“Many problems remain unresolved”: why Biden’s appeal to Congress met with a wave of criticism in the USA

In the United States, Biden's speech to Congress was criticized, in which he explained record inflation and interruptions in the supply of energy and food products by the conflict in Ukraine.

“Inflation has taken on global proportions due to the pandemic, which disrupted supply chains, and Putin’s war, which caused disruptions in the supply of energy and food,” the head of the White House said.

“Putin's invasion was a major test.

A test for America and for the whole world."

The head of the White House also called on lawmakers to raise the national debt ceiling, following the example of previous years, "without preconditions" in order to prevent an "economic catastrophe" for the United States.

Biden complained about the representatives of the Republican Party, who do not go to meet him.

"Some of my Republican colleagues want to take our country's economy hostage if I disagree with their economic plans," the American leader said.

In addition, he placed the responsibility for resolving the situation around the migration crisis in the United States on American legislators.

“Until Congress takes action, the problems on the country’s border (in full.

) cannot be resolved,” Biden said.

The American leader also made a statement that the United States allegedly "united NATO and formed a global coalition."

“We opposed Putin's aggression.

We supported the Ukrainian people,” the head of the White House emphasized, without mentioning, however, the existence of different positions of the alliance countries regarding military assistance to Kyiv.

The head of the White House believes that Washington has reversed the trend of losing influence in the world and is in the best shape in decades to win the competition with China or any other country.

“Today we have the strongest position in (the last.

) decades in order to compete with China or anyone else in the world,” the American leader said.

It is noteworthy that before Biden's message to Congress on the state of affairs in the United States in Washington, the police surrounded the Capitol building with a metal fence.

• Capitol fenced off with a black metal fence ahead of Biden's address to Congress

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According to Congressman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who commented on this security measure, the distance between the government and the American people has grown, and trust in the authorities has reached a historic low.

Republican pressure

However, this fence did not protect the head of the White House from the criticism that rained down on him after his speech in Congress.

Thus, Republican Senator Ted Cruz accused Biden that his spending "spurs inflation" and that he is "not tough enough" to fight crime, and also "promotes illegal policies that harass US military personnel" and coast guards.

In turn, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, commenting on Biden's speech, said that with such an approach to government, the US economy "will be in ruins."

“And we will never be able to recover from the consequences of your (Joe Biden.

) actions, including the millions of people illegally crossing our borders!”

Trump wrote on Telegram.

The former US leader also said that Biden and the radical Democrats "squandered trillions of dollars and provoked the worst inflation in half a century."

In addition, Republican member of the US Congress Matt Goetz criticized US President Joe Biden's statement about Russia's fault in the problems of Americans.

According to Goetz, when something goes wrong in the United States economy, the head of the White House "rethinks the situation" and claims that the "Putin tax" is to blame.

However, the congressman stressed that it was the fault of the head of the White House.

For her part, the head of the National Committee of the Republican Party, Ronna McDaniel, said that "Biden's lies" during his address to Congress "will not change the facts."

“Families have become poorer than at the time of his (Biden.

) coming to power.

A record number of Americans are reporting that they are worse off than they were two years ago!”

McDaniel posted on her Twitter page.

She added that under the 46th President of the United States, crime has become higher, and the United States is weaker.

The politician stressed that Americans need solutions to problems, not "excuses."

“Biden today blamed everyone but himself for unprecedented inflation, an incredible increase in crime and an unreliable border in the south of the country, thereby reaffirming that he deserves the title of supreme schismatic,” McDaniel said.

In turn, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green criticized Biden's phrase during his address to Congress, "We will finish the job."

“And Biden’s job is to destroy the country,” Greene wrote on Telegram.

"Resign"

The phrase of the head of the White House “We will finish the job”, uttered during an address to Congress, was also criticized by American users on social networks.

“So finish the job.

Resign,” wrote one Twitter user.

“Which one, sir?

We each have two or three.

Thank you in advance (for the answer.

),” said another.

Residents of the United States also accused the head of the White House of lying and lack of connection with reality.

“In the current economic situation under you, the Americans are having a hard time,” the commentary to Biden’s post says, with an excerpt from an address to Congress.

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“Please don’t try to speak for everyone,” wrote another user, commenting on Biden’s speech.

Earlier, in anticipation of Biden's address to Congress, Reuters and the Ipsos sociological service conducted a poll, according to which the rating of the head of the White House approached a minimum: only 41% of Americans approve of the president's work, and 65% believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction.

