"Biden's Biggest Mistake This Year Is Running for Re-election," Harsh Criticism in WP

'The Most Unpopular President After WWII' Criticism
"Running for Re-election Increases Trump's Chances of Winning"

U.S. President Joe Biden was criticized for the "worst" thing he did this year being his bid for re-election.

Mark Sisson, a Washington Post (WP) columnist, named Biden's re-election bid announced in April as the worst of the 10 worst actions Biden took in 2023 in his column titled "The 10 Worst Things President Biden Did in 2023" on the 29th (local time).

Sisson said, "Biden is the most unpopular president since World War II," citing an October Monmouth University poll in which 76% responded that he is "too old (81 years) to run for a second term," and an August CNN poll showing that 67% of Democrats want a different candidate. He pointed out, "Biden's re-election bid is making a Biden-Trump rematch, which most Americans do not want, more likely and increasing the chances of Trump's second term."

U.S. President Joe Biden is proposing a toast at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit dinner held in San Francisco, California, on November 16 (local time).
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In addition, Sisson listed as one of the top 10 failures that while the U.S. is pushing to move away from fossil fuels, it restricted development on about 4,000 square kilometers of land including the only high-grade uranium ore deposit in the U.S., increasing dependence on Russian-enriched uranium. He also criticized Biden for not strongly confronting the rise of anti-Semitism in the left-wing camp during the Israel-Hamas war and for allowing a Chinese spy balloon to fly over U.S. airspace for about a week in February.

Furthermore, after Hamas's surprise attack on Israel in October, despite pro-Iran armed groups attacking U.S. forces over 100 times in Iraq, Syria, and the Red Sea, Biden was criticized for not taking measures to hold Iran accountable. He also included as one of the top 10 failures the neglect of the border situation that allowed illegal (undocumented) entries through the U.S.-Mexico border to increase to about 12,600 people per day just before Christmas.

Other failures listed included Biden's refusal at the NATO summit held in Lithuania in July to set a concrete timetable for Ukraine's membership, despite many member countries wanting it, due to concerns about provoking Russia; the slow pace of supplying critical weapons to Ukraine; bypassing the Supreme Court in the student loan forgiveness decision; and inadequate childcare support measures.

Meanwhile, Sisson also listed "10 Things President Biden Did Well in 2023" on the 27th. These included the August Camp David trilateral summit with South Korea and Japan, efforts to counter China in advanced technology sectors, large-scale military support to Taiwan, and support and aid to Ukraine and Israel.

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