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Biden is almost as unpopular as Donald Trump at this point in his presidency
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Opinion polls have shown Americans unhappy with Biden’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the…
EKO HOT BLOG reports that US President Joe Biden has told Congress his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin misjudged how the West would hit back when he invaded Ukraine.
In a primetime speech, Biden vowed “an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny”.
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His State of the Union speech comes as pandemic-weary Americans grapple with galloping inflation.
Biden is almost as unpopular as Donald Trump at this point in his presidency.
The Democratic president told lawmakers on Tuesday night: “Putin’s war was premeditated and unprovoked. He rejected repeated efforts at diplomacy.
“He thought the West and Nato wouldn’t respond. And, he thought he could divide us here at home.
“Putin was wrong. We were ready.”
Biden announced that the US would ban Russian aircraft from American airspace, following similar bans by Canadian and European authorities.
Vowing further economic retaliation against Russia, the US president said of Putin: “He has no idea what’s coming.”
The US president also welcomed Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, who was sitting in US First Lady Jill Biden’s VIP box for the event.
Biden’s State of the Union speech, an annual event pushing a president’s agenda, comes as his personal popularity languishes in the doldrums.
Just 40.6% of Americans approve of the job he is doing, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. Although the US jobless rate has sunk to 4%, inflation has hit a 40-year high.
The nation’s homicide rate has spiked to a 25-year high.
Opinion polls have shown Americans unhappy with Biden’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.
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