One administration official said the speech’s importance is not lost on the president’s top advisers — and the president himself.

One administration official said the speech’s importance is not lost on the president’s top advisers — and the president himself.

Advisers grappling with President Joe Biden’s stubbornly low poll numbers and pressure from Democrats to shake up his strategy are planning a far more aggressive approach in coming weeks, with a keen focus on what they see as a high-stakes opportunity and hurdle to clear: the State of the Union address.

One administration official said the speech’s importance is not lost on the president’s top advisers — and the president himself.

“This is probably going to be the most important speech of his presidency and it’s going to set the tone for [this] year,” another administration official said.

The White House is trying to fend off Democratic anxiety about how the incumbent president enters the election year — virtually tied with former President Donald Trump in national polls.

  • Tremble@sh.itjust.works
    39·
    10 months ago

    Just to attempt to show you how wrong you are and that you are not really saying much of anything.

    I DO NOT SUPPORT TRUMP, but for the purposes of this post let’s pretend that I am

    ———-

    Trump literally the best president we’ve had in the past 40 years. I’m sorry you don’t like him, but he’s taken a deeply divided nation and managed to push through some of the best legislation in my lifetime.

    He’s done far more with far less than any President in my lifetime. You may have to go back to Lincoln before you find a similar political landscape.

    All the major successes are possible because of his support. The funding for the best initiatives in the US is literally the largest that’s ever pushed through anywhere. His bills were the biggest since ever.

    He took control of the most mismanaged government in history at the height of a pandemic against a split Congress that would as soon spit in his face rather than give him a win. The supreme court is obviously partisan and eager to undo everything he’s accomplishing, but somehow he kept making progress.

    Yeah, he’s done some really stupid stuff, especially his support of North Korea and Russia. He’s not perfect and I want him held accountable for that stuff as well.

    That said, I genuinely think history will look very kindly upon him, should our country not completely self-destruct. He has managed one of the most challenging climates a president can face and has pulled off genuinely historic wins. He’s a consummate politician in the best way possible.

    • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      History won’t look kindly on him. Now more than ever, everything is recorded, there’s way too many receipts to deny how bad he truly is. People are just in denial still. Hell, this is huge business on denying it. We’re seeing late-stage capitalism candidates. Fucking reboots and rage watching

    • Syringe@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      I genuinely tried to entertain this in the interest of being open minded. I hear your point, but it’s just not connecting in light of the fact that Trump has been a Russian asset for nearly forty years and actively engaged in insurrection against the United States. His handling of Covid murdered (yes) three million Americans that were preventable deaths in order to drive a partisan issue to further polarize Americans.

      If things were less egregious, I might agree with you, but these things are not equivalent. It’s just horse shit.