Obama Finally Endorses his VP Biden for President
Former US President, Barack Obama, has just endorsed Joe Biden in his bid to become the 46th President of the United States next year January.
Obama's endorsement of Biden now ends months-long suspicions about why he had not endorsed his own former vice president, Biden.
Just last week, Vermont Senator and front-runner for president under the Democrat Party, Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign and endorsed his opponent Joe Biden instead, urging his many supporters to do the same and unite to claim victory in the polls this November.
In 2016, as sitting president, Obama had endorsed his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton for the nation's top job also. Clinton did win the Democrat Party's presidential nomination—the first woman in history to do so— but was defeated in the general election by current president Donald Trump of the Republican Party with a landslide electoral college victory. But Clinton did win the popular vote.
Over the past three (3) and a half years, incumbent President Trump has presided over a constantly booming, vibrant and growing economy in the US. He has accomplished great trade deals with China, Canada, Mexico, and some other countries. On foreign policy, he has taken action to drastically deescalate North Korea's nuclear program and missile testing, worked with Saudi Arabia to quell tensions in Yemen and other parts of the middle east, finally made European members of NATO to pay their fair share for the funding of the organization, stayed away from regime-change wars and taken steps to bring back US troops from Afghanistan, amongst a host of other things.
But the current coronavirus pandemic has taken a great negative toll on the US economy—Trump's greatest bragging tool for the elections. Already, Democrats have been criticizing the president about his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, saying he was not proactive enough. Trump continues to push back at their claims, reminding them that even when they thought he was taking premature preemptive actions against China in January this year due to COVID-19 threat, he went ahead to take them anyway. He continues to insist that by doing so, he prevented what could have been a more unprecedented outbreak in the country.
The Democrat establishment is united behind Joe Biden for the elections, and Obama's latest endorsement seems to cement that unity. But it remains to be seen whether or not Biden truly has what it takes to fight and win in the end.
Meanwhile, the president's many supporters continue to route for him strongly, even as the Republican establishment is firmly within his grip.
With the COVID-19 crises going on, this year's election could be over even before it is noticed to have happened, and there will be a winner. Right now, I think that winner will be Donald Trump—not just because he has one of the best first term records of any past US president almost throughout history, or because of his often intelligent and pragmatic approach to electioneering, or his incredible records as sitting president, but more so because he is intrinsically a fighter. One who I believe has God on his side, as well as the love, faith of and admiration millions of Americans and people around the world.
Now, the Democrats have their candidate. Let the games begin.
Chukwubuikem Paul Anunaso is a civil/structural engineer in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also the editor of The Paul Anunaso Blog, and can be reached at anunaso.cp@gmail.com
Obama's endorsement of Biden now ends months-long suspicions about why he had not endorsed his own former vice president, Biden.
Just last week, Vermont Senator and front-runner for president under the Democrat Party, Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign and endorsed his opponent Joe Biden instead, urging his many supporters to do the same and unite to claim victory in the polls this November.
In 2016, as sitting president, Obama had endorsed his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton for the nation's top job also. Clinton did win the Democrat Party's presidential nomination—the first woman in history to do so— but was defeated in the general election by current president Donald Trump of the Republican Party with a landslide electoral college victory. But Clinton did win the popular vote.
Over the past three (3) and a half years, incumbent President Trump has presided over a constantly booming, vibrant and growing economy in the US. He has accomplished great trade deals with China, Canada, Mexico, and some other countries. On foreign policy, he has taken action to drastically deescalate North Korea's nuclear program and missile testing, worked with Saudi Arabia to quell tensions in Yemen and other parts of the middle east, finally made European members of NATO to pay their fair share for the funding of the organization, stayed away from regime-change wars and taken steps to bring back US troops from Afghanistan, amongst a host of other things.
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| President Trump addresses a daily press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic management efforts of his administration from the White House, alongside other members of the COVID-19 Task Force. |
But the current coronavirus pandemic has taken a great negative toll on the US economy—Trump's greatest bragging tool for the elections. Already, Democrats have been criticizing the president about his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, saying he was not proactive enough. Trump continues to push back at their claims, reminding them that even when they thought he was taking premature preemptive actions against China in January this year due to COVID-19 threat, he went ahead to take them anyway. He continues to insist that by doing so, he prevented what could have been a more unprecedented outbreak in the country.
The Democrat establishment is united behind Joe Biden for the elections, and Obama's latest endorsement seems to cement that unity. But it remains to be seen whether or not Biden truly has what it takes to fight and win in the end.
Meanwhile, the president's many supporters continue to route for him strongly, even as the Republican establishment is firmly within his grip.
With the COVID-19 crises going on, this year's election could be over even before it is noticed to have happened, and there will be a winner. Right now, I think that winner will be Donald Trump—not just because he has one of the best first term records of any past US president almost throughout history, or because of his often intelligent and pragmatic approach to electioneering, or his incredible records as sitting president, but more so because he is intrinsically a fighter. One who I believe has God on his side, as well as the love, faith of and admiration millions of Americans and people around the world.
Now, the Democrats have their candidate. Let the games begin.
Chukwubuikem Paul Anunaso is a civil/structural engineer in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also the editor of The Paul Anunaso Blog, and can be reached at anunaso.cp@gmail.com
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