{"id":2171830,"date":"2024-02-08T21:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-is-in-deep-trouble-2\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T21:16:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:16:38","slug":"america-is-in-deep-trouble-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-is-in-deep-trouble-2\/","title":{"rendered":"America is in dire straits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/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%2Famerica-is-in-deep-trouble-2%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=2171830&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--><h2>The 2024 Election Takes an Unpredictable Turn<\/h2>\n<p>The 2024 election took another unpredictable turn on February 8 when Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur \u2064concluded that President Biden had willfully retained \u200band disclosed\u200b classified information but did not \u200ddeserve prosecution because \u200ca jury would see him as a &#8220;well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.&#8221; The special counsel report\u2064 reinforced GOP criticisms of \u2063a two-tier system of justice while amplifying widespread doubts that Biden\u2064 is up to the job \u2062of \u200cpresident.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden&#8217;s Defiant Response<\/h3>\n<p>And how did Biden\u2063 respond? With\u200b a\u200c defiant, combative statement and\u200c press conference where he read from notes, caustically dismissed the report&#8217;s findings that his memory is\u200b fading, insulted reporters,\u2062 and then, in unscripted comments, confused the presidents of Egypt and Mexico and\u2062 said that Israel&#8217;s response to the Hamas atrocities of October 7 has \u2062been &#8220;over the\u200c top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063may \u200chave been the worst Oval Office \u200baddress in \u2064my recollection. Only Bill \u200dClinton&#8217;s &#8220;I did not have sex with \u200dthat woman&#8221; screed springs \u200bto mind as competition. In a spur-of-the-moment decision,\u200c Biden tried to debunk concerns over his age and ability\u2014and promptly confirmed our worst\u200b fears about what \u200dis happening inside the White\u2064 House.<\/p>\n<h3>America&#8217;s Troubles<\/h3>\n<p>Now we\u200c know why his staff has kept Biden under wraps. Why he \u200bwon&#8217;t do a Super Bowl pregame interview\u2014reaching the massive NFL audience on \u200can \u200cunofficial holiday\u2014for the second straight year.\u2063 It&#8217;s\u200b not just that his\u200c aides \u200cworry he&#8217;ll confuse Travis and Taylor. They&#8217;re petrified\u200c he might cause a\u200d national security crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why America is in trouble. We are \u2063headed\u200c toward a general-election showdown that the public would prefer\u2062 to avoid. And \u2063the Democratic incumbent&#8217;s condition is growing worse. Americans aren&#8217;t the only ones who \u200bread \u200dHur&#8217;s report or\u200c watched Biden&#8217;s televised meltdown. America&#8217;s\u2063 enemies\u200d did\u200c too. The \u2062world was a dangerous place\u200c before this\u200c afternoon. It has grown more dangerous\u200b since.<\/p>\n<h3>The Concerns About Biden&#8217;s Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s another reason for concern. Who \u2063is running the White House? It is hard to believe\u200c it is the sad\u2063 and defeated \u200cman who addressed the nation Thursday evening. As Biden&#8217;s \u200csituation has \u2064worsened, he&#8217;s become more reliant \u200con the progressive Democratic base.\u2062 His latest policy blunders have\u200b weakened the country to further his bitter hopes of \u2063a second term.<\/p>\n<p>On January \u200b26, for example, \u2062the Biden administration said it would freeze permits for Liquefied \u200dNatural Gas (LNG) export projects. The\u200c decision was jaw-dropping. Cheap and bountiful energy is the basis of\u2063 strong, noninflationary\u2063 economic growth. America&#8217;s shale revolution creates jobs, made this country &#8220;energy independent,&#8221;\u200d and built the \u2062world&#8217;s biggest \u200dLNG export industry.