Rising international tensions won't help Biden's numbers either. Increased saber rattling by China over Taiwan, Russia's increasing troop strength next to Ukraine, Belarus's importing and then transporting immigrants to the border with Poland, and other world issues where the U.S., regardless of who is president, has less influence and ability to "look strong" is bound to add to the notion that Biden is weak and affect his poll numbers because after all, this is all happening "under his watch". Opponents will shout and scream about his weakness even though they would have, if in power, no more ability to influence those same events. Criticizing is easy, governing is hard. I would like to think that voters would seriously think about which politicians would exercise better judgment in crisis situations but in our tribalist country "good judgment" is far down the list of a candidate's qualifications.
Rising international tensions won't help Biden's numbers either. Increased saber rattling by China over Taiwan, Russia's increasing troop strength next to Ukraine, Belarus's importing and then transporting immigrants to the border with Poland, and other world issues where the U.S., regardless of who is president, has less influence and ability to "look strong" is bound to add to the notion that Biden is weak and affect his poll numbers because after all, this is all happening "under his watch". Opponents will shout and scream about his weakness even though they would have, if in power, no more ability to influence those same events. Criticizing is easy, governing is hard. I would like to think that voters would seriously think about which politicians would exercise better judgment in crisis situations but in our tribalist country "good judgment" is far down the list of a candidate's qualifications.