President Joe Biden ordered a review of critical supply chains Wednesday, acknowledging concerns about America’s ability to acquire critical items for manufacturing. The president spoke after meeting with a bipartisan group of members of Congress to discuss the issue. “This is a critical area where Republicans and Democrats agreed, it was one of the best meetings I think we’ve had so far,” he said, noting that he had been president for about five weeks. “It was like the old days, people were actually on the same page.” Biden focused on recent glaring examples of shortages of personal protective equipment during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and recent shortages of semiconductor chips, slowing auto manufacturing. The president did not specifically mention America’s over-reliance on countries like China for critical supplies but hinted about the dangers that the country faced. “We shouldn’t have to rely on a foreign country, especially one that doesn’t share our interests or our values,” Biden says. The president signed an executive order that would deploy a 100-day review of ways to strengthen the supply of semiconductors, rare earths, pharmaceuticals, and advanced batteries. But Biden steered clear of the America First strategy routinely voiced by his predecessor. He said that “in some cases” Americans needed to start producing critical items in the United States but that it was important to “reach out to American allies” for backup. “We all recognize that the particular problem won’t be solved immediately,” he said. Biden did not acknowledge his history of supporting foreign trade deals that effectively cratered America’s manufacturing base. But he did acknowledge the importance of spending more money in the United States to develop strong supply chains and provide good-paying jobs for Americans. During his speech, Biden recalled a proverb about “for the want of a nail” in a horseshoe that led to the loss of a horse, a ...
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Fundamental Change: 63 Executive Orders and Actions Already Put into Place by Joe Biden (Updated)
President Joe Biden campaigned on promises to govern by “ consensus .” He devoted his Inaugural Address to “unity.” Yet he has issued more executive orders and actions in the first three weeks of his presidency than any president in U.S. history. As the Democrats prepare for the circus side show of impeachment focusing on the past, it’s interesting to look at what he’s already done to change the future. Jan. 20 1. Memorandum : Regulatory review – This executive action froze many of President Donald Trump’s pending regulatory changes, including a regulation to lower the cost of insulin and epinephrine, which the pharmaceutical industry had opposed. 2. Announcement : COVID-19 proposal – President Biden introduced his controversial $1.9 trillion plan for coronavirus relief, though over $1 trillion of funding from previous proposals approved under President Trump had not yet been spent , 3. Executive Action : Rejoining Paris Climate Agreement – President Biden announced that the U.S. was returning to the agreement, even though the treaty is unfair to the U.S, and the U.S. had lowered emissions after Trump withdrew. 4. Executive Order : ‘Equity’ as Policy Goal – Each federal agency must “assess whether, and to what extent, its programs and policies perpetuate systemic barriers to opportunities and benefits for people of color and other underserved groups.” ( Update: This executive order also abolished President Donald Trump’s order establishing the 1776 Commission.) 5. Executive Order : Ending Trump Travel Bans – The Biden administration referred to the Trump travel bans on terror-prone countries as “discriminatory,” suggesting that they were motivated by anti-Muslim and anti-African prejudice. 6. Executive Order : Federal Mask Mandate – President Biden required everyone to wear masks “in Federal buildings and on Federal lands” — an order that he and his family promptly violated that evening during Inaugural ...
Attacking Joe Biden’s dog Champ is a low blow
Bill McGowan is the founder and CEO of Clarity Media Group, a global communications coaching firm based in New York. He is the author of "Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time." Follow him on Twitter @BillMcGowan22 . Juliana Silva is a strategic communications adviser at Clarity. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN) Juliana Silva For conservative media looking to throw Joe Biden for a loop, these are lean times. It's not for lack of trying. Tucker Carlson scraped the bottom of the partisan-attack barrel a couple of days after Valentine's Day, insinuating that Joe and Jill Biden's love story was nothing more than PDAs: "Pretend Displays of Affection." He said the first couple's devotion was "as real as climate change." I guess for some people, denial springs eternal. In response , the President's granddaughter Naomi said she thought Carlson "needs a hug." But if you thought the right-wing couldn't get any more petty and pathetic, Newsmax, that journalistic bastion, went after the Bidens' German shepherd, Champ. It aired a segment claiming that he was "dirty," "unpresidential" and looked like a "junkyard dog." Between the pandemic and the weather disaster in Texas, clearly there wasn't enough news for them that day. The accusations that Champ, who is 12 years old (84 in human years) is over-the-hill and unsuitable to take up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a broadside that his owner can easily relate to. That's the failed strategy Biden's opponent tripled down on in the presidential campaign by attacking his age and mental acuity. Perhaps in these bitterly partisan times, the old expression, "love me, love my dog," needs to be changed to, "attack me, attack my dog." Read More Belittling Champ's canine dignity was like questioning Dr. Anthony Fauci's scientific chops. Year in and out, ...
US Missile Strikes Hit Iranian-Backed Militias As Joe Biden Orders Retaliation For Rocket Attacks
President Joe Biden ordered missile strikes against Iranian-backed militias in Northern Syria on Thursday in retaliation to the Iran-backed rocket attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq. Biden ordered the strikes against facilities near Syria’s border with Iraq that the militias use. The Department of Defense (DOD) statement did not specify whether the strikes inflicted casualties beyond the structures. Iranian-backed militias fired rockets at both the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and another U.S. base in Iraq in recent weeks. “At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria. These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and Coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing threats to those personnel,” the Department of Defense announced Thursday night. (RELATED: Iran Ends Nuclear Deal Commitment, Will No Longer Limit Uranium Enrichment) Just in: DoD conducts “defensive precision strike” in eastern Syria. pic.twitter.com/oGxhnEPlCQ — Hope Hodge Seck (@HopeSeck) February 26, 2021 “This proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures, including consultation with Coalition partners. The operation sends an unambiguous message: President Biden will act to protect American and Coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both eastern Syria and Iraq,” the statement continued. The Biden administration has started off on rocky footing in Iran diplomacy, with Biden seeking a return to the Iran nuclear deal but also requiring the country to re-enter it first before the U.S. will remove sanctions. Former President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear deal in 2018, arguing the deal was weak and Iran wasn’t holding up its end of the bargain. The U.S. departure ...
Stephen Miller: Joe Biden Immigration Policies ‘Cruel and Inhumane’
Senior adviser for former President Donald Trump Stephen Miller denounced President Joe Biden’s immigration policies on Wednesday, describing them as “cruel” and “inhumane.” “What we are seeing here is the cruelty and inhumanity of Joe Biden’s immigration policies,” Miller said in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Since Biden was elected president, the number of unaccompanied minors apprehended at the Southern border has jumped significantly. Miller said Biden’s decision to restore the catch-and-release policies of previous administrations was only encouraging families to send their children alone to the United States. “He came in office and announced that there’s an open door and that young people who come into this country illegally are going to be resettled instead of returned,” Miller said. Customs and Border Protection apprehended 5,871 unaccompanied minors in January alone. “He is forcing thousands of young children into the arms of smugglers, into the arms of traffickers, into the arms of coyotes,” Miller said. Miller said Biden’s policies meant that young children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala would be sent alone to the border to take advantage of the loopholes in the asylum system. “That is cruel, that is inhumane, and we are seeing the results of that right now,” he said. The flood of unattended minors apprehended at the border has already challenged the Biden administration, forcing them to reopen detention camps for unattended minors that were closed during the Trump administration. “Cartels and drug smugglers are getting rich off of these policies,” Miller said, adding that Biden’s policies were only empowering those who “spread misery and suffering” and “profit over human misery.” In recent days, