Biden’s bluff

SO much for Joe Biden’s hollow rhetoric during his presidential inaugural address about national unity and there being no ‘blue or red’, and his promise to work for all Americans, be they Democrats or Republicans. From his very first day in office, he set about with a frenzied vindictiveness to undo everything he could executively, with the stroke of a pen, that Donald Trump had introduced, regardless of any honest assessment of the merits of any or all of his predecessor’s decisions.

One of the first decisions was to effectively issue an open invitation to masses of poor Central and South Americans to freely make their way to the border for almost guaranteed entry, resulting in wholesale exploitation of vulnerable women and children by ruthless gangs engaging in human and sex trafficking, making vast profits from their vile business.

Biden is also setting up of a ‘Citizens’ Assembly’-type commission, with a three-to-one liberal-leaning majority, with its chief purpose to look at bringing the Supreme Court’s number to 13, ensuring a seven-to-six liberal edge, now that the Democrats have a slim House and Senate majority along with the White House, until the midterm elections in 18 months or so.

It seems from this that he has changed his previously strong opposition to court-packing. He now believes that what he once described as ‘bone-headed’ is actually a good idea. FLANN DWAN, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.