This week’s White House report card finds the president Joe Biden in a tornado of problems.
Let’s start with his survey. Gallup Other polls averaged Friday showing just how unpopular the president is. Biden fell to his lowest presidential level in 68 years, with 38.7% approval. This is almost 10 points less than the former president Jimmy Carter was at this point in his presidency, and we remember what happened during his re-election bid.
This dismal approval rating places Biden exactly 10 points below the bare historical minimum he needs to secure his re-election, according to Gallup.
Then there is the economy. Not only has inflation risen and GDP faltered, but union workers are publicly ripping Biden’s leadership on live television.
And there were other examples of the president stumbling and mumbling. First of all there have been reports of aides ordered to walk between the president and media cameras to hide Biden’s weak approach. There were his strange and false claims that he drove 18-wheelers. And he goes back to reading aloud the instructions to “take a break” from his teleprompter.
Both of our reviewers experienced issues this week. Conservative Jed Babbin gave it a “D-minus” rating and highlighted actions the White House has taken to hurt the economy. Pollster John Zogby graded the week a “C” and said the president’s stumbles blocked chances to profit from the problems facing his political foe, former President Donald Trump.
Jed Babbin
Grade: D-
President Biden’s war on the U.S. economy continued this week with more regulations designed to put an end to it. And that’s not the half of it.
You may remember former President Donald TrumpThe 2017 remark that there were “very fine people” on both sides of Charlottesville, Virginia. Rally of “white supremacists”. Biden said that sparked his entry into the 2020 presidential race.
But this week he said something similar when talking about anti-Semitic protests at colleges. He condemned the hateful comments, but added, “I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians…” Biden is still terrified of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). ). wing of the Democratic Party that won’t vote for him unless he denigrates him Israel and characterizes any defense of American values as that of the Palestinians and their ilk.
Biden also continued his campaign for electric vehicles. But its far-sighted regulatory regime is, at the same time, making electricity production more difficult. This week, a final rule was released requiring coal and natural gas power producers to effectively reduce all their emissions by 2032. For many, the only solution will be to close their doors, thereby reducing the amount of electricity available. If you want to shut down the American economy, this is an easy way to do it.
Meanwhile, the inflation caused by Biden’s radical spending continues. Old Joe celebrated Earth Day by subsidizing solar panels – more billions spent on nonsense. Bidenomics continues to destroy our economy.
And let’s not forget Biden’s latest venture into “net neutrality,” which will reduce competition in the global marketplace. the Internet and increase consumer prices.
Fortunately, there hasn’t been much international action this week, although the Middle East remains on edge following Israel’s response to Iran’s massive attack last week.
Finally, Old Joe claimed to have driven an 18-wheeler during his long career. Of course, he never did. And he managed to read aloud the instructions on his teleprompter to “take a break” at one point. His mental state continues to deteriorate rapidly.
John Zogby
Grade: C
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied either way and tied in a five-way race. Not “virtually” tied, but truly tied. And they are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.
Biden should have been able to take advantage of Trump’s legal and financial problems, his hush orders and everything else. But the current president has been stunned by some rather disastrous economic news. No sooner had JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon declared the economy booming than a new report showed GDP shrinking at an annualized growth rate of 1.6% and inflation rising to 3 .7%.
The president traveled to key battleground states to tout federal spending that was generating jobs and win the adulation of the local population. But his approval for his job still sits at around 40% and he still lags behind in battleground states.
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Jed Babbin is a Washington Examiner contributor and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in the administration of former President George HW Bush. Follow him on X @jedbabbin.
John Zogby is the founder of Zogby Survey and senior partner at Strategies of John Zogby. His podcast with his son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here. Their polls firm for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Follow him on X @ZogbyStrategies.