But member and ex-speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, whom Biden during her speech called the "greatest speaker" in US history, commenting on the speech of the head of the White House in an interview with CNN, called him a "visionary" who allegedly gives "weighted assessments" and has “strategic mindset” and also knows how to get the job done.

According to Pelosi, Biden is very closely "empathically connected" to the American people.

The ex-speaker expressed hope that Biden will go for re-election.

"Losing Number"

As noted by Vladimir Vasiliev, chief researcher at the Institute for the US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Biden's address to Congress on the state of the nation was not traditional.

“In terms of content, this is more like a kind of election program, perhaps, of the future candidate from the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States.

And this is exactly how this appeal was perceived by the Republicans, who criticized the head of the White House, ”the expert said in an interview with RT.

According to Vasiliev, these criticisms of the representatives of the Republican Party are largely justified.

“They rightly noted rampant crime, Biden’s guilt in rising inflation, irresponsible financial spending that led to an unjustified increase in public debt,” the analyst said.

In turn, the director of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States at Moscow State University, Yuri Rogulev, drew attention to the fact that even during Biden's speech in Congress, he was interrupted several times by exclamations or critical comments.

“As for the criticism of Biden after his speech, it is impossible not to note that many problems in the United States really remain unresolved, for example, the migration crisis.

In two years, several million people crossed the border - these are appalling numbers for any country, including the United States.

This is an unprecedented situation.

In addition, Biden proposes to unconditionally raise the bar of public debt in order not to bring the situation to a default, ”the analyst said.

As Rogulev believes, during the discussion of the topic of public debt, which can last for a long time, the question of providing assistance to Kyiv will inevitably arise, since this is a significant part of the Biden administration's expenses.

“The head of the White House will probably be asked how much longer the United States will invest in the Ukrainian regime and with what intensity.

The question will also arise as to how safe it is for the United States, given that the escalation of military support for Ukraine increases the risk of a US clash with Russia.

New types of weapons are being supplied, heavier and more complex equipment: through instructors or under some other sauce, Washington will be forced to assist in the operation of this equipment in Ukraine, including to keep it in working order, ”the expert noted.

Vasiliev noted that subsequently Biden would not be able to push new initiatives through Congress regarding the allocation of additional assistance to Kyiv.

“Republicans have full control of the House of Representatives.

And there will not pass any initiative of the head of the White House.

All he can do is run the country through decrees,” the analyst said.

At the same time, experts agree that Biden is trying to justify himself for record inflation and interruptions in the supply of energy resources and food, blaming his mistakes and mistakes primarily on Russia and the conflict in Ukraine.

“For any sane person, it is clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin and American inflation are incompatible things.

Therefore, Biden's trick is a losing number and at least a frivolous argument for any politician.

This is an attempt to shift the blame from a sick head to a healthy one, ”Rogulev noted.

In turn, Vasiliev called "populist" statements by the head of the White House about the unification of NATO, as well as about the "most stable position" for competition with China "or with anyone else in the world."

“Biden claims to have united the West against Russia, while Euro-Atlantic solidarity is bursting at the seams from time to time over disputes over the same aid to Ukraine.

As for the position of the United States, it is now, to put it mildly, unenviable, given the rise in inflation and other problems.

Therefore, after all, the country is not in the situation to effectively compete with China, ”he said.

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Analysts also noted that, judging by Biden's speech and criticism of him, the election campaign before the 2024 presidential election will be extremely fierce.

“This will be all the more pronounced in the context of the growing polarization of American society.

But now, in fact, the pre-election debate has begun.

Biden's speech showed that the current head of the White House has embarked on the path of some kind of divider.

He relies only on that part of the electorate that will support him and the Democratic Party, ”said Vasilyev.

At the same time, in his opinion, it is the state of the American economy that will be the decisive factor for the outcome of the presidential elections in the 2023-2024 election cycle.

“Judging by the appeal to Congress, the head of the White House himself understands this.

Therefore, most of his speech was devoted to domestic issues, largely related to economic aspects.

Forecasts by American analysts say that the US may face a recession or an economic crisis.

If this happens, then Biden’s chances of being re-elected will tend to zero, but for Trump, who has definitely decided to participate in the elections, this will be good news, his positions will begin to strengthen, ”concluded Vasiliev.