Joe Biden could have been a good president. But as a registered Democrat, I think he made too many wrong decisions. Some wonder that maybe he was following bad advice both before and after his election.
First off, did he pick the best person to be his running mate in using gender and ethnicity rather than governing experience and qualifications as the main selection criteria? There is always the running question whether senators make good presidents or vice presidents for that matter. Once Biden was elected it appeared he quickly wanted to do away with as many vestiges of the Trump presidency as possible by executive order. Right out of the gates he did away with Trump’s largely successful immigration stances and stopping the border wall construction. He stopped the Keystone pipeline construction which some see as the precursor to rising gasoline prices while entertaining potential forced obsolescence of the fossil fuel industry in mandating electric mobility.
In hindsight suppose Biden had not made those decisions, perhaps the four years of illegal migration and high gas prices and inflation might not have occurred. I keep asking myself whether these moves were really Joe Biden’s or him getting questionable advice. There are a number of other decisions one could raise issue with him especially lacking self reflection on his mental acuity. Getting older is not a sufficient reason for someone to not do their job. I never thought age itself was a factor, but advisers taking advantage of age is another matter.
— Michael Ernest, Catonsville
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