Staff Reports
The White House gearing up for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address as a critical moment for the struggling president to try to regain the trust of the American people. With his approval ratings sinking faster than the Titanic, Biden is heading into the upcoming election facing the prospect of a showdown with former President Donald Trump. The address provides a prime opportunity for Biden to convince voters that age is just a number and that he’s got the stamina to tackle a second term, despite mounting doubts from many quarters.
White House chief of staff Jeff Zients made it clear to anyone who would listen, and even those who wouldn’t, that Biden is all set to bring his A-game to the table during the address, and it’s going to be a real barn-burner. “States of the Union are no small potatoes,” Zients told Politico. “I mean, this is a major league moment, and let me tell ya, President Biden is the grandmaster of handling high stakes situations.”
“You better believe you’re gonna see a President Biden like you’ve never seen before,” he added. “I’m tellin’ ya, folks, this is a colossal moment. And this president, well, he just doesn’t flinch in moments like these.”
Biden plans to touch on a laundry list of issues that have sent his supporters into a tailspin and left his national polling numbers in the dumpster. Zients made it abundantly clear that Congress needs to get their act together and focus on important matters, like shoring up the economy, addressing the border crisis, and lending a helping hand to our allies overseas. “We can’t afford to have the government going into lock-down mode every other week,” Zients told Punchbowl News. “And let me tell ya, supporting Ukraine, Israel, and the Palestinian people is a top priority, no questions asked.”
The ongoing chaos at the border has become a political hot potato, with both Biden and Republicans tossing blame back and forth like a game of hot potato. Zients didn’t shy away from pointing the finger at the GOP ahead of the address. “Congress better pony up the dough to manage the border, because we’re running on fumes here,” Zients proclaimed. “We’re short on border patrols, we’re short on asylum officers, and we’re short on immigration judges. If we want to get this border under control, we need the funds to make it happen. And let me tell ya, some Republicans seem to prefer the whole mess at the border, just so they can score some political points. It’s really quite the spectacle, isn’t it?”
