Joe biden He has on his agenda the problems that he will have to solve in the first three months of 2022, on pain of losing the midterm elections that will take place in November in the American Union.
Definitely knowing what you are up against and prioritizing is the beginning of a solution, but you must answer two questions: will you be clear that you need a better lobbyist to resolve the legislative stalemate of your star programs on Capitol Hill? And, should it change its communication and electoral policy strategists given its low popularity, which is already around 43%?
The problems to be solved by the tenant of the oval room are three:
• The worsening of the pandemic with its new variant Ómicron, which grows almost vertically, which in a single day reported a million infections and the death of 1,688 people.
• The legislative backlog of its flagship programs on Capitol Hill such as the health coverage of the middle class and the rescue plan consisting of 1.9 billion dollars.
• Rising inflation that reached 6.8%, the highest figure reported in the country in the last 39 years, caused by delays in supply chains and the energy crisis, are some of the causes that made the index rise. goods and services in the middle of the holiday season.
Biden, in his end-of-year message, focused more than sending good wishes on the strategy of reinforcing the distribution of 500 million free trials to deactivate the new variant that is, by far, more contagious than the previous two.
In every crisis there are endogenous and exogenous reasons, and in the former, the Biden government is still alleviating the issues of leaving Afghanistan, the division in its political party, the rearmament of Trumpism that grows day by day and the aforementioned rise in inflation.
Add to it, dear reader, the riot of some media that, like the prestigious New York Times, affirms that the country is limping and twisting. Before, we were more agile and exciting as a country.
In the external part, the Americans have on their radar the Russian challenge in Ukraine and the shadow of China on the geopolitical board that continues its expansionist strategy in commercial and territorial matters.
Daniel Immerwahr, historian at Northwestern University, comments that the expansionist image of the United States is being collapsed or nebulous, given that since World War II, where the country was perceived as optimistic and as a strong nation, contrary sentiments were not reflected. , as now that 54% of those surveyed by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, affirm that the nation is no longer so powerful.
In order to reorient his strategies Joe Biden, he must immediately make an analysis of his political communication in order to design and structure new messages that allow him to seize the American narrative in independence to better lobby his initiatives in Congress, which would give him a break before the electoral process that is coming. Improving citizen perception of your government is also a high priority.
We will meet later.
Federico Torres López