Plan of massive investments Wednesday, cabinet meeting Thursday, the Biden machine continues to advance and the comparison with its predecessor is not to the advantage of the latter. It was not until June 12 for the Republican to bring together all of his government. We were waiting for a cap, but above all we had the right to a slap, theater style. A shower of compliments had fallen on Donald Trump for ten minutes under the eyes of the press accredited to the White House. The President of the United States seemed satisfied.
Joe Biden briefly welcomed a cabinet on Thursday “In the image of America” because he is the most sociologically diverse in history, while that of his predecessor was predominantly male and white. Then he invited the reporters to leave the room after only three minutes of “Pool spray”, because he had to do.
Four years ago, everyone expected Donald Trump to take the issue of modernizing infrastructure head-on. His experience in the private sector promised to spark sparks and he had assured to be ” the only “ to be able to repair the federal state. The years have passed and the “Infrastructure week” has become a recurring gag in Washington, announced seven times without ever being followed by any concrete action.
Daring bet
Joe Biden cut his cards just over two months after arriving at the White House, embarking on arguably the most daring gamble of his presidency because it isn’t just about bridges or highways. An environmental shift, a social shift with better care for the elderly and disabled, he will define it for better or for worse, depending on whether it meets success or failure.
Unlike Donald Trump who did not recognize himself as a model, the president is looking for a tutelary figure in whose footsteps he could place his own. He cannot turn to his immediate predecessors, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, who have managed more than transformed. His new ambition, dictated by circumstances, forced him to choose between the father of the New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and that of the Great Society, Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The first achieved during his lifetime the status of an icon for a long time undisputed, including in the Republican ranks. Its handling of the Vietnamese quagmire forced the latter to relinquish inglorious power despite major breakthroughs, social (the Medicare and Medicaid health programs) and societal (the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act).
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