The United States closes the airspace for Russian planes and promises to release 60 million barrels of crude oil from its reserves to stabilize the price
Vladimir Putin yesterday provided President Joe Biden with a sweet moment of bipartisanship, adding to the unexpected effects of the invasion of Ukraine, from the strengthening of NATO to the militarization of its borders. Yesterday, during the first 20 minutes of his first State of the Union address, the entire Congress rose in applause to endorse “the unwavering determination that liberty will always triumph over tyranny,” he told them.
No one could object to the celebration of “the bravery and courage” of President Zelensky, made a hero for his resistance to the Russian onslaught and his ability to combat propaganda with selfies on social media. Ukrainian flags dotted the lapels of male and female congressmen alike to the left and right. The first lady, Jill Biden, did not hesitate to throw herself into the arms of the Ukrainian ambassador in Washington as soon as she saw her, invited to her box.
Unanimous applause from the plenary session of the Congress was received in Putin’s miscalculation as was not remembered, because the announcement that the United States will close its airspace to Russian commercial planes, will persecute the fortunes of the Russian oligarchs to snatch their yachts and apartments from luxury, and will join allies in releasing 60 million barrels of its reserves could not raise objections. Not even if he came together with the notice that the country will pay the price of that bill at the gas stations, because even that ended with “I want you to know that everything will end well,” he promised.
The unity of the allies is the great achievement that the president points to, whom the opposition accused in the speech planned for the response of having “reacted instead of leading.” All in all, he cracked that unity with a punch by defending the effects of the American rescue plan that he promoted at the beginning of his presidency and that “unlike the 2 million dollars in tax discounts that the previous administration approved to benefit 1% of Americans,” this plan for workers “left no one behind,” he compared.
He could boast that under his tutelage “more jobs than at any other time in history” (6.5 million) have been created in one year, the economy has grown at a rate of 5.7% last year. But from there to Congress supporting him in reviving his plan to better rebuild the country, with projects such as the construction of 500 electric vehicles, there was much more than an ocean involved. That is why he will not wait for the budget item approved by Congress in an extraordinary way, but rather this year he will begin to fix 65,000 miles of highway and 1,500 bridges. “We’re really going to take off,” he promised, if Congress greenlights his plans.
Biden mentioned Putin or Russia 30 times, but only three to Xi Jinping or China, and hardly once or not at all to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, over which it is better to cover a thick veil. Proof that solidarity with Ukraine does not spread to other areas of disagreement is that the Colorado congresswoman, Lauren Boebert, interrupted her with a shriek just when she was going to mention her son who had died of cancer after returning from Iraq. Certain things are not changed by Putin.
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