Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

What nice people you follow on twitter!

As for the polls, as stated dozens of times here, yes - his poll numbers are poor but his performance, ie. What matters to the people of the US, is solid.

I look forward to you posting more results... It really adds to the thread!

Tim Pool - now, there's someone who really went down the rabbit hole. He went from being one of the faces of independent journalism to seemingly subscribing to every Trumpian conspiracy theory going.

sigh

So you're blaming him for inflation, yes?

Winding people up who can’t be bothered?

If you were here in good faith you’d have brought some good faith - like your own research to a question by your own admission you could have taken any time in the past 2 years to do.

Maybe let’s try something else: Could you instead maybe tell us why/if he grinds your gears so much, what actual policies of his have bothered you, not simply your lack of bulk perception into his policies? Is it all old sleepy/pedo brouhaha straight from the people who talk **** about him? Or you’re just so spun around by brouhaha you’re lost?

Attributing cancel culture etc to Biden is an odd one. This is the man who befriend Robert Byrd. very anti cancel culture of him

@y0ssar1an22,

It's not like Biden hasn't been approving drilling leases faster than Trump did. Because, he has.

Here's the reality: Oil companies already sit in possession of the vast majority of US proven oil reserves, they either own it, or lease the land its on, and have permits to drill it. That problem is worse worldwide. The US Govt doesn't own nearly as much as the reserve as seems to be alleged. And if it did I'd have renewed questions over the lack of universal healthcare.

Trump asked Saudi Arabia to produce more oil (and less oil) (and not for nothing - Trump banned offshore drilling on the East Coast for 10 years)

When Obama went he had "leverage" because he had indeed boosted domestic oil production

And the Saudi Crown's relationship with the Bush Family is frankly infamous. etc.

It seems clear that these oil companies, which OVERWHELMINGLY support Republican government, are primarily interested in hoarding leases/permits to artificially increase scarcity. Their profit and earnings reports speak for themselves. These companies don't tell their shareholders (disclosures are obligated by law) about any impediments in their reporting regarding Joe Biden or a lack of land to drill on or permits to drill with. They all in the earning reports say 'everything's great, we're gonna keep chugging along like this' they don't declare any sense of urgency or alarm for the things the pundits/GOP Senators say on behalf of their oil & gas megadonors. I can only watch my Representative in government say "Unleash American Energy [TM]" along with the oil industry branding, so many times, before it becomes crystal clear. The oil & gas industry is overwhelmingly politically opposed to left-wing/green government and go to great pains to help make them unpopular it seems - simultaneously driving up your price of fuel and then getting you to blame it all on the wrong people, so they can get their paid-off stooges back on the stoop.

In the end, the US is the loser in the Zero Sum game, and that's why every POTUS since Nixon has played the Zero Sum Game, by leaning on countries with much larger reserves. If this game ever ends it gets ugly for everyone involved. That issue goes far beyond the progressive politics of any one POTUS and is a long standing, multigenerational policy of the United States.