Appearance Sake

(Appearance Sake)

There is a reason why President Biden prefers the Ukraine to Ohio. That is Trump country and the Administration, and its Transportation Secretary. That is why the former President will be making an appearance and render aid, namely bottled water and cleaning supplies. Not quite appropriate to hold a rally as the locals would be more concerned with recent events and, as Trump will not be President again, he can use what influence he does have to do "some good."


That being said, the visuals that it is Trump rather than Biden shows how the latter is distracted. With big issues like Ukraine and China and the global nature of both, why would he have time, or the inclination, to deal with a chemical spill that Mayor Pete could not handle in the first place ?


One year has passed since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine but the President has done nothing to hasten the conclusion. How does that look ? More to the point, who is watching ? This has been a series of bad images and Biden has not looked good in any of them. When stacked with the Trump visit in East Palestine, it has not been lost that the President was forced into an adjustment.


It is appearing that the President is embarrassing and is looking like an amateur. One knows what one says about amateurs. He is not impressing Xi Jinping. he is not impressing Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian Zelenski has to put up with him if he wants that particular gravy train to continue. And Donald Trump has not much use for him either. Biden, and for that matter Buttigieg are part of a broken system. The world has been taking notice.

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