You’d have to get used to it, eventually. Every time Joe Biden is declared in political distress, he resurfaces, smiling carnivorously, armed with his inexhaustible optimism. With his State of the Union speech to Congress on Thursday March 7, he inflicted torture on Republican elected officials, mocking his supposed physical and mental decline for months. Over the course of a long exercise, which demonstrated his endurance at 81 years old, despite an increased tendency to swallow words, the Democratic president strove to establish a contrast on all levels with Donald Trump, never named, designated as “my predecessor”. The man of the past, in short. The pugnacious candidate on Thursday, speaking about the future and American identity, was Joe Biden.
After a recent streak favorable to Donald Trump, concluded by the withdrawal of Nikki Haley from the Republican primaries, Joe Biden’s team considered this speech as the real launch of his presidential campaign. Their offensive strategy aims to highlight the existential threat that Donald Trump represents for American democracy. Joe Biden recalled the gap that separates them, while dispelling questions about his own health. “My existence has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy, he said. A future based on the essential values that have defined America: honesty, decency, dignity, equality (…) The question our nation faces is not how old we are, but how old our ideas are. Hate, anger, revenge, revenge are among the oldest ideas. But we cannot lead America with ideas that only take us backwards. »
The Biden offensive is also intended to be a positive educational effort, a way of linking the economic achievements of the current mandate to form a picture: that of an America investing in its future, its infrastructure and its strategic sectors. “It doesn’t make the headlines, said Joe Biden, but in thousands of cities and towns, the American people are writing the greatest comeback history has ever told. »
An ideological revolution
An America equally concerned with the idea of justice. The latter is illustrated in the fight for more affordable medicines, or in the defense of health insurance, which some Republicans would like to call into question. “We have arrested you 50 times and we will arrest you again!” » Joe Biden said to them, even if Donald Trump himself never endorsed this project. This idea of justice must also be reflected in tax policy. Going into excessive detail, the president proposed measures in favor of first-time buyers in a real estate market where prices are soaring. He also relaunched the idea of a minimum tax of 25% on the largest fortunes.
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