Americans overwhelmingly support President Biden’s decision to end the war in Afghanistan, but by a 2-to-1 margin they disapprove of how he handled the chaotic and ultimately deadly withdrawal that included the evacuation of several thousand U.S. citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans, according to a Washington Post-ABC News […] Read more »
Biden’s job approval drops to 44% amid broad criticism on Afghanistan
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has fallen underwater in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid broad disapproval of his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including a share of blame on Biden for conditions leading to last week’s devastating Kabul airport attack. Overall, in a sad coda […] Read more »
How the White House and Democrats hope to survive Biden’s political bruises
President Joe Biden was likely to lose Democratic control of Congress before last week’s carnage in Afghanistan. That’s more likely now. But the imminent loss of power makes politicians act with greater urgency. For Biden and his party, that just happens to represent their best hope of ultimately not losing […] Read more »
Biden headed for divisive debate over resettlement of Afghanistan refugees
President Biden, already facing political peril over the chaotic exit from Afghanistan, has in recent days waded into an escalating domestic debate over thousands of refugees slated to be resettled in the United States. Criticism is intensifying on Fox News, among Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin where some refugees are […] Read more »
The Media Manufactured Biden’s Political ‘Fiasco’ in Afghanistan
… The latest polls have shown sharp drops in Biden’s approval rating, driven in part by widespread opposition to “the way” his administration handled its (otherwise popular) exit from Afghanistan. Yet this political fiasco is not a development that the media covered so much as one that it created. … […] Read more »
Americans’ harsh judgment on Afghanistan costs Biden’s approval, down to 41%
Was the longest war worth it? After two decades of combat, Americans by more than 2-1 say the war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, wasn’t worth it. In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, 3 of 4 predict the Taliban-led country will once again become […] Read more »