Biden’s Maui fires response fits pattern of ignoring issues

August 16, 2023 TruthUSA

President Joe Biden will bestir himself from his week-long Lake Tahoe vacation Monday to finally visit fire-wracked Maui.

The political blacklash plainly grew too great: Last Sunday, he wouldn’t interrupt his weekend beach R&R to offer more than an icy “no comment” about the disaster — even as the death toll was nearing 100.

Nor did he talk to reporters about it the next day.

And when he finally did address it, he said wanted to keep his remarks brief, grumbling, “but I got to talk a little bit about Hawaii.”

Gee, sorry to put you to so much trouble, Joe.

Then he mangled his reference to Maui, wrongly calling it the “Big Island” (that’s the island of Hawaii).

No wonder his staff tries to keep him silent.

All too typical: This prez avoids, ignores, dodges, deflects, even outright lies — until he gets dragged kicking and screaming into finally sort of addressing a problem.

In 2021, Biden ignored warnings that his multitrillion-dollar spending plan would ignite inflation.

A neighborhood destroyed by the wildfire in Lahaina.

When prices rose, he ignored that, too.

Then he admitted inflation was a problem, but claimed it would only be temporary.

Even with prices still sky-high, he’s claiming credit for inflation cooling, when Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are what did it.

The hasty bugout cost the lives of 13 US servicemen, stranded thousands of Americans and allies and signaled US weakness, yet he instantly called it a “success.”

His open-borders policies have wreaked havoc across America, yet he’s delivered nothing more than paperwork “fixes” that still haven’t stopped the tide.

Perhaps most tragically, Biden keeps dragging his feet on getting Ukraine the weapons it needs, risking a Russian victory there, or a “peace” that only paves the way for Moscow’s next invasion. (Heck, if he’d gotten Kyiv major assistance, rather than empty words, before Putin attacked, the Kremlin might have held off.)

The pattern, time and again: Biden ignores reality until it proves politically harmful, then offers a lame, half-hearted response that screams “I really just don’t care.”