NEW YORK – “Freedom always triumphs over tyranny. We will save democracy”. It is the solemn commitment that the president Joe Biden he caught up with America and the world, closing his first State of the Union address in front of Congress last night.
The head of the White House planned to use the institutional appointment to revive his mandate, as the average of the popularity polls dropped to around 40%. He wanted to draw attention to the fact that the Covid pandemic is holding back, and outline his plans to stop inflation and restart economic growth on a more inclusive basis, endorsing the blocked “Build Back Better” plan piece by piece. in Congress. The siege of Kiev, however, forced him to change his plans, starting with the choice of inviting the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States among his guests of honor, Oksana Markarova.
In the late morning he had talked to his colleague from Kiev Volodymyr Zelensky, locked in the bunker from where he continues to lead the attacked country. He promised him to continue the military, economic and humanitarian aid, and the sanctions that are making the invasion of Moscow pay dearly, but he rejected the request to declare a “no fly zone” over the skies of Ukraine, because it would mean involving American pilots in war operations with the risk of provoking a direct conflict between the US and Russia.
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A few hours later Biden went to Congress, meeting for the first time without the obligation to use the mask against Covid, launching his appeal for global unity, against the aggression of Moscow: “Six days ago, Vladimir Putin has tried to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could bend it to its threatening ways. But he miscalculated. He thought he could get to Ukraine and the world would bow down at his feet. Instead, he encountered a wall of strength that didn’t he had never foreseen or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people. ” Then he continued: “Throughout our history we have learned this lesson: when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos. They keep moving. And the costs and threats to America and the world keep on going. to increase”.
Therefore Biden tried to unite and mobilize the US and the whole world against the aggressor: “This is why NATO was created, to ensure peace and stability in Europe after the Second World War. The US is members along with 29 other nations. “It counts. And American diplomacy matters. Putin’s war was premeditated and unprovoked. He refused the negotiating efforts. He thought the West and NATO would not respond. And he thought he could divide us here, at home. Putin” he was wrong. We were ready. ”
The head of the White House has listed the initiatives already taken, starting with the sanctions that are suffocating the Russian economy, and has announced others, such as the closing of the American skies to Russian commercial flights, and the creation of a task force to find and seize the assets of the wealthy oligarchs. So he warned Putin that he will pay a very high price: “he has no idea what awaits him”.
Immediately after, the president moved on to domestic issues, fundamental to rebuilding the internal unity necessary to face Putin: “We have a choice. One way to fight inflation is to lower wages and make Americans poorer. I have a plan. Better. Reduce costs, not wages. Produce more automobiles and semiconductors in America. More infrastructure and innovation. More goods moving faster and cheaper. More jobs where you can earn a living. And, instead of relying on it. on overseas supply chains, let’s do it in America. ” So he concluded: “Economists call it ‘increasing the productive capacity of our economy’. I call it building a better America. My plan to fight inflation will lower your costs and lower the deficit.”
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Then Biden highlighted the slowing of the pandemic, outlining his plan to return to normal life. Not accepting Covid as the new normal, but adopting prevention measures such as vaccines, and preparing for any new variants. Now the emergency to be faced is war, but his hope is that he will be able to reunify America as much as possible, also pushing it to solve its internal contradictions and problems.