A report card on the Biden administration

[Sandy Shanks]

Biden finally reined in Netanyahu ... hopefully.

So far the ceasefire is holding.

The Times reports, "The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas held fast through its first day and into Saturday morning in the Middle East, while residents across Gaza began to assess for the first time the scale of the damage wrought by the latest round of conflict."

Today, Biden turned his attention to Asia.

ABC News reports, "Despite fighting in the Middle East dominating headlines this week, President Joe Biden on Friday kept his focus on Asia while hosting South Korea's president at the White House for his second in-person meeting with a foreign leader since he took office.

"On the campaign trail and since taking office, Biden has made clear that U.S. competition with China has shaped his view of the world, and the fact that his second meeting was with Moon reflected the emphasis Biden's administration was putting on Asia. The only other leader Biden has hosted at the White House was from Asia, too: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga."

Biden knows he needs China's help in curbing the ambitions of Kim Jong-un, North Korea's ruler.

Biden also knows he has to minimize the damage done by Trump.

In 2016, the communist dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, did all he could to get Trump elected President of the United States. At the end of his Presidency, Trump assailed American elections and incited an insurgency against the American government. Trump continues his assault on our free elections to this day to the delight of his cult. Putin got what he wanted from Trump.

By the strangest of circumstances, Trump granted to the communist dictator of North Korea exactly what he wanted -- full-fledged diplomatic conversations with the President of the United States. That had been the goal of North Korean rulers for nearly six decades.

To the every lasting embarrassment of the American people and the Pentagon, Trump traveled to North Korea for one of those conversations.

Trump got absolutely nothing for his treacherous diplomacy.

Thank God we have Joe Biden as President. He knows exactly what must be done.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

This Republican needs help badly.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to continue to require members of the House to wear masks on the chamber floor to steps the Nazis took to control the Jewish population during the Holocaust.

Greene, in a conversation with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody Real America’s Voice TV show “The Water Cooler,” attacked Pelosi and accused her of being a hypocrite for asking GOP members to prove they have all been vaccinated before allowing members to be in the House chamber without a mask.

“You know, we can look back at a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany,” Greene said. “And this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about.”

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It is a sad commentary on the Republican Party that both Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are both current Republican lawmakers. Greene was stripped of her committee assignments, and Gaetz is likely to be indicted. So might the former Republican President.

The GOP is making it easy for Biden and the Democrats in 2022 and 2024.

It is so embarrassing to Republicans on this forum that they are unable to respond.

 

[LeftofLeft]

By his own words, he and the Democrats put together the most powerful inclusive voter fraud organization ever. His report cards continuously confirm this.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The GOP is making it easy for Biden and the Democrats in 2022 and 2024.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to continue to require mostly Republican unvaccinated members in the House to wear masks on the chamber floor to steps the Nazis took to control the Jewish population during the Holocaust.

Matt Gaetz is a Florida representative who is currently facing a federal investigation into a number of allegations of a sexual nature, including whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.

The leader of the Republican Party lies to the American people about the election he lost, is assaulting free American elections, and led an insurgency against our government.

“Can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no. I’ve always liked Liz Cheney, but she’s made a determination that the Republican Party can’t grow with President Trump. I’ve determined we can’t grow without him,” Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina.

All three Republican lawmakers are from the South. Liz Cheney is from Wyoming.

The leadership of the Republican Party endorse Greene and Gaetz, and have chosen Trump and his lies as the party leader while censuring Cheney for telling the truth about American elections and the assault on our government on Jan. 6.

Initially, Cheney was in agreement with the minority leaders of the House and Senate, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, but both changed their minds later.

Is this how the Republican Party is going win the House and Senate in 2022?

We will never know. Republicans on this forum do not talk about their party. They prefer talking about Democrats.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Womble is saying one thing, but the actual body cam footage is showing something completely different.

He convicted himself in the court of opinion when he said regarding the killing of a black man by the deputies, "I don't care what direction you're going -- forward, backwards, sideways. I don't care if you're stationary, and neither do our courts and our case law."