<\/p>\n<p>American LNG is cleaner than\u2062 oil and coal. It contributes to global\u2062 security by offering our\u2064 allies \u200band partners an energy source derived from a commercial \u2062republic under the rule of law. American LNG shielded Europe from Russia&#8217;s oil and gas \u2063weapon. It&#8217;s a classic tale of \u200cAmerican innovation\u200d and \u200bentrepreneurship making the world a \u200cbetter place. What&#8217;s not to like?<\/p>\n<p>A lot, it turns\u2063 out\u2014if you are a\u2063 climate catastrophist\u200b bent on crippling America&#8217;s domestic production of carbon fuels. The\u2063 sort of person who funds Joe Biden&#8217;s campaigns and serves as a \u200bpolitical appointee in his administration. Exactly \u200dthe type that the \u200cpresident fears.<\/p>\n<p>The green-energy lobby scares Biden.\u200d He\u2063 could spend more \u2063time \u200dcrowing about the\u200c tremendous amount of carbon-based energy produced during \u2064his tenure. It might improve his \u200bnumbers. Yet he\u2064 remains silent. Why? Not\u2063 just because he keeps out of the public eye. Because of the potential\u200c backlash from greens who finance the\u200b Democratic Party and micromanage his environmental, industrial, transportation, and tax policies.<\/p>\n<p>Biden plays their game. Kills the Keystone Pipeline.\u200d Closes the \u2063Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Drains \u200band\u2062 fails \u200bto replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Restricts offshore drilling. And now, with \u2062this latest move, hampers a key node of the world economy, empowers Russia, Venezuela, and\u2063 Iran and other autocratic energy producers, shifts\u200c LNG transport lanes toward a Houthi-terrorized Red Sea, and denies Americans \u2064jobs and a better standard of living. Just to \u2064rustle up some votes.<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant, Joe.<\/p>\n<h3>A Fractured Foreign Policy<\/h3>\n<p>Executive orders can be reversed, but a fractured foreign policy is hard \u2064to repair. \u2063Especially if that policy is, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken put it this week during\u2064 his fifth trip to the region \u200dsince the October 7 terrorist attack on\u2063 Israel, &#8220;a concrete, time-bound, irreversible path \u2062to a Palestinian state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blinken is delusional. There \u200bwon&#8217;t be a Palestinian \u2063state so long as Israel \u200dconsiders one to be \u200ba security threat. And it is \u2063the height of folly\u200d to push Palestinian statehood as Israel conducts an existential war against Hamas, readies\u2063 its forces against Hezbollah, \u200band cracks down \u2063on brewing threats\u2063 in the\u2064 West Bank. \u200dAs the U.N. and UNRWA are exposed as dens of \u200banti-Semitism and complicity in violence against Jews. \u200cAs America\u200c sinks\u200c into low-intensity\u2063 conflict with Iran&#8217;s proxies in Syria, Iraq, and\u200b Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Like many secretaries of state, BIinken wants to recapitulate Henry Kissinger&#8217;s legendary shuttle diplomacy of the\u2064 mid-&#8217;70s. \u2062Back then, the late, great American\u2062 statesman traversed\u200c the Greater Middle \u2064East and laid\u200c the foundations for peace between Israel and Egypt. Blinken has replaced \u200dshuttle diplomacy with shuffle diplomacy: He limps from country to country, getting nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, Blinken indulged in some appalling moral\u2064 equivalence\u200c while in Tel Aviv, saying,\u2062 &#8220;Israelis\u200b were dehumanized in\u2064 the most\u200d horrific way on October 7. The hostages have been dehumanized every\u2062 day\u200c since. But that cannot be a license to \u2063dehumanize others.&#8221; \u200cAs if there\u2064 were any similarity, in \u2062any respect, between the atrocities Hamas\u2064 committed that day \u2064and \u200dsince and the way in which Israel has behaved \u200bas it tries\u200b to minimize civilian \u200ccasualties\u200d and deliver aid\u2014that Hamas\u200c steals\u2014to\u200b Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet: Biden&#8217;s comment that Israel&#8217;s response has been &#8220;over the top.&#8221; \u200dIs he serious?