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‘America is a nation that can be defined in a single word,’ said the proud Commander-in-Chief Joe Biden, standing outside the White House earlier this year. ‘Alsdfnalcaofjlksfa.’

https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1539581635154350081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

We shouldn’t laugh. The poor man has a speech impediment. Still, that ‘Alsdfnalcaofjlksfa’ word will strike many Americans as an amusingly apt description of their country in 2022. It sums up Joe Biden’s whole administration: nonsense pretending to be clear leadership.

America is, as everyone knows, in an inflationary crisis. The cost of petrol has reached such highs that Biden has called on Congress to suspend gas (petrol) tax for three months. That will do nothing to address the energy supply shortage that is driving up the price of everything, but at least it hints at a willingness within the administration to tackle a big problem.

On other fronts, however, Biden and America’s ruling party, the Democrats, seem astonishingly distracted from the bigger concerns of voters.

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