.

https://www.newsweek.com/iran-deal-was-bad-deal-2015-its-even-worse-one-now-opinion-1582527