{"id":567850,"date":"2021-06-18T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T17:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567850"},"modified":"2021-06-18T13:06:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T17:06:36","slug":"is-bidens-presidency-turning-out-to-be-obamas-third-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-bidens-presidency-turning-out-to-be-obamas-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Biden\u2019s Presidency Turning Out To Be Obama\u2019s Third Term?"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fis-bidens-presidency-turning-out-to-be-obamas-third-term%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=567850&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230698516-scaled-e1624034368587.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>If President Joe Biden\u2019s first six months in office is any indicator, his presidency in some ways is a continuation of President Barack Obama\u2019s time in office. But there are key differences.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s presidency is nearly a carbon copy of Obama\u2019s when it comes to domestic policy issues, from immigration and the economy to social issues and health care.<\/p>\n<p>When it came it immigration, the Obama administration <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2014\/08\/01\/obama-administration-s-government-wide-response-influx-central-american-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stressed<\/a> that the solution to illegal immigration was\u00a0 \u201cconfronting the root of the problem with top-level diplomatic efforts in Central America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has taken the cue, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/07\/days-joe-biden-kamala-harris-border-crisis-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointing<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris to head his administration\u2019s response to the ongoing migrant surge at the Southern Border. Harris has since insisted that the border should not be the focal point of the American discussion of illegal immigration. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/harris-team-panicked-biden-immigration-border-mexico-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Kamala Harris\u2019 Team Reportedly Panicked After Biden Gave Her Immigration Assignment)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harris argues her role is to address the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/vice-president-harris-mexico-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">root causes<\/a>\u201d of immigration in Guatemala and Mexico, such as high crime rates and poverty. She made her first diplomatic trip as vice president to address these \u201croot causes,\u201d but the effort <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/harris-south-america-guatemala-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was somewhat poorly received<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have criticized her for prioritizing the trip to Central America over visiting the U.S.-Mexico border itself. It has been nearly 100 days since Biden tapped her to lead the administration\u2019s immigration efforts, though <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/kamala-harris-commits-to-visiting-border-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she has promised<\/a> to visit the border \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI care about what\u2019s happening at the border. I\u2019m in Guatemala because my focus is dealing with the root causes of migration,\u201d Harris told NBC News Host Lester Holt in an interview. \u201cThere may be some who think that that is not important but it is my firm belief that if we care about what\u2019s happening at the border, we better care about the root causes and address them, and so that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also echoes Obama\u2019s priorities on the economy and social issues, though he has proven more willing to spend vast amounts of money to get it done. Obama\u2019s flagship accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act, cost taxpayers an estimated $1.76 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). That barely equals the smallest of Biden\u2019s spending packages, the American Rescue, Jobs, and Families plans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/whats-in-bidens-6-trillion-budget-plan-11622223706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which total roughly $6 trillion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Obama himself has said he views the Biden administration as a continuation of his own presidency, at least in so far as specific policies within the agenda. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/17\/joe-biden-signs-juneteenth-into-law-america-newest-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Signs Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Into Law, Marking America\u2019s Newest National Holiday)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"PD IF\">\n<div id=\":8q.co\" class=\"JL\">\n<div id=\":8u.ma\" class=\"Mu SP\" data-tooltip=\"June 14, 2021 at 12:37:17 PM UTC-4\"><span id=\":8u.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that what we\u2019re seeing now, is Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job. And I think it\u2019ll be an interesting test,\u201d Obama told the New York Times\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/01\/opinion\/ezra-klein-podcast-barack-obama.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ezra Klein<\/a> in early June. \u201cNinety percent of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about, whether it\u2019s the Affordable Care Act, or our climate change agenda, and the Paris [climate accord], and figuring out how do we improve the ladders to mobility through things like community colleges.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Biden and Obama hold similar views on social issues as well; and since former President Donald Trump rolled back much of Obama\u2019s agenda, some of Biden\u2019s actions were focused on bringing some of them back. For example, Obama was the first president to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/transgender-military-ban-lifted-obama-cements-historic-lgbt-rights-legacy-n600541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end the ban<\/a> on transgender people serving in the U.S. military. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/23\/trump-ban-transgender-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reinstated<\/a> that ban, only for Biden to once again <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/25\/joe-biden-transgender-military-service-executive-order-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end the ban<\/a> soon after gaining office.<\/p>\n<p>In so far as foreign policy, both Obama and Biden supported joining the Iran deal. Biden currently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/02\/joe-biden-iran-nuclear-deal-jcpoa-vienna-austria-negotiation-european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeks to re-enter<\/a> the Obama-era Iran Nuclear deal that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/05\/08\/donald-trump-pulls-us-out-of-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump withdrew<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s presidency has differed from Obama\u2019s in some key ways when it comes to foreign policy, however. Biden has succeeded where Obama failed in setting a date of withdrawal to bring home troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. There are also notable differences in how Biden is dealing with China.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has made <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/25\/biden-xi-jingping-china-xinjiang-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">competition with China<\/a> the top priority for his foreign policy agenda, framing the struggle between the U.S. and China as one that will determine whether democracy or autocracy will lead the world into the future.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Biden\u2019s agenda has emphasized returning manufacturing jobs to American soil in a way that Obama\u2019s presidency never did. It <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/12\/biden-quad-china-japan-india-meeting-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has also led<\/a> to the revitalization of the Quad alliance between the U.S., Japan, Australia, and India \u2014 which focuses on economically isolating China.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Tony Blinken has echoed Biden\u2019s agenda on China, calling the communist nation out on its litany of human rights abuses. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/house-republicans-intelligence-committee-wuhan-lab-leak-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Republicans: \u2018Significant Circumstantial Evidence\u2019 COVID-19 Originated From Wuhan Lab Leak)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more China hears not just our opprobrium, but a chorus of opprobrium from around the world, the better the chance that we\u2019ll get some changes,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cIt would be very important if China claims that there is nothing going on that it give access to the international community, to the United Nations. If they have nothing to hide, show it to us. Show the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Biden\u2019s critics have argued he is not being aggressive enough toward China, specifically when it comes to getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID-19. While Biden\u2019s White House has called for an international investigation into the lab leak theory, the administration has said the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/who-coronavirus-origins-china-biden-investigation-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">should not lead<\/a> the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also has yet to propose consequences for China should it continue to withhold access to labs and critical data about the origins of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If President Joe Biden\u2019s first six months in office is any indicator, his presidency in some ways is a continuation of President Barack Obama\u2019s time in office. 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