Biden in the White House has become like Wojtyla when, hostage of his Polish magic circle, in article of death they made him sign thirty nominations of bishops including the African bishop of Bangui, with several wives. Nominations largely annulled by Benedict XVI. In Washington, The president’s family and staff worked behind the scenesuntil the end, for a similar solution, in a climate of “everyone against everyone”, each with the same goal: not to lose power. But then Covid arrives, almost a divine signal, the best excuse for not losing face.
Of course, the US president’s collaborators and aides will hardly find another job that pays as well, and the second son of “Sleepy Joe”, Hunter, sees the presidential cover of his many legal troubles blown – from business in Ukraine and China, to the revolver bought without declaring his drug addiction (in the United States it is a crime). Even the first lady Jill must forget about the covers on Voguebut at least Biden has stopped making a fool of himself and, with him, America. “We are at the end”, is the phrase leaked by the entourage. In the Oval Office, the panic and confusion of a few days ago have given way to a grim resignation.
On the other side, the Republicans are instead living their magic moment: unexpected unity strengthened by the attack on Donald Trump, conviction in the program relaunched by the choice of vice president JD Vance and, finally, the work of the tycoon and his daughter-in-law Lara – wisely avoiding the mistakes of 2020 – has persuaded the “donors”, large and small, to make donations soar with a record fundraising. The confrontation with the progressives, who cannot even agree on the date of the convention, is merciless. They let Biden get stubborn despite his poor health or, perhaps, precisely because of it, perhaps with the intent to take advantage of his “down” moments. Some sources say that as soon as the slightest weakness was perceived in the president, the race began to make him sign “anything” or other documents that, in moments of lucidity, he would send back to the sender.
Those closest to him, who know his habits and reactions to particular phrases or events well, had even classified as “sensitive” time slots where – officially for security reasons, but in reality to leave no room for others – to intervene productively pro domo propria and push one line over another, on this or that dossier. Some reports from the factions of the Donkey party, symbol of the Democrats, even marked the places where the best persuasion activity could be exercised on the White House. At the top of the list, Camp David, with few authorized access; then Air Force One, sitting at the President’s work table: the top of the top to be able to close burning issues in front of a president who is generally always “sleepy”.
The “last in, first out” line always prevailed. Secretary of State Blinken And National Security Advisor Sullivan they never got over it: how many times Biden disavowed them after months of meticulous work! The malicious wondered how they didn’t go crazy. The same can be said of Treasury Secretary Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve, who, to keep her nerves steady, was seen around as little as possible. Trump is not a kid eitherbut he led the campaign without sparing energy and without cumbersome “shadows” like Obama or the George Clooney of the moment. Figures that do not impress “the Donald”, ready to send home all the “gray men” to build a more productive America, that looks forward and leads the world. Musk of Tesla and Thiel, the “bad guy” of Silicon Valley, are already on board, while Jamie Dimon, now CEO of JP Morgan, will most likely be the next Treasury Secretary.
Disruptive and destabilizing characters who, with Trump, see the opportunity to sweep away the old guard, which is now trembling while Wall Street soars. If Trump wins the elections, in the European chancelleries but above all among the historic enemies of the United States, from Putin’s Russia to Xi Jinping’s China, up to Hamas, we will see a revolution in diplomatic relations in which the US will make all its power count. Which, in fact, did not happen with Biden, starting with the question of Israel. And we must not forget the interests of the American arms industry: the Ukrainian and Israeli markets are very attractive, a business of death that Biden has not stopped.
To be fair, all US presidents have never backed down, especially the Democrats. The First and Second World Wars were resolved with US interventions wanted by Democratic presidents. The choice to use the atomic bomb to finally defeat Japan in 1945 was Harry Truman’s, who launched the Korean War, between 1950 and 1953. John F. Kennedy, the most beloved of the Democratic presidents, started the bloody Vietnam War in 1961, his successor Lyndon Johnson continued it, and the hated Republican Richard Nixon finally, thanks to the advice of Henry Kissinger, ended it. Another much-loved Dem, Barack ObamaNobel Peace Prize winner, gave us, thanks to Hillary Clinton’s crazy foreign policy, the tragedy of Syria and the killing of Gaddafi by the French secret services, which destabilized the Middle East and gave rise to wild immigration from Africa. And Biden fits perfectly into this narrative.