I want to offer specific reasons why Joe Biden and Donald Trump are not qualified to be the next president of the United States.
I will present two situations, one for each candidate, that will surely hamper their ability to make strategic decisions that would benefit the United States during the next several months of campaigning and thereafter.
Joe Biden is hardly a wartime president. He has not been sufficiently aggressive about the expanding role of Iran in any number of hotspots in the Middle East. And he certainly has not responded proportionately to Iran’s behavior recently in countries close to Israel.
Biden has unsuccessfully tried to make peace with the Iranians. This is impossible. He’s dealing with unprincipled thugs and murderers. And in the meantime, the Iranians are violating treaty agreements relating to its nuclear weapon aspirations, and they continue to call upon proxies to further de-stabilize the Middle East, including Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq.
When Biden was negotiating the nuclear agreement, I thought it was a fool’s journey, and I stated so in no uncertain terms at the time on this blog. Once the Iranians inevitably develop a weapon, they will use it to intimidate, influence and threaten their neighbors, especially Sunnis in the region. Negotiations were dashed by Donald Trump, who wisely concluded that the imams were not trustworthy and would pursue their goal of Shia dominance.
Recently, Iranians through proxies have attacked American bases, and Israel by funding terrorists in the region. The recent deaths of three American soldiers in the region emphasizes the dire situation that exists because of minor skirmishes in the area. Even though members of both parties in the Congress have called for direct confrontation with Iran, Biden has walked away from nearly 200 incidents with Iranian proxies.
This aversion to face down terrorist regimes, like Iran, is detrimental to American national interests. Middle East countries are recognizing that the US can no longer be relied upon to protect them. This will give larger military-oriented countries the impetus to defy the United States. Specifically, I’m referring to Russia and China.
Donald Trump will be spending an inordinate amount of time dealing with litigation on several fronts. This chore will take away from Trump‘s efforts to campaign for reelection and focus on presidential activities after the election. This week Nikki Haley pointed out that the United States will be ill-served by somebody who has these types of issues away from the White House.
The country would be better served by a person who is focusing on those things that matter most to Americans, such as immigration reform, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, crime, education, and so on.
It’s interesting, that both men have significant personal problems that will interfere with building a new presidential staff. Biden is attempting to get his rogue son under control, instead of doing the business of the American people.
I’m not sure what can happen to stop Biden and Trump from competing for the White House. Aside from a true catastrophe, it appears that our country will be stuck with two very unqualified, unprofessional megalomaniacs for candidates.
Don’t expect too much from either man. Biden will keep playing whack-a-mole with Americans if he wins. Trump will be busy with the nine lawsuits he is fighting.