JOE BIDEN'S LEGACY

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Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden despite his alleged criminal activities. It is alleged that Hunter often traveled with his father on Air Force One on foreign trips to make deals, which creates suspicion that Joe Biden himself may have been involved in some of these deals. The pardon raises suspicion that it doesn't smell right.

Joe Biden's legacy is in tatters not just because of the pardon, but because of his conduct in the Ukraine war. He never even once made efforts to end the war, in fact, he inflamed the war resulting in massive loss of human life and injuries.

'The Economist magazine estimates 60,000 to 100,000 Ukrainians (not sure if just soldiers or civilian casualties included)  have lost their lives and nearly 400,000 have suffered injuries.

President Biden and his hawkish Democrats and the Establishment have sunk almost $175 billion of American taxpayers' money into this conflict when so many Americans could not pay their mortgages or have two square meals a day. This war is nothing but a bonanza for the defense industry, which appears to drive the U.S. Government.

The Gaza war and its disastrous consequences of loss of human life (mostly women and Children) and destruction of property is another failure of the Biden Administration. In fact, Biden is complicit and as criminally involved in the Gaza war as the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Biden kept shipping lethal bombs to Israel throughout the conflict, which Israel used to drop on innocent Palestinians. The promise of a ceasefire was nothing but a hoax as no serious effort was made to achieve a ceasefire and you don't get a ceasefire when you keep shipping bombs to one side.

The U.S. economy has been at its worst during Biden's 4 years, high inflation, highest interest rates in over 40 years, mortgage defaults, high food costs etc. have made the lives of many million Americans miserable during his Presidency.

Biden's refusal to step down as a Presidential candidate in 2024 despite suspicions that his mental faculties may not all be intact has inflicted a massive blow to the Democratic party. His late withdrawal meant, no credible candidate could step forward in his place as the remaining time to the election was too short to run a successful campaign. Kamala Harris was a choice by default and was a poor candidate. Initially, she made some impact and even raised a lot of money but her lack of experience and clarity on issues was exposed each passing day resulting in Donald Trump's substantial victory and also the Republicans winning the Senate and House majorities.

In reality, Joe Biden has gifted all this to Trump. Had he stepped down six months earlier, some credible Democratic candidates could have stepped forward and the end result may have been different.