{"id":1326603,"date":"2022-02-22T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1326603"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:22:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:22:54","slug":"for-crisis-riddled-biden-russia-is-the-foreign-distraction-hes-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-crisis-riddled-biden-russia-is-the-foreign-distraction-hes-been-waiting-for\/","title":{"rendered":"For Crisis-Riddled Biden, Russia Is The Foreign Distraction He\u2019s Been Waiting For"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffor-crisis-riddled-biden-russia-is-the-foreign-distraction-hes-been-waiting-for%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1326603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden has a myriad of domestic crises to deal with, but instead of taking on the issues that matter most to voters, he\u2019s focused on a conflict with Russia over Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>While Americans struggle with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/21\/the-ruling-classs-inflationary-policies-hurt-americas-working-class-the-most\/\">unchecked inflation<\/a>, bare grocery shelves, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/22\/the-centers-for-disease-controls-lies-have-destroyed-its-legitimacy\/\">ongoing tyranny in the name of curbing Covid-19<\/a>, rising urban crime, and trouble at the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/17\/the-humanitarian-crisis-at-the-border-keeps-getting-worse-but-biden-doesnt-care\/\">southern U.S. border<\/a>, Biden\u00a0is using Russia\u2019s conflict with Ukraine to deflect attention from the fact that his administration is failing on the homefront. <\/p>\n<p>For months, Biden\u2019s popularity with voters has tanked. More than half of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/graphics.reuters.com\/USA-BIDEN\/POLL\/nmopagnqapa\/\">disapprove <\/a>of the job Biden has done, and even more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/poll-72-america-wrong-direction-54af3071-3f3b-4f2b-a19e-951e63eda522.html\">72 percent<\/a>, say the country is headed in the wrong direction. Even Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/democrats-have-been-souring-on-biden-since-last-summer\/\">own party<\/a> is distancing itself from the president\u2019s atrocious first year in office, especially after he failed to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/08\/bidens-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-agenda-is-setting-republicans-up-to-win-big-in-november\/\">Build Back Better plan<\/a> despite having a Democrat-controlled Congress and wishing death on the filibuster. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the White House was excited when it realized that a U.S. response to an invasion across the globe could be the distraction voters needed to get their minds off of Biden\u2019s domestic shortcomings. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"eVJUWT82HX6PaLgzoNtBjRruG7MkGCDuJf01jMSsQ2OfF4tmnySgnZ9AKlbC4IlZP9TH5EUvi7v0dOpqNqYXI1EBexa53\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have signed an Executive Order to deny Russia the chance to profit from its blatant violations of international law. We are continuing to closely consult with Allies and partners, including Ukraine, on next steps. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZS81ivAPgs\">pic.twitter.com\/ZS81ivAPgs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1495911308625125380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/supermacro.substack.com\/p\/biden-hyping-russia-threat-for-partisan?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozNTE3MzQzLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0OTA1MzU4NywiXyI6IlBHSmZ0IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ1NTQzMjE3LCJleHAiOjE2NDU1NDY4MTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNTcyNDkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.2xDZ1H5mkY4RZJE1Qt7TO3_C5KQSNK7TFSTKFFgbN-s\">encouraged media coverage <\/a>of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Biden even told the world last week that because of the nation\u2019s \u201csignificant intelligence capability,\u201d he knew Russia would invade Ukraine, and corporate media outlets and warmongers ran with the story. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-21-at-10.37.24-AM-1024x543-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-21-at-10.37.24-AM-1024x543-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-21-at-10.37.24-AM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-21-at-10.37.24-AM-768x407-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-21-at-10.37.24-AM.png 1242w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>So far, though, voters aren\u2019t buying it. <\/p>\n<p>New polling shows that even Russia can\u2019t save Biden from his disastrous track record. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/390086\/biden-ratings-economy-foreign-affairs-russia-near.aspx\">Gallup poll <\/a>conducted at the beginning of February, only 36 percent of U.S. adults approve of Biden\u2019s handling of the situation with Russia. That\u2019s one point less than Americans\u2019 approval of Biden\u2019s handling of the economy, which sits at 37 percent. <\/p>\n<p>After Biden\u2019s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, which cost at least 13 American lives and stranded thousands more, plenty of voters, at least 56 percent, disapprove of the president\u2019s handling of foreign affairs \u2014 especially when there are so many issues he is ignoring at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/22\/biden-administration-pumps-up-gas-prices-while-trying-to-scapegoat-it-on-everything-from-lockdowns-to-russia\/\">Gas prices <\/a>are up, drugs smuggled in by crime rings are pouring across the southern border as are hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, and Americans in cities are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/16\/its-time-for-americans-to-rescue-u-s-cities-from-greedy-leftists-crime-infested-drug-riddled-chokehold\/\">fighting off increasing violent crime<\/a>, but mum\u2019s the word from the president. <\/p>\n<p>Biden and his team have epically failed in multiple ways. Despite the administration\u2019s greatest efforts to call U.S. attention to a foreign conflict, Americans affected by Biden\u2019s incompetence won\u2019t forget all of the domestic crises he overlooked to focus on the Democrats\u2019 favorite scapegoat: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/17\/special-counsel-john-durham-is-opening-up-about-his-spygate-investigation-but-why\/\">Russia, Russia, Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordangdavidson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has a myriad of domestic crises to deal with, but instead of taking on the issues that matter most to voters, he\u2019s focused on a conflict with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}