Here Are 5 New Year's Resolutions For President Biden

[J.J.Gibbs]

After First Year Bust, Here Are 5 New Year's Resolutions For President Biden

BY TYLER DURDEN

SATURDAY, JAN 01, 2022 - 08:30 AM

Authored by Liz Peek, op-ed via Fox News,



Here’s how bad things are for Joe Biden: the White House is pumping out stories about the new First Puppy as frantically as a fire brigade dousing a raging inferno. Anything to distract from the president’s abysmal polling, stalled agenda, failed COVID management and four-decade-high inflation.



The worst news for Biden is that voters now score him poorly even on those qualities that he has banked on throughout his career, like honesty and empathy.


Bottom line: the first year of Biden’s presidency has been a bust.



There is no guarantee that 2022 will be any kinder to the president. Inflation will continue to run hot as employers will have to pay up for workers and the Fed’s gentle down-shift on monetary largesse will prove too little, too late. Crime will remain a headline issue, thanks to Democrats who have turned our criminal justice system upside down while defunding the police. The southern border remains wide open as Biden and liberal mayors and governors do everything possible to invite people to enter our country illegally.



Meanwhile, China and Russia see this feeble presidency as an opportune time to press their advantage.



In the midterm elections, Democrats will lose, and probably lose big. That will be, in effect, the end of the Biden presidency.



Can Biden turn around his fortunes? Doubtful, but for the sake of the nation he could try, by adopting these five New Year’s resolutions:



Number one: Fire somebody!

When a White House crashes, it’s good to let the public know that the president is angry, too, and demands accountability. Biden has kept his team intact, even as disasters pile up. That is a mistake.



It is outrageous that no one was fired after the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Whoever signed off on closing Bagram Air Base, abandoning that secure airfield and its priceless cache of weapons to the Taliban, should have been dismissed. The intel team that said the Afghan government would hold and the people responsible for leaving behind so many Americans and allies should also lose their jobs.



Thirteen American service members and scores of Afghans died in the bombing at the Kabul Airport; that is unacceptable. Heads should roll.



The State Department could also use a shake-up. Whose idea was it to have Biden ignominiously beg Russian President Vladimir Putin for a one-on-one sit-down earlier this year?



Who "forgot" to tell the French that we were partnering with Australia to help them develop their own nuclear submarines, and that the Aussies would consequently renege on a large and profitable contract with the Elysee Palace?



Which ignorant anti-Trumper decided to undermine the Abraham Accords, the most promising Middle East peace initiative in decades?



Serious errors of judgement and execution need to be punished. Not doing so risks portraying Biden as arrogant or, worse, clueless.



Second: Come out from behind your Teleprompter.

Stop telling people you are not "allowed" to talk to the press, or to go off script.



You’re the president!



Hold more press conferences, call on reporters randomly and cope with the resulting surprises. If you cannot handle the give-and-take of such sessions, you should not be president.



Nearly half the nation thinks you are not mentally capable of performing the duties of your office. Either this is true, in which case you must resign, or it is untrue. The best way of demonstrating your abilities is to come out of your bunker, and act like a president.

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