Joe Biden's presidency isn't going well. His campaign for re-election isn't going any better, and that was punctuated by the release of Biden's Thanksgiving anti-MAGA talking points.
Yes, on a day that's supposed to be filled with family and unity, the president and his handlers thought it'd be a good idea to put out "explainers" rife with disinformation for your liberal family members to share around the table. I think some turkey might end up getting thrown if someone actually tries to use these things.
Things are so bad that the Biden campaign has been reduced to just shouting "wrong" like they are middle-schoolers "clapping back" in the lunch room. Of course, saying the economy was better under Donald Trump is not wrong, at least not if one is being intellectually honest. Under Trump, job growth was strong, prices were low, interest rates were low, inflation was low, and retirements were growing.
Why have the total job numbers been better under Biden than Trump? Because the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Did I disagree with some of the Trump administration's guidelines? Absolutely, but of note is that every single Democrat pushed for even stricter lockdowns and mitigation measures, which makes Biden trying to pretend he wouldn't have ended up with the same result completely laughable. The current administration has not "created" the vast majority of jobs it claims to have created. They simply presided over the continued opening of the economy, recouping jobs that were never permanently lost.
As to the claims about Thanksgiving dinner costing less and inflation being lower, everyone knows that's nonsense. As RedState reported, a recent study from the University of Tennessee showed that Thanksgiving costs are up 14 percent under Joe Biden. Further, he doesn't get credit for "lowering inflation" when he's the one who raised it to eye-watering levels in the first place. Inflation is still far higher than under the last administration and even as it slows, prices are far higher now than they were three years ago.
Wait, I'm supposed to think that the UN mocking Trump is a bad thing? The UN is an ineffective, dictator-fluffing dumpster fire that shouldn't exist. Being despised by those people is a badge of honor. The rest of that slide is just silly gaslighting. It was Biden who finished negotiating with the Taliban and executed the disastrous withdrawal of Afghanistan, and it is Biden who has given Iran a free pass to develop nuclear weapons while enriching and empowering the Iranian dictatorship.
But it's that slide about the polls that's the funniest. What kind of inept campaign goes out of its way to admit it's getting beat? And then lies about past presidents in order to pretend the current president's approval ratings don't matter? To be clear, none of the presidents listed had approval ratings at the same level as Biden, who is in the worst position for re-election of any president in modern history.
Lastly, the idea that Biden is running on a "popular agenda" is gaslighting at the highest level. He is underwater on nearly every issue, from the economy to foreign policy. Outside of some left-wing social issues like abortion, Americans support the Republican agenda more.
But hey, if the Biden campaign wants to delude itself, who am I to argue?