According to what was announced by the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, the Democrat’s message (expected for 4:00 p.m. in Argentina) is expected to focus on what the government considers to be the achievements of this first year.
In that sense, the official brought out graphs yesterday showing that unemployment fell to 3.9% from 6.4% a year ago, and another showed that the number of adults fully vaccinated against the coronavirus increased to 74%. .
The charts “show a pretty stark contrast to where we started and where we are now,” Psaki said.
There were no mentions of recent setbacks, including the highest inflation in decades and the Supreme Court striking down mandatory immunizations at large companies.
There was also no allusion to the fact that Democrats did not use their slim majority in Congress to pass another of Biden’s top priorities last week: electoral law reforms that he believes are necessary to protect American democracy.
The charts also didn’t include the drop in Biden’s approval ratings from around 55% when he took office on January 20 last year to just over 42% now.
In that sense, the Democrats hope that Biden will change the mood before the legislative elections in November, when the Republicans hope to prevail to take control of the Capitol.
If that happens, there is a risk of two years of obstruction by Congress, which is likely to include threats of impeachment, the AFP news agency noted.
With more and more public appearances, former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen from him, is considering running again in 2024.
The White House hopes that the good news will slowly outweigh the pessimism related to the pandemic, with the economy recovering, the Omicron variant declining and Americans valuing Biden’s achievements such as his large infrastructure spending.
On the foreign front, the president is expected to face questions of all kinds, from the confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, to the lack of progress in the tension with North Korea.
Since he took office and until December 31, Biden only gave nine conferences; against 22 for Trump in his first year and 27 for Barack Obama, according to a study by the White House Transition Project.
The scarcity of individual interviews is even more eloquent: 22 for Biden, 92 for Trump and 156 for Obama.
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