<\/p>\n<h3>The Troubles of Biden&#8217;s Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>Domestic \u200dpolitics explains Blinken&#8217;s and Biden&#8217;s remarks, their frenzied pursuit of a Palestinian mirage, and the general incoherence of President \u200bBiden&#8217;s actions \u2064in the Middle East. Biden is \u200cpetrified that \u200dArab \u200cAmericans\u200c living in \u2063Michigan won&#8217;t\u200b vote for him in November, thereby cracking the Blue\u2062 Wall \u2064and \u2062handing the\u2062 election \u200cto\u2063 Trump. \u200dHe \u2064assumes their\u2063 votes can \u200dbe bought by pandering,\u200c by removing the conditions for Palestinian statehood,\u200c by taking a tough rhetorical line against Israel.\u200d That&#8217;s why Samantha Power engaged in her own \u2064version \u2064of shuffle diplomacy this week,\u200d flying to \u2064Dearborn as Tony &#8220;Too \u200cNice&#8221; Blinken flailed overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Here I thought this was another case \u200cof a troubled incumbent flailing\u200b to command events. What the Hur report and the Biden speech reveal is far more troubling. Remember the liberal media catchline during Trump&#8217;s presidency? &#8220;This is not normal.&#8221; Yes, indeed. America is in deep trouble.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In\u200d what\u2064 ways did former President\u2063 Trump&#8217;s stance against\u2062 China and Russia differ from the current administration&#8217;s approach,\u2064 and what implications does this \u2063have for our national security moving forward<\/h2>\n<p><span>  E before him, Blinken is wasting \u2063time and credibility on a fruitless quest for a two-state solution that will never materialize.\u200c While Israel fights for \u2064its survival against \u2062terrorist organizations, the Biden\u200b administration is focused on pursuing a utopian\u2063 vision \u200cthat ignores the realities on the \u200cground.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Biden administration&#8217;s approach to foreign policy \u200dis not only misguided, \u2062but also inconsistent.\u2064 While they claim to support\u2063 human rights and democracy, they have remained silent on the atrocities committed by China \u2062and Russia. They have failed\u200b to hold these\u200b countries \u200baccountable \u2064for their actions, and instead have focused on\u2064 appeasing them in the \u200chopes of\u2063 securing a few \u200dminor \u2064concessions.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast,\u2062 former \u2064President Trump took a strong stance against China and Russia, imposing\u200c sanctions\u200d and tariffs to protect American \u200cinterests. He recognized the threat these countries \u200dposed to our national security and took decisive\u2064 action to address it. Under Biden, we can expect a return\u2063 to the failed policies of appeasement that have plagued previous administrations.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 election is shaping up to be a \u2062pivotal \u200cmoment in our nation&#8217;s\u200b history. It will determine whether we continue\u200b down the path of weakness and appeasement or whether\u200c we reassert our position as a global leader.\u2064 The American people have a choice to make, and it is imperative that we\u2063 choose wisely.<\/p>\n<p>We need\u200d a president who will prioritize the interests of the \u2064American\u2064 people and defend our democracy. We need a\u2063 leader who will take a strong stance against our adversaries and\u200c protect our national security. \u200cWe need\u200d a president who will put America first.<\/p>\n<p>The events of the past few \u200dmonths have shown us that the Biden administration is not up to the task. Their handling of the Justice Department&#8217;s report, \u2064Biden&#8217;s public meltdowns, and \u200dtheir\u200b misguided policies have\u2062 raised\u200d serious doubts about\u200c their ability to lead.<\/p>\n<p>As we look towards\u2063 the 2024 election, \u2064we must carefully consider the candidates and their visions\u2062 for our nation&#8217;s future.\u200d It\u2062 is crucial that we choose a leader who will restore our strength,\u2062 protect our interests, and ensure a \u2063brighter future for all Americans. The 2024\u200b election takes an unpredictable turn, but it is up to us to shape \u2063the\u2064 outcome and\u2063 choose the path forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 election got more unpredictable on Feb 8. Special counsel Robert Hur found President Biden guilty of keeping and sharing classified info, but won&#8217;t prosecute due to his age and memory. 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