President Joe Biden, 78, has the GOP exactly where he wants them, it total submission to Democrat policies now pushing for a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan only weeks after Democrat passed the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill. Spending money like a drunken sailor is precisely what the public wants, handing Biden 73% approval ratings for his handling to the Covid-19 crisis. Whether Republicans admit it or not, they’re a minority party, with the majority of voters going Democratic. Biden’s overall approval rating is a whopping 53,8%, almost 20% above Trump’s average in the days leading up to the election. Biden has a strong wind at his back to pass his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, even if it doesn’t come with one Republican vote. Former Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed to fight Biden’s plan but the plain truth is he can’t stop Democrats from going to a simple majority.
Biden’s big election win over former President Donald Trump [306-232] in the Electoral College and over 5 million more popular votes giving him the mandate to pass whatever he wants. As long as the economy continues what now looks like a V-shaped post Covid-19 recovery, Biden will continue to maintain high approval ratings but, more importantly, keep the GOP from winning back a House of Senate majority. As it stands right now, there’s zero evidence that Republicans will have momentum to resume control of the House and Senate in 2022. If the economy continues to recover, Democrats, if anything, will continue to pad their majorities in both Houses. “They know we need it,” Biden said with respect to his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, that he claims could create 19 million middle class jobs. With Trump out of the picture, the GOP finds itself politically deflated.
Biden said while he’ll considers GOP objections, he said that infrastructure spending is being done all over the world. “Everybody around the world is investing in billions and billions of dollars in infrastructure, and we’re going to do it here,” Biden said. Republicans have no real way to resist Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan, unless the stock market sells off and the economy starts heading south. All indications point to expanding equity markets and a V-shaped economic recovery. Only geopolitical events could derail the current economic juggernaut that looks to continue improving. If Russian President Vladimir Putin invades eastern Ukraine, then markets could sell off. Other than that, the economy looks to regain the momentum it had before the pandemic, something that looks like it heading in the rear view mirror. It’s ironic that Trump predicted a V-shaped recovery in 2021, the biggest year for growth ever.
As more American’s get vaccinated, it seems directly correlated with economic recovery. Funny that during the 2020 campaign Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris told voters not to trust Trump’s rosy predictions on vaccines. Biden and Harris not only told voters not to trust Trump’s vaccines, they told them they wouldn’t be ready until well into 2021. Once Biden and Harris won the Nov. 3 election, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna announced that the FDA has approved their vaccines, exactly on the same schedule Trump promised. But more importantly, Trump correctly predicted that the vaccines would serve like “rocket fuel” to the struggling economy, making 2021 one of the biggest economic growth years in U.S. history. So far, Trump’s forecasts have proved true, with Biden and Harris reaping the benefits. As long as the economy continues to hum along, GOP won’t derail Biden’s $2.3 infrastructure bill.
When it comes to domestic policy, there’s only good news on the horizon for Biden’s domestic programs. When it comes to foreign policy, it’s the only thing now that can derail U.S. economic progress. Since taking office, Biden has sent U.S.-Russian relations spiraling into Cold War lows. No one believed during the post WW II Cold War period, that the U.S. and former Soviet Union would get into a shooting war. With Biden calling Putin a “soulless killer” March 16, the prospects for a shooting war, most likely in eastern Ukraine, have dramatically increased. Biden and his 58-year-old Secretary of State Tony Blinken have pushed relations with Russia and China to the brink. Blinken accused China of “genocide” against the Muslim Uyghurs in Western China’s Xinjaing province, something not supported by facts. While China mistreats the Uyghurs, there’s no genocide taking place.
Republicans led by McConnell and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) don’t have a prayer to stop Biden from pushing for the lion’s share of $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. McConnell and Blunt simply don’t have the political capital or votes needed to stop Biden from advancing his plan. Biden vowed to “push as hard as I can” to pass his plan that has popular support. Unlike Trump, when you have the media behind you and approval ratings at 53.8%, there’s little real resistance ahead. Republicans simply don’t have the votes or popular opposition to Biden’s infrastructure plan. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has already set in motion the steps needed to pass Biden’s plan with a simple majority. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) estimates a House vote by July 4. Republicans are kidding themselves that the can stop Biden from passing his plan.
