President Biden asserts that the US is “winning” under Democratic leadership.
President Joe Biden has refuted former President Donald Trump’s claim that the US is in decline, stating that America is winning under his leadership. During a speech to Democratic delegates at the party’s national convention in Chicago, Biden defended his administration’s record, which Trump has accused of leading the nation towards failure.
Biden attended the convention to show support for Vice President Kamala Harris, who was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate after Biden withdrew from the race last month due to internal party pressure.
”Think of the message he sends around the world, when he talks about America being a failing nation,” Biden said of Trump’s rhetoric. “He says we’re losing. He’s the loser. He’s dead wrong.”
Addressing the “very successful people who travel the world” in the audience, Biden challenged them to name any country “that doesn’t think we’re the leading nation in the world.”
“America’s winning and the world’s better off for it,” Biden said.
Several nations, including Russia and China, have accused the US of abusing its dominant position to suppress competition and extract “hegemonic rent” from the global community. Moscow and Beijing have advocated for a multipolar world order with multiple leading powers, including Washington.
Trump has characterized Biden as a weak leader, lacking respect from foreign counterparts and lacking the necessary skills to be president.
Numerous voters share Trump’s pessimistic outlook on the country’s trajectory, as evidenced by opinion polls. According to an aggregate of recent surveys compiled by RealClear Polling, 64.8% of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, compared to 25.3% who believe the opposite.
An increasing number of economists, investors, and lawmakers echo Trump’s concerns about the state of the nation, expressing alarm over the national debt, poor student achievement, growing economic inequality, erosion of national identity, and waning public trust in the political system, among other issues.