The Times reports, "A New York Times review of bodycam footage showing the fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in April raises questions about whether officers were in imminent danger when they used lethal force as he drove away to avoid arrest.

"The officers have not been charged in the shooting. R. Andrew Womble, the district attorney for North Carolina’s First Judicial District, determined that they were justified in their actions because Mr. Brown was using his car as a “deadly weapon.” He said police body-camera videos “clearly illustrate the officers who used deadly force on Andrew Brown Jr. did so reasonably” and only when their lives were in danger.

"Mr. Brown’s family members and their lawyers have described the shooting as an “execution.'"

A review of slowed-down bodycam footage by The Times shows that 13 of the 14 gunshots — including the fatal one — were fired as Mr. Brown was driving away from officers, not at them. The footage was presented by the district attorney at a press conference and is from four officers’ cameras.

Sheriff Tommy Wooten II of Pasquotank County said the three deputies who killed Andrew Brown would keep their jobs, but would be disciplined and retrained.

Although Brown was shot in the back by sheriff's deputies, the media remains silent on the killing as does the state and federal governments. The media and the White House are still talking about George Floyd, a murder that took place a year ago with the lawman responsible looking at 40 years in prison.

What about justice for Andrew Brown? There is no answer. Only silence.

The body cam footage can be seen here -- Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting: Videos Cast Doubt on Police Use of Force

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The leadership of the Republican Party endorse Greene and Gaetz, and have chosen Trump and his lies as the party leader while censuring Cheney for telling the truth about American elections and the assault on our government on Jan. 6.

Finally! Looks like GOP leaders were getting too much heat from sponsors. All four responded within hours of each other after a five day delay.

Once again, they made themselves look foolish.

CNN reports, "House Republican leaders have condemned incendiary remarks from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene five days after she first publicly compared Capitol Hill mask rules to the Holocaust, amid a wave of criticism from Republican and conservative critics as well as Jewish groups aimed at the Georgia congresswoman and the party leaders' silence."

"Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling," House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said, adding, "Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language."

Steve Scalize was too embarrassed to speak openly to the press. "Rep. Scalise does not agree with these comments and condemns these comparisons to the Holocaust," Scalise spokesperson Lauren Fine said, adding a ludicrous attack on Democrats, which he did not explain, a common tactic by Republicans these days -- unexplained accusations.

"Equating mask wearing and vaccines to the Holocaust belittles the most significant human atrocities ever committed. We must all work together to educate our fellow Americans on the unthinkable horrors of the Holocaust. #NeverAgain," Rep. Elise Stefanik, the newly elected No. 3 House Republican, replacing Liz Cheney who was removed for telling the truth.

Mitch McConnell chimed in with this. "Once again an outrageous and reprehensible comment."

Will Greene get off with a slap on the wrist? That's been the Republican record.

If so, Greene will probably jump with glee. She is making a ton of money from today's Republicans for her attacks on the establishment. The people in her Georgian district love her.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Washington Post reports, "Manhattan's district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development."

The Post continued, "The move indicates that District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s investigation of the former president and his business has reached an advanced stage after more than two years. It suggests, too, that Vance believes he has found evidence of a crime — if not by Trump then by someone potentially close to him or by his company.

"Vance’s investigation is expansive, according to people familiar the probe and public disclosures made during related litigation. His investigators are scrutinizing Trump’s business practices before he was president, including whether the value of specific properties in the Trump Organization’s real estate portfolio were manipulated in a way that defrauded banks and insurance companies, and if any tax benefits were obtained illegally through unscrupulous asset valuation."

The Justice Department is investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a federal prosecutor has confirmed.

Prosecutor: DOJ Investigating Trump's Role in Capitol Riot

He said some suspects could be charged with sedition.

