POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Jan 19, 2022 : Joe Biden is one year away from his administration. Joe Biden was sworn in as President of the United States on January 20 last year. During the four years of Donald Trump’s rule, he led a nation divided into two parts. In the years since then, he has had to face numerous challenges, such as the Kovid epidemic and the chaotic economy. He had the promise of reviving democracy, defeating Kovid, and consolidating the position of the United States as a world leader with the solution of deep-seated racism and economic problems. How much did he manage to keep these promises in one year?
Corona epidemic
Biden began his reign with a strong position to launch a mass coronary immunization program. His position was contrary to that of his predecessor, Trump. Because, in this case, Trump’s position was confusing. Trump was accused of underestimating the severity of the epidemic. Instead of dealing with the corona, he also clashed with China over the origin of the virus. Trump, however, took care of the rapid progress in making the corona vaccine.
On July 4, 2021, Biden announced the defeat of the coronavirus. In the summer of that year, the situation in the United States was further exacerbated by the impact of Delta, a highly contagious type of corona. The downward trend of infection changes in the spring. Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during December. As a result, Biden’s role was called into question.
When Biden came to power, his cowardice policy was supported by 69 percent of Americans. Now it stands at 48 percent. The Biden administration has sought to make vaccination compulsory in areas known as conservatives in the United States. This position taken by his administration provoked political controversy. His move to make vaccination compulsory in large businesses was blocked by the country’s Supreme Court on Thursday.
Recovery of the economy
The Biden administration is credited with passing a ৯ 1.9 trillion incentive fund called the US Rescue Plan. In addition to compensating for the damage caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the incentive fund was passed to help curb unemployment and save the country’s economy from recession.
Biden has passed a massive ত 1.2 trillion infrastructure fund. The bill was passed for the purpose of infrastructural development. However, Joe Biden has the support of opposition Republicans to pass the bill. Trump has also tried to pass such an infrastructure bill. However, he failed to pass the bill promised during his four-year rule.
Biden sought to pass a ব্য 1.7 trillion package called Build Back Better to address climate change and spending on social services. However, the bill went through the upper house of the US Congress, the Senate. Opposition Democrats, not Republicans, oppose Senator Joe Manchin’s bill. He voted against the bill. Democrats and Republicans have 50 senators each in the 100-member Senate. As a result, President Biden failed to pass the bill because a Democrat senator opposed it.
However, the US capital market index and the number of jobs have increased in 2021. Unemployment has now dropped to 3.9 percent. At the same time, however, inflation skyrocketed during Biden’s rule. On an annual basis, inflation was a record 6 percent in December. For months, Joe Biden’s economic advisers have been claiming that inflation will be short-lived. However, inflation has remained.
Democracy and social change
Biden is a real moderate politician. But his party, the Democrats, has a left-wing party. Biden has a hard time convincing them. In the case of some voter groups, he has to deal with such situations, especially on issues that are important to satisfy African-Americans.
Although Biden has repeatedly promised to curb the use of firearms by the Americans and stop police brutality, he has done little about it. In addition, Biden’s initiative to reform the voting system to end discrimination against blacks has seen the face of collapse in the Senate as opposed to two Democrat senators.
Considering any major issue, one of Biden’s promises was to mend the country’s political divisions. In this case too, Biden will get very low marks. In his swearing-in speech, Joe Biden pledged to bring unity among Americans, saying he would work to eliminate hatred against immigrants, and to stop attacks on journalists and other opposition groups.
But Trump’s ideology still dominates the entire Republican Party, and speculation is rife that billionaire Trump will run again in the 2024 presidential election. Biden, meanwhile, is being pushed closer to his own party’s left-wing base. Support for independents is also declining.
‘America is back’
On the first day of the swearing-in, Biden promised to bring the United States back to its former position, saying “America is back.” In most cases, of course, he did. Biden has called on the United States to return to the Paris Agreement on climate change and to hold multinational talks on Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
Shortly after coming to power, Biden called for closer ties with Europe, the oldest and closest ally of the United States, the military alliance NATO and Asia. Washington has reassured allies as partners. Trump also clashed with allies. Joe Biden, however, has moved away from Trump’s position. He continues to try to improve relations with allies. In this case, his administration was positive.
The withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan marks the end of a failed 20-year war and is something that previous presidents have only talked about. However, Biden’s last defense was not. The chaotic situation in the country during the withdrawal from Afghanistan has affected the image of the United States. Questions have also been raised about humanity. And he has some responsibility, but Biden is responsible.
