What do you think of almost certain new US President-elect Joe Biden

[Gay Paul]

I don't live in America, but I like to follow world events, so what do you think of President-Elect Biden?

[Pultost]

Neither do I, and I'm not sure what to make of Biden, but anyone but Trump, I say.

[ska8er]

From Day One he better keep his promises.
God forbid something happens to him and we
end up with Harris as President and Pelosi Speaker
of The House.

[Blueisthecolour1]

Not American but it probably too early to tell what he will be like, will he be better than Trump only time will tell, it certainly will be a lot different with him as president

[SouthernDude]

I'm not a fan of him. I'd rather have Trump for another term. Also, he's older than dirt so it's almost guaranteed that Harris will be President next.

But it seems 95% of the time people didn't vote for Biden, they voted against Trump

[Gay Paul]

I'm not a fan of him. I'd rather have Trump for another term. Also, he's older than dirt so it's almost guaranteed that Harris will be President next.

But it seems 95% of the time people didn't vote for Biden, they voted against Trump

It is the worst in a modern democracy, not only in the States, that people do not vote not genuine sympathy for some particular candidate or sharing their vision of the world or their electoral program, but with hatred of their candidate's political rival :(

[Sinanju]

I don't think Biden is a great choice, but he seems reasonable and open.
In any case, he's much better than Trump. That guy is just a mad megalomaniac.

[DarkDragon]

As im not in the US I'd need to do an extensive read and background on them all, to be honest. I'd watch and see how they start their tenure and maybe see how well they do after a few weeks.

[Cassi]

Anything is an improvement
Hopefully works out well for the workd

[Falcons_11]

Unfortunately, the voters in the USA have elected another buffone and numbskull to the highest office in the land. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, and Truman must be rolling over in their graves. God help the USA because Biden can't!

[Katie2003]

He is not my favorite. To be totally honest, I don't think either major party gave us a good choice of candidates this time and would much rather have seen others running instead of Biden and Trump.

I share the concerns of others about Biden's age, and also his historical performance. But since the Congress actually runs the country, the president is less important than if he/she had omnipotent power over everything. Whichever party controls Congress controls the country when all is said and done.

[lliam]

Like Obama, Biden inherits a very messy presidency from his predecessor. Trump caused more damage in four years than Georgie Bushoonior did in 8 years.

Biden is a very old shack. He has a lot of experiences in politics, but his own political history, which is prone to failure and full of glitches too. But experience also means there's a chance to get the job done to some extent. So Biden/Harris should be given some credits here.

Expecting him to keep his promises is imo very inappropriate, given his age and the fact that he has to dispose of Trump's dump. This is an almost impossible task within. Especially if the Reps control the Senate.

Even as a citizen and voter, one should always remain realistic. The best that could be expected would be that Biden and his team stabilize America to 2015 levels. Only then Biden/Harris can begin to keep promises and start making real politics.

[Oscar-V3.0]

From Day One he better keep his promises.

Since when politics have kept their promises ? :lol3:

And by the way, did any of Trump or Biden make any promise ?
They were so busy bashing each other that I dont even think they made any promise or talked about any economic and social program whatsoever

[ska8er]

Since when politics have kept their promises ? :lol3:

And by the way, did any of Trump or Biden make any promise ?
They were so busy bashing each other that I dont even think they made any promise or talked about any economic and social program whatsoever

They can Promise everything under the sun and moon and all
the planets in the World and still there is going to be bickering
and nothing for the better will be accomplished. :what:

[hayley2003]

I'd rather have Trump for another term.

Hi, help me understand your perspective. I honestly think about 99.9% of every person in America would be better president. There are people I know who are mean and selfish people, and everyone of them would make a better president when compared to Donald Trump.

I simply cannot understand what is to like about Donald Trump.

See Ya! :)

[SouthernDude]

Hi, help me understand your perspective. I honestly think about 99.9% of every person in America would be better president. There are people I know who are mean and selfish people, and everyone of them would make a better president when compared to Donald Trump.

I simply cannot understand what is to like about Donald Trump.