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[Sandy Shanks]

“I have the solemn duty of yet again of ordering the flag to be lowered at half-staff, just weeks after doing so following the mass shootings at spas in and around Atlanta; in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado; at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina; and at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana,” President Biden.

NBC reports, "A public transit employee opened fire on co-workers at the downtown San Jose rail yard Wednesday, killing eight people before taking his own life at the scene, authorities said. The shooting comes amid a yearlong rise in nationwide gun violence and record firearm sales. The shooter was identified as Samuel Cassidy, an employee of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, law enforcement sources said."

“We are still awaiting many of the details of this latest mass shooting, but there are some things we know for sure. There are at least eight families who will never be whole again. There are children, parents, and spouses who are waiting to hear whether someone they love is ever going to come home. There are union brothers and sisters — good, honest, hardworking people — who are mourning their own,” President Biden.

Texas is poised to remove one of its last major gun restrictions – despite widespread objections – after lawmakers approved a bill that would allow people to carry handguns without a license, and the background check and training that go with it.

The state’s Republican-dominated legislature approved the measure on Monday, sending it to the Republican governor, Greg Abbott, who has said he will sign it despite objections, according to The Guardian.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

By inciting an insurrection against our government using radical far right groups loyal to him and causing the ransacking of the capitol, Trump is leading the Republican Party into the abyss.

Politico reports, "The mother of fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick is requesting meetings with GOP senators to push them to support a proposed bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which Republicans are poised to block as soon as Thursday.

"Gladys Sicknick is seeking sit-downs with every single Senate GOP office on Thursday to emphasize “the importance” of establishing an independent body to investigate the deadly insurrection, according to a copy of one of the scheduling request emails obtained by POLITICO. Brian Sicknick died a day following his response to the Jan. 6 attack after suffering from a stroke."

While dramatic. the grieving mother of the police office will not accomplish anything.

One would think that Senators would be interested in the ransacking of our capitol by far right extremists. But today's Republican Senators are more concerned about protecting their asses, and they will ensure the Jan. 6 commission does not happen.

This gives some insight into the intelligence level of most Republican Senators. By covering up the role of the Republican President and the roles of certain Republican lawmakers in the invasion of our capitol, the Senators are doing more harm than good. It would be better for their careers if they acknowledged what happened then move on to the elections. A cover-up will not be forgotten. The Democrats will make sure of that.

Moreover, the defeat of the commission in the Senate is meaningless. Using subpoena power to call witnesses and providing documents and videos to prove the causes of the insurrection, the Democrats will ensure that Americans learn all the details concerning the ransacking of our capitol.

What's the point of a cover-up?

But Trump is driving this for the Republican Party.

They are being led into the abyss.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The mother of fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick is requesting meetings with GOP senators to push them to support a proposed bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which Republicans are poised to block as soon as Thursday.

Despite the best efforts of the mother of a fallen officer, whose duty it was to protect the lives of Senators, it appears as though the bill to discover what happened is destined to be defeated by Republican Senators.

One would think Senators would want to know the origins of this attack on our capitol, but that is not to be primarily because Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made personal appeal to deny Senators and the American people knowledge of the origins of this attack.

In an unusual move, McConnell ramped up the pressure on his GOP Senate colleagues to oppose a bill creating a January 6 commission by asking wavering senators to support filibustering the bill as "a personal favor" to him.

Thus revealing his position on the issue is untenable.

The capitol police desperately want this commission. They want to know how this robust attack upon them happened. Consequently, the actions of the Republican Senators are disgraceful. They are turning their backs on the men and women tasked with protecting them.

Americans will remember!

There will be no mention of this GOP catastrophe by forum Republicans. They are smart enough to know they will make fools of themselves if they repeat the arguments being made by McConnell and his Senate colleagues.

They argue the commission will become political even though membership will be evenly divided, politically speaking.

Yes, it will become political because a Republican President incited the insurrection.

Even the members of Trump's cult are not dumb enough to believe the ludicrous remarks being made by Senate Republicans. So, they will remain silent on the issue. They have all along. Why change now?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Americans will remember!

