US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia this week in an effort to reaffirm US influence in the Middle East. He rejected the growing influence of countries such as Iran, Russia and China in the region. Mr Biden added: “We will not run away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran. And we will try to build on this moment with active, principled American leadership. “The United States is not going anywhere.”
While Mr Biden says the US will remain active on the world stage, it seems some Americans wish he were not.
In a New York Times/Siena College poll published this week, 64 percent of Democrats said they want someone other than Mr. Biden to represent them in the 2024 presidential election.
The top reason given was his age, with 33 percent saying it was their top concern.
This was closely followed by his work performance (32 percent). Further down the list, 4 percent mentioned his ability to win, and 3 percent pointed to his mental acuity.
At age 79, he is already the oldest president in U.S. history — if he wins in 2024, he could be president until he’s 86.
The New York Times spoke to several Americans about their president, and some were more blunt than others.
Nicole Farrier, a 38-year-old kindergarten teacher from Michigan, said, “I’m just going to come out and say it: I want younger blood.
“I am so tired of all the old people running our country. I don’t want anyone knocking on death’s door.”
Kelly King, a former Indiana factory worker, criticized his approach to the cost of living in the US.
She said, “We used to spend $200 a week just to have fun, or run extra errands if we needed to, and now we can’t even do that anymore.
“We can barely buy what we need.
“I feel like he hasn’t talked much about it. He hasn’t done what I think he can do as president to help the American people.
“As a Democrat, I thought he would really be on our side and put us back on track. And I just feel like he’s not.”
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John Waldron, a retired New York State Republican who voted for Biden in 2020, said, “I thought he would do something for this country, but now he’s not doing anything.”
Mr Biden’s age has been under scrutiny from the start of his presidency.
ABC reports that a White House official said aides “much younger” than Mr. Biden “have to fight to keep up” with the president, who works late into the night and “never takes a day off wherever he goes.” is”.
They added that “we see him plunging into the toughest parts of the job,” noting that Mr. Biden recently “spent hours comforting families” of victims of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde. , Texas.
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The US president also recently came out of the fray, saying his Democrat colleagues “want me to flee.”
One problem Biden faces is that the young Democrats are not fans.
Analyzing surveys conducted on our behalf by pollster YouGov over the past month, The Economist found that only 57 percent of Democrats under 30 say they “somewhat” or “strongly” approve of the work Mr. Biden does. .