See Ya! :)

Well, the main thing that people like about him is his America First stance. No putting other countries before us, he does what is in America's best interest.

I think he has some decent foreign policy stances. For example, he pushed to bring troops out of Syria and Afghanistan, tried to repair relations and de-nuclearize North Korea, and pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, which allowed Iran, someone who we're not friends with, have nuclear weapons to possibly use against us. He also began building a US-Mexico border wall to help keep out coyotes, drug smugglers, rapists, and terrorists (to a smaller scale).

He helped improve the economy significantly. Before COVID hit, we had the strongest economy we've ever had. More people were employed than ever before. Under Trump, we had the highest black and women employment rates in history.

I will admit, he has the biggest mouth of anyone I've ever seen and doesn't know when to shut it. I don't like that about him. But I generally like the way he's done things the last four years.

Hope this helps clear some things up and hope we can have a rational discussion.

-SouthernDude

[Ragle]

Seen from the far far he's a joke.
I guess seen him face to face he's the Joker.
And than, hopefully Batman takes him to Arkham where he belongs.

[Valkyri]

He’s better than Trump because hell, who isn’t?

He wants people to have health care and wants to do more for the environment

He genuinely seems to care about people’s well-being; that’s been missing there for the last 4 years

[Snowfox]

He’s better than Trump because hell, who isn’t?

He wants people to have health care and wants to do more for the environment

He genuinely seems to care about people’s well-being; that’s been missing there for the last 4 years

He doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone's well-being or healthcare. He has been marinated in politics for so long that it is absolutely sure that he knows who is in charge really and does what ever his superiors (from Beijing) want him to do. He is old corrupted piece of human-waste... worthless than ratshit like any communist for that matter.

Anyway he is gonna be last elected president of USA. There will be no more elections ever. When ever he steps down he is just going to name next president after him and so on.

[Valkyri]

He doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone's well-being or healthcare. He has been marinated in politics for so long that it is absolutely sure that he knows who is in charge really and does what ever his superiors (from Beijing) want him to do. He is old corrupted piece of human-waste... worthless than ratshit like any communist for that matter.

Anyway he is gonna be last elected president of USA. There will be no more elections ever. When ever he steps down he is just going to name next president after him and so on.

Obviously this is a discussion you don’t know anything about, don’t worry your misled head about it sweetie

[lliam]

Anyway he is gonna be last elected president of USA. There will be no more elections ever. When ever he steps down he is just going to name next president after him and so on.

That maybe the case when the Reps stay the way in politics as they do know, assumed they choose a trumpish like candidate but with a way more smarter brain.

The current president-elect is, however, a symbol that Americans are very likely to stand up for their democracy when they see a president developing dictatorial ambitions or being totally incapable doing whats really need to be done.

Biden would not have won a normal election if his opponent had been a likewise more liberal Republican, but one thing is certain, he will in no way pursue policies that will run America down any further than Trump did.

[Snowfox]

That maybe the case when the Reps stay the way in politics as they do know, assumed they choose a trumpish like candidate but with a way more smarter brain.

The current president-elect is, however, a symbol that Americans are very likely to stand up for their democracy when they see a president developing dictatorial ambitions or being totally incapable doing whats really need to be done.

Biden would not have won a normal election if his opponent had been a likewise more liberal Republican, but one thing is certain, he will in no way pursue policies that will run America down any further than Trump did.

What I am talking is that Dems make sure that once they have power it becomes absolute power. Making GOP illegal and sending every gop member to gulags/prisons or straight up killing them.
Its widely known that in Bidens inauguration party they will flay Barron Trump to death and drink his blood and eat his flesh.
Anyway USA will become one party state either the way I described or by gerrymangering.

[hayley2003]

Well, the main thing that people like about him is his America First stance. No putting other countries before us, he does what is in America's best interest.

I think he has some decent foreign policy stances. For example, he pushed to bring troops out of Syria and Afghanistan, tried to repair relations and de-nuclearize North Korea, and pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, which allowed Iran, someone who we're not friends with, have nuclear weapons to possibly use against us. He also began building a US-Mexico border wall to help keep out coyotes, drug smugglers, rapists, and terrorists (to a smaller scale).

