A year after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, the celebrations and cheers in the Democratic camp have completely disappeared following the victory. Moreover, the expectation that Donald Trump's political and public future will be the same as that of President Richard Nixon In August 1974 amid the Watergate scandal he was expelled and excluded from the political arena for many years, did not materialize.
On the contrary, although the 45-year presidency came to an abrupt end following the onslaught of his supporters' camp on the Capitol compound, Trump is now receiving much rejuvenation and support among the Republican Party, which is confidently marching toward the conquest of both houses of Congress. Months), while President Biden's public status has recently eroded dramatically.
Indeed, who would have believed that the veteran and experienced politician, who had spent most of his adult life at the top of the Washington establishment, and knew all the layers and layers of the legislature (and executive), would end his first year in the Oval Office as a pale, gray figure with few successes. And a resounding failure at the international level?
Trump supporters storm Capitol Hill, Photo: EP
Undoubtedly, the conclusion of Biden's first year in office is marked by a rapid dissipation of early expectations, and an almost complete waste of public credit granted to him, when he failed to properly utilize his party's control of Congress as a lever for effective and groundbreaking legislative activity. Thus, for example, the target number of 100 million vaccine boosters, which the president placed at the center of the public campaign he led, is still light years away from being realized, and the gap between rhetoric and execution is now reflected in the current outbreak of the plague. .
At the same time, even among the Democratic faction in the Senate, the miracle of the uprising has already been raised by Senator John Manchin, who poses a real challenge to at least some of the White House's ambitious plans in society, welfare, health, education and energy (threatening to overshadow its early achievements). Of the rescue and assistance package for the corona damage and of the package of investments in physical infrastructure). Indeed, there is a great deal of irony in the fact that Biden, who boasted of his ability to cooperate with both camps in Congress and initiate compromises and agreements even with the bitter ones of his Republican rivals, today finds it difficult to maintain unity in his home. Needless to say, his situation in the congressional arena could worsen several times over in a year, when - according to all forecasts - the Legislature would pass Republican control of both houses of Congress.
An even gloomier picture emerges as the beam of light is turned towards the international arena.
At this level, Biden found it difficult to record even a single global or arena success.
For, the picture that emerges is one of hesitation and laxity towards any challenge, as a result of his so far exclusive reliance on "soft power" and diplomacy of words.
Thus, for example, his repeated warnings to the Kremlin not to invade Russia's forces into eastern Ukraine indicate an inability to radiate credibility and deterrence - and there is no substitute for real forceful measures against the threat from Moscow such as operating an air train that provides extensive military assistance to Ukrainian forces. The loyalists of the Kiev government.
"Paper Tiger"
Indeed, in the face of the tangible and immediate danger of an all-out Russian attack (against the background of Moscow's fierce opposition to Ukraine's accession to NATO), the bleak scenario of a forceful move by Putin's creator returns, as in the Crimean annexation case The American as a “paper tiger.” As will be recalled, Crimea was annexed to Russia about six months after President Obama was exposed in full weakness, remaining passive following the crossing of bright white lines defined by the White House in the field of chemical weapons use by Bashar Assad's forces in Syria.
Nuclear talks in Vienna, Photo: AFP
The same is true in the context of Iran, which, like Russia, sees Aidan as a white dove and not a carnivorous eagle, and has so far not been particularly impressed by its solemn promise that Tehran will not be able to realize its nuclear bomb dream.
On the contrary, all indications from the US capital indicate that Baidan, eager to reach an agreement that would seemingly make it easier for him to converge in the US without background noise from the Gulf region, has long since abandoned the overall settlement goal with Iran, which should have included Its ballistic missiles and the issue of Iran's arena subversion.
Instead, it is prepared and ready to return to the original outline of the 2015 agreement, which will of course also include the removal of sanctions imposed on it by President Trump.
Identify the weakness
Lith Mann denies that this eagerness to sign the agreement arouses deep concern in Jerusalem (and of course in the Gulf states as well), and increasingly obscures the special relations with Israel.
To this concern should also be added disagreements on the issue of reopening the US Consulate in East Jerusalem and the charged issue of continued construction in Judea and Samaria, not to mention the administration's cold attitude to the "Abraham Agreements" system registered in the name of Trump, who hates Biden.
PM Bennett with US President Biden // Photo: Avi Ohayon / GPO,
Other allies and friends such as France - which has been deeply hurt by the administration's cancellation of the submarine deal Paris signed with the Australian government - are also disappointed with the administration's function, while rivals of the US bishop, including Russia, China, Iran and even North Korea (recently renewed Shigor Its ballistic missiles as a defiant show of strength), clearly identify American weakness and do not hesitate to challenge its leadership.
All that remains is to wait and see if, against the background of the collapse of early expectations and hopes, the person sitting in the Oval Office will re-evaluate its "operational code" and try to adapt it to the rebellious and defiant reality.
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