Biden presidency - 1st term 2020-2024 (post-election 2020)

[kallu]

Joe Biden is going to be president of USA from Jan 2021- Jan 2025...what are your expectations, hopes; and predictions/fears of pitfalls and obstacles. How do you think Biden-Harris admin will approach each issue going forward. Will we leave Trump years behind and come back reasonably-together or forever divided into extreme partisanship. What do you think would be the biggest impact of Biden-Harris 1st term when we look back in late-2024.

Any views/opinions are welcome but please leave this thread of any Trump bashing - there are other threads for that (some references maybe inevitable....but creating this thread to share your personal hopes/expectations of for Biden's 1st term presidency).

I will start:
As an optimist...I am hoping that the biggest impact of Biden-Harris admin would be:1. Return of Civility
2. Return of Humility
3. Return of Unity
4. Return of Science and Innovations
5. Return of US Leadership in the World Politics

Return of civility/humility/unity - IMO Biden is uniquely qualified for this time - I hope he will make the politics boring again :)) (Make American-politics Boring Again - MABA). Make politics about policy and ideology differences rather than public humiliation. I am hoping he will make science and scientists prominent in his admin - make people understand that pandemic is real and beyond ideology. Hope he will make US respectable in international relations.

Apprehension/worry: with senate trending to be under republican control, this maybe a lame-duck presidency in terms of domestic policy.

Has Biden been declared President by the certified government agencies? AFAIK, only the MSM has declared him to be the President.

8 years back, the media had declared Kerry to be the new President but then Bush became President three weeks later.

It?s 2020. No one trusts the MSM any more.


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[r2somewhere]

Has Biden been declared President by the certified government agencies? AFAIK, only the MSM has declared him to be the President.

8 years back, the media had declared Kerry to be the new President but then Bush became President three weeks later.

It’s 2020. No one trusts the MSM any more.


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I trust the MSM. Which means you are lying. Which means no one can trust you anymore.

[Dlabhas]

As much as India needs US...US also needs proxy in Asia to fight China.
Since Pak has burned bridge with US(also close to China), Modi is smart enough to exploit this fact in India's favor.
He will go and hug Biden tight and say Kamala Bahen kem chho..:)

Modi had good relation with Obama and previous NDA-1 had good ties with Clinton as he visited India in March 2000, just over a year after 1998 A-tests. Till then US govt was following the policy written by Republican Nixon-Kissinger when India was firmly in Soviet camp. With Chinese incidents, India has to move closer to US irrespective of who is in WH. There are no permanent friends or enemies in politics.

[crazyforger]

Guys....a president's power is limited. Its not anarchy.

Democrats don't have majority in senate yet.

Biden is going to be positive but not by much ....unless he has senate on his side.

[Hyderabadi]

Has Biden been declared President by the certified government agencies? AFAIK, only the MSM has declared him to be the President.

8 years back, the media had declared Kerry to be the new President but then Bush became President three weeks later.

It?s 2020. No one trusts the MSM any more.


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DO you understand how this works? MSM are not counting votes, the state does. MSM reports the numbers the states give and call based on the numbers. The call out is not just specific to this election, media has always been doing it for all elections.

Fox called Arizona when CNN has yet to do it. So kallu ji, all is well.

[techynt]

Most news media makes projection based on the lead a candidate gains. This is how it has been done since TV/Radio was there.

And most of the time the losing candidate would do the math and concede.

But not this time, loser is claiming: "I did not win so it is rigged". Pretty convenient.

Heck, Trump has lost in Georgia, with a republican governor and Sec of state.

He is very close to losing Arizona also.

No worries he will come around, once he raises enough money from his supporters and once he develops GI issues due to all the junk food he seems to be eating non stop :)

Has Biden been declared President by the certified government agencies? AFAIK, only the MSM has declared him to be the President.

8 years back, the media had declared Kerry to be the new President but then Bush became President three weeks later.

It’s 2020. No one trusts the MSM any more.


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[shriji]

Don't know why BJP supporters feel Biden/Harris election is a negative for India.. India is a non-event for the new Administration, there are so many other priorities. India will largely be ignored, and perhaps the Trump sanctions will be removed after some time ( a net positive).

Once in a while Democrats (Pramila Jaypal, Roe Khanna and Ilhan etc) will make noise about human rights for Kashmir, which will be largely ignored by the Biden.

India pretty much has gotten its own way in Kashmir, since there is no support of any kind in the Western world for a Muslim insurgency.

[peacenjoy]

Don't know why BJP supporters feel Biden/Harris election is a negative for India.. India is a non-event for the new Administration, there are so many other priorities. India will largely be ignored, and perhaps the Trump sanctions will be removed after some time ( a net positive).

Once in a while Democrats (Pramila Jaypal, Roe Khanna and Ilhan etc) will make noise about human rights for Kashmir, which will be largely ignored by the Biden.

India pretty much has gotten its own way in Kashmir, since there is no support of any kind in the Western world for a Muslim insurgency.

BJP supporters kind of equate Biden/Harris to congress/Mamata socialist appeasement politics. India for the first time under BJP has atleast looked tough in terms of foreign policy. China is something to watch out for in the next decade for US and India, and probably Biden will be more lenient towards China. We have to give him time though before coming to any conclusions but I felt he didn't oppose that allegation strongly during his campaign.

[layman]

BJP supporters kind of equate Biden/Harris to congress/Mamata socialist appeasement politics. India for the first time under BJP has atleast looked tough in terms of foreign policy. China is something to watch out for in the next decade for US and India, and probably Biden will be more lenient towards China. We have to give him time though before coming to any conclusions but I felt he didn't oppose that allegation strongly during his campaign.

US policy towards China is dictated by bureaucrats. Everybody in US be it politicians, or bureaucrats see China as a rival and threat. So, no administration will be lenient towards China. Trump's trade deal is a humbug. US trade deficit is at all time high https://qz.com/1917419/the-us-trade-deficit-is-nearing-its-all-time-high/ Having said that China has grown to the extent that it does not need to bother about US.

[soxfan]

Ron Klain is the chief of staff - seems like the most agreeable choice for both moderate and progressive wings.

The fight between moderates and progressives seems ramping up...AOC/Bernie are vocal about their agenda. It would be a very tight rope walk for the Biden/Harris admin with a narrow margin in the House and possibly republican controlled senate. Hope the Georgia run-offs go positive for dems...at least one of them (they may manage 1 or 2 republican votes for at least moderate agenda; any more rep senate votes maybe a tough task).

Any guesses on the rest of cabinet? (wish to see Mayor Pete in some role).