He helped improve the economy significantly. Before COVID hit, we had the strongest economy we've ever had. More people were employed than ever before. Under Trump, we had the highest black and women employment rates in history.

I will admit, he has the biggest mouth of anyone I've ever seen and doesn't know when to shut it. I don't like that about him. But I generally like the way he's done things the last four years.

Hope this helps clear some things up and hope we can have a rational discussion.

-SouthernDude

Hi, I get what you are saying, you are saying the pros out number the cons. I might even agree with some of what you have pointed out as the pros.

A good way for me to explain what I fail to understand is to use an example. Example: I might meet someone who I find has a lot good qualities, friendly, helpful to others, good since a humor, generous, and has many other qualities I value in people I enjoy being around. But that person, on occasion refers to black people as "n*ggers". That is a deal breaker for me. No matter what other great qualities that person has, calling black people "N*ggers" is not an issue that I will ever compromise on or rationalize away as being OK because that person has so many other great qualities, or is very nice and respectful to others except black people. IMO, calling black people "N*ggers" can never be offset by other positive qualities or impressive accomplishments. The only way to off set is to understand why it so wrong and stop being that person who thinks that being racist is acceptable with heart felt regret for having once been that person.

This is a very indirect example because I am not suggesting I am describing Donald Trump. I don't think he has any of the positive traits as I just describe, and to be fair to him, I have no idea if he has ever refer to black people as N*ggers. The example is not about him.... What he has done IMO is crossed so many lines that I find offensive that no matter what he might have accomplish as president that can be considered of value to some people, it does not compare to harm\damage he has done by just being Donald Trump-the person.

Additional, to even more fair to Donald Trump, he is just being himself. He is authentic. If he were not president, nobody would really care, and the harm\damage he has done would be contained to a much smaller circle of people, not 330 million people in the US + millions more around the world. Howard Stern summed it up well, its the people who voted for him and follow him as cult leader that are the real problem because they endorse or rationalize his methods, encouraging him to give them more and more of the same. His hardcore supporters enjoy that he is mean\cruel towards others and insults them with nasty nicknames with the goal to create fear in others so they remain silent and don't dare speak up when they disagree with him.

One "Trump" Example I can point out is Trump's refusal to accept he lost the 2020 election, and now attempting to spin it into being an election full of massive voter fraud and conspiracies against him. There was only one big massive conspiracy, 81 million people voted for Joe Biden, not Donald Trump. Its how our system is designed to work. :) IMO, a real leader that I can respect would do what most leaders do with they lose, such as when a football team lose a game (or any other sport) they accept that the better team won that day, and they are motivated to become even better so not to make the same mistakes that caused them to lose. The team that lost doesn't whine and claim the winning team cheated insisting the results be over turn by pointing to minor errors in a imperfect system that will never be 100% perfect. The clock ran out, one team had a better score, no cheating occurred.

Sorry, this ended up being much longer than planned. :P

See Ya! :)

[Ralph.S.G.R]

He’s not exactly inspiring... and he is bloody old...
But he’s an improvement on what came before I would say.

[JustAnAveragePerson]

I'm not a fan of him. I'd rather have Trump for another term. Also, he's older than dirt so it's almost guaranteed that Harris will be President next.

But it seems 95% of the time people didn't vote for Biden, they voted against Trump

That's not incorrect. The funny thing is that if this COVID-19 event didn't happen Trump almost certainly would have won. In my opinion he brought this upon himself considering he didn't tell the American public how big this could be. Such a shame too, given how Trump was doing pretty well for the economy before. I mean those trends were set under the obama administration and many economic things he takes credit for were linear, at least he could take credit for it, and at least he didn't screw it up. Then 2020 hit, and he most certainly did screw it up.

[HFrint]

He doesn’t know which way is up

He’ll probably forget why he got elected

[JustAnAveragePerson]

I'd rather gave him than Trump, but I hope he's as moderate has he originally intended. I still want a republican president in 2024 as long as it isn't trump

[Maxfun]

He can't be any worse than Trump!

[HighVamp913]

Can't be any worse [knock on wood]