![]() The Taliban swiftly took control of Kabul after the mangled withdrawal of US troops in August. But the longer-term fallout has been even more horrific, with millions of helpless Afghans, including some who risked their lives to help US forces, now struggling to survive in abject, education-devoid poverty amid a new reign of suppressive, women-hating Taliban tyranny. In the deadly, shameful chaos that ensued, 13 US troops and nearly 200 civilians were killed. On the international stage, your standing is even worse thanks to your appalling decision to abruptly abandon the people of Afghanistan to the Taliban wolves last summer. From voting rights and work vaccine mandates to climate change and social spending, your legislative efforts have begun to resemble the losing streak of the Division III men’s basketball team Caltech Beavers, whose record 207 consecutive losses were immortalized in the documentary “Quantum Hoops.” In fact, you can’t even persuade two of your own Democrat senators to agree with you about key policies, never mind the Republicans. ![]() You were going to lean on your many decades as a senator to bring bipartisan deal-making back to DC, remember? Inflation is raging over 7%, fuel and energy bills are soaring, and consumer prices are spiking on everything from food to cars and furniture. You were going to fix the economy, remember? Doctors and nurses in Houston, Texas, treat patients in hallways and corridors as their emergency rooms are overwhelmed by COVID in August. More Americans have died from coronavirus on your watch than under President Trump, the Omicron variant is surging out of control all over the country, your testing system has been disastrously slow, and you’ve still only persuaded 63% of US citizens to be vaccinated. You were going to “defeat” COVID, remember? Your enraged, spiteful, Republican-bashing speeches at the start of this year were just as divisive as anything Donald Trump ever spewed. You were going to reunite a bitterly fractured country by ending “the anger and harsh rhetoric,” remember? Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts. ![]() Nor one that has so spectacularly failed to deliver on the promises made at an inauguration ceremony. In fact, it’s hard to think of a more insipid, less inspiring, fiasco-ridden opening 12 months to a presidency. I don’t like to sugar-coat things, so let me be blunt: You’ve been a disaster. Sorry if this isn’t the most effusive of messages as you celebrate your first year in office as president of the United States.īut I fear it’s exactly what many disillusioned Americans, including some who voted for you, are now thinking. ![]()
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