Joe Biden was set up to fail
The Democratic president is a flawed politician in an impossible job
HAVE ANY voters demanded more of their leaders than modern Americans? The thought occurred to your columnist while listening to a group of eight Georgians, Ohioans and Pennsylvanians, all aged under 30 and college-educated, opine on President Joe Biden this week. It was not pretty.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Death, taxes and a failing presidency”
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