There will be no mention of this GOP catastrophe by forum Republicans. They are smart enough to know they will make fools of themselves if they repeat the ludicrous arguments being made by McConnell and his Senate colleagues.

Just in time for Memorial Day, the Republican Party turned its back on those who fought and died for our country. The Republican Party turned its back on our Constitution and our proud traditions.

There was an assault on our government and Republicans do not want Americans to learn why.

Senate Republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset Donald Trump could hurt them politically!

Politico reports, "Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a bill that would form an independent commission to probe the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the first filibuster of the year by the chamber's 50-vote minority.

"The 54-35 vote, with six Republicans breaking ranks to join every Democrat in favor, came after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lobbied his members forcefully against the House-passed commission measure."

McConnell asked wavering senators to block the bill as "a personal favor" to him.

Many cannot imagine anything more disgusting.

Nine Republican senators did not have the balls to vote on the procedural vote that would have advanced the Jan. 6 commission bill.

They are:

1. Sen. Marsha Blackburn
2. Sen. Roy Blunt
3. Sen. Mike Braun
4. Sen. Richard Burr
5. Sen. Jim Inhofe
6. Sen. Mike Rounds
7. Sen. James Risch
8. Sen. Richard Shelby
9. Sen. Pat Toomey (who is notable because he was on the fence)

The Republican Party has disgraced itself beyond measure. We will hear nothing from Republicans on this forum concerning the dishonorable vote.

There is nothing they can say.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Just in time for Memorial Day, the Republican Party turned its back on those who fought and died for our country. The Republican Party turned its back on our Constitution and our proud traditions.

There was an assault on our government and Republicans do not want Americans to learn why.

Many are puzzled by the decisions being made by McConnell and his colleagues. They are indeed strange.

We know the GOP leadership asks, "how high?" when Trump tells them to jump, but Trump has never been known as a political strategist. Is he making the decisions for the GOP leadership?

That would explain everything.

We also know the Republican Party has been captured at the grassroots level by intelligence challenged members of Trump's cult who shy away from reality.

Because of that, we know Republican candidates must have Trump's endorsement or they will not be nominated.

By its actions directed by Trump, the Republican Party has disgraced itself. What is the point of winning the nomination if the candidate can't win the general?

Already, under Trump's leadership, the party lost the House, Senate, and Presidency. Republicans do not seem to be making much sense.

It gets worse.

Following the dishonorable vote by Senate Republicans, Speaker Pelosi made this statement.

“Honoring our responsibility to the Congress in which we serve and the Country which we love, Democrats will proceed to find the truth.”

This begs another question. Senate Republicans voted down a fully bipartisan commission. The Democrats bowed to every Republican demand in the formation of this commission.

Now it appears that Pelosi will create a select committee to investigate Jan. 6. Why is it Trump and the GOP leadership prefer a committee controlled by Democrats as opposed to a bipartisan commission?

Of course, the Republicans will label the committee partisan. Which, of course, is true because that was the choice they made, not the Democrats.

The main point, however, is that the House committee will provide facts to the American people concerning Jan. 6. Indisputable facts the GOP will be unable to question, which is why they voted down the commission in the first place.

Much like the facts in Trump's two impeachments. In each case he was exonerated by Senate Republicans who ignored the facts, not engaging and disputing the facts.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

We also know the Republican Party has been captured at the grassroots level by intelligence challenged members of Trump's cult who shy away from reality.

By way of review, a few questions were asked in the above report -- important questions.

Is Trump making the decisions for the GOP leadership?

The Republican Party has disgraced itself. What is the point of winning the nomination if the candidate can't win the general?

Now it appears that Pelosi will create a select committee to investigate Jan. 6. Why is it Trump and the GOP leadership prefer a committee controlled by Democrats as opposed to a bipartisan commission?

Now here is what's interesting. Senate Republicans are avoiding the media. They refuse to answer these questions and many others about their disgraceful vote. Nine of them didn't even vote.

I have this old fashion idea that these Senators represent us. They work for the people. The people hire them, and the people can fire them.

But I guess that is not true in the case of Republican lawmakers.

Or so they think. They are making very bad decisions with impunity. This will not continue.

Equally interesting, there are a large number of intelligence challenged Republicans on this forum. They will not answer these questions, either. In fact they have remained silent for months. They are unable to respond intelligently to defend their party or themselves.

What do you think of a person who is incapable of speaking for himself or herself?

Do we want them to choose our lawmakers, governors, and the President?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Is Trump making the decisions for the GOP leadership?

The Republican Party has disgraced itself. What is the point of winning the nomination if the candidate can't win the general?

Now it appears that Pelosi will create a select committee to investigate Jan. 6. Why is it Trump and the GOP leadership prefer a committee controlled by Democrats as opposed to a bipartisan commission?

This deserves repeating, and, as expected, total silence from Republicans.

There are a large number of intelligence challenged Republicans on this forum. They will not answer these questions, either. In fact they have remained silent for months. They are unable to respond intelligently to defend their party or themselves.

What do you think of a person who is incapable of speaking for himself or herself?

Do we want them to choose our lawmakers, governors, and the President?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

What do you think of a person who is incapable of speaking for himself or herself?

Do we want them to choose our lawmakers, governors, and the President?

Republicans remain silent on the issues.

Republicans continue to pass laws that restrict, rather than encourage, voting. Combined with their obstruction of an examination of what happened on Jan. 6, it is becoming more and more clear that Republicans fear the American people, how they will vote and what they might learn.

The Guardian reports, "Joe Biden has condemned as “wrong and un-American” a Texas state bill set to pass into law which the president said “attacks the sacred right to vote”, particularly among minorities.

"The bill, known as SB7, clamps down on measures such as drive-through voting and voting on Sundays. It would also empower partisan poll-watchers. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has said he will sign it. Democrats have said they will challenge it in court.

"The bill follows moves in other Republican-controlled states which sponsors insist merely seek to guard against voter fraud but which are seen by most analysts to be aimed at restricting voting by sections of the population which tend to vote Democratic.

"According to the New York-based Brennan Center for Justice, nearly 400 such bills have been filed this year across the US, in 14 states.

"Biden has already blasted such measures, for instance calling laws in Georgia “Jim Crow in the 21st century”, a reference to the system of racist segregation which remained in place for 100 years after the civil war."

Texan lawmakers have provided a solution in search of a problem.

The two Republicans who put SB7 together, Texas senator Bryan Hughes and representative Briscoe Cain, called the bill “one of the most comprehensive and sensible election reform bills” in state history.

"Right now, I don't how many or if any elections in the state of Texas in 2020 were altered because of voter fraud," Governor Abbott on March 15, 2921.

To restrict people from voting, Republicans say voter fraud exists, but they can never prove it.

Abbott provides an excellent example of that.

In some respects, Republicans can be strange, very strange, indeed.

Why do Republicans fear the American people?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Are we coming to the end of the filibuster? The Party of No may be causing the filibuster to go the way of the dinosaurs. Defeat of the commission to examine the Jan. 6 insurrection may have been the last straw.

NBC News reports, "A Republican filibuster Friday of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sparked outrage among Senate Democrats ranging from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to centrist West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin.

"It was the first bill to die by a minority filibuster in the era of President Joe Biden, which carries warning signs for the rest of his agenda in the Senate, where Democrats are in charge but need 10 Republicans to move most legislation under the existing rules.

"Democrats have the power to change those rules but lack the unanimity it would require of the 50-member caucus. And when the Senate returns from a week-long Memorial Day recess, Schumer appears ready to test his members.

He promised votes on the Paycheck Fairness Act and a bill to protect voting rights — both have viable paths to a majority vote but not 60 to defeat a filibuster. Gun legislation may also come up. [Still another mass shooting event this morning, this time in the Miami-area.]

“We have seen the limits of bipartisanship and the resurgence of Republican obstructionism,” Schumer told reporters.

"When it comes to changing filibuster rules, the New York Democrat said “everything is on the table.'"

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump's attempt at changing the will of 80 million Americans and an attack on our government failed miserably. Nevertheless, the far right extremist groups loyal to him did invade and ransack our capitol, and five were killed. That makes it a very serious matter.

The far right extremists did not use firearms to save their skin. If they opened up with guns they would be outgunned by the capitol police, the National Guard, and nearby army and Marine units.

Trying to minimize the events on Jan. 6 is just another horrible tactic by the Republican Party. They are not fooling anyone beyond Trump's intelligent challenged cult members who have chosen to avoid reality. 60% still believe the election was stolen, but they can't explain the basis of that belief. They just say it, hoping it is true while ignoring 60 court cases plus the Supreme Court saying differently.

But they don't know that because they avoid reality. If Trump says it, it must be true.

The GOP keeps digging, and the hole is getting deeper by the day.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump's attempt at changing the will of 80 million Americans and an attack on our government failed miserably. Nevertheless, the far right extremist groups loyal to him did invade and ransack our capitol, and five were killed. That makes it a very serious matter.

Example of Republican circular thinking:

Sandy Shanks assaulted a Trump Republican.

Who?
I don't know.
When?
I don't know.
Where?
I don't know.
Why?
I don't like the way Shanks thinks, and I know he assaulted a Trump Republican at some point.

"The Washington Post is fake news," former Republican President Donald Trump.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Like a bad dream, Trump will not go away. The primary reason, the Republican Party keeps propping him up as the leader of the party.

Why is anyone's guess. The Republican Party lost the House, Senate, and the Presidency during the four years of the Trump administration.

NBC reports, "Defeated presidents usually go away — at least for a long while. Not Donald Trump.

"Trump returns to the electoral battlefield Saturday as the marquee speaker at the North Carolina Republican Party's state convention. He plans to follow up with several more rallies in June and July to keep his unique political base engaged in the 2022 midterms and give him the option of seeking the presidency again in 2024."

"If the president feels like he's in a good position, I think there's a good chance that he does it," Trump adviser Jason Miller said in a telephone interview. "For the more immediate impact, there's the issue of turning out Trump voters for the midterm elections."

And, Miller added, "President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party."

 

[eddiew37]

President Joe R. Biden, how refreshing that sounds. What a refreshing day. Our divisive, erratic, foolish, conspiratorial, narcissistic President is gone, replaced by a President who deeply wants to unite us. Barring ill-advised preconceived notions about President Biden, his task should be easy. We are all Americans.

That said, although I voted for Biden for obvious reasons, not unlike 81 million Americans who did the same, I am a conservative Independent. That's official. In CA, we have to declare our political posture. Until I was driven out by Trump, for over a quarter of a century I was a declared Republican. I voted for Biden, but I have some reservations concerning him, mostly having to do with taxation and spending.

I said all that because I want to be honest with readers. I want them to know where I am coming from.

Whether or not Biden will be a good President is obviously an open question, but I think he is a good man. He will do his best to unite us and adopt policies that benefit all Americans, while removing those policies that do us harm. He wants the United States to rejoin the community of nations, and the days of isolation and making unitary decisions that involve other nations, in particular our traditional allies, are over.

The European Union's top politician, Ursula von der Leyen, said it best. "After four long years, Europe has a friend in the White House."

For the first time in four years, there is optimism in America created by a popular President. 59% of Americans approve of Biden.

On day one, Trump's approval rating was 40%, and, although it went lower than that, it never got much higher. Thus the reason for American optimism.

Why hasn't Biden cured COVID yet?
Why hasn't he brought world peace on day-one?
Why hasn't he totally erased the National Debt yet?
I don't understand what's taking him so long!!!!

The impossible duffus takes a little longer