Joe Biden’s First 90 Days

We are coming up on three months since Joe Biden took the oath of office and it occurs to me that I have had nothing to say thus far about his performance. Not that it matters what I think, especially since it is not at all clear that any of you care for my opinions on the subject. But this is 2021 and when it comes to political opinions and blogs, it seems that everyone has one, so here’s mine.

First of all it must be stated that not once over the past 90 days have I been embarrassed by a presidential tweet. While the presidential German Shepard, Major, has had several embarrassing moments, that’s about it in the cringe department. This is a big plus.

As far as Biden’s domestic agenda there have been no surprises. Like the big government guy he has always been, he fancies himself the new FDR, believing that every societal problem facing the country can be dispatched if only we throw enough money at it. Bold Government Action is always the cure. First there was the multi-trillion dollar COVID relief package that sends stimulus checks to millions of Americans who will no doubt use the money to buy that new Peloton they’ve had their eye on, or a new set of irons (both real examples from a couple of friends of mine). But, people are suffering, and it’s only a couple trillion dollars that we don’t have. Then, there’s the famous Infrastructure Bill that redefines infrastructure to mean any and every progressive project ever conceived by the liberal beating heart over the last 50 years. (Sure, free daycare is infrastructure!!). But, all of this is who Joe Biden is and who he has always been. Government led and printing press-funded spending sprees are the way to fix all that ails the human condition. There is more of this sort of thing planned, but you get the picture. Just Joe being Joe.

But in the arena of foreign policy, Joe Biden has been amazing. First off, the recently announced sanctions on Russia for their state sponsored hacking and election skullduggery were long overdue. Finally, we have a President who sees Vladimir Putin for what he is, a totalitarian police state thug. Then there was the announcement yesterday of the President’s decision to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, ending the Forever War. His two most recent predecessors had stated this as a goal and both failed to follow through. If Joe Biden gets us out of that hell-hole, we will forever be in his debt. In other developments in foreign policy, 90 days have gone by without the President belittling our allies or praising the hidden virtues of the world’s henchmen, another splendid development.

So, my three month report card would look like this:

Domestic Policy....C-

Foreign Policy......A+

Family Dog Behavior....F