(Trends Wide) — Joe Biden’s fight to get America back to normal after the pandemic is proving to be much longer and more complicated than previously thought, with huge political implications for the president and his party.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg admitted this Sunday on Trends Wide that supply chain reserves, which are having a corrosive impact on the broader economy, will be held until next year which will be marked by an electoral environment of mid-size. period for Democrats. There is only little that Biden can do to get the containers stacked in the country’s ports, which means the situation is causing the White House a real headache.
When Americans go to the shops and see that the price of bacon has doubled, or when they can’t afford the gifts they want before the holiday season, they are likely to blame Biden and the Democrats and that is reflected in the elections next month and 2022.
The cost of living – along with gasoline that now averages $ 3.32 a gallon nationwide, according to the American Automobile Association – gives Republicans an opportunity to argue that Biden’s presidency is a failure. .
The growing discontent also fits perfectly into Donald Trump’s narrative of national decadence and humiliation as he paints the ground for a likely 2024 presidential campaign. On Sunday, for example, the former president sent a fundraising email stating that the prices were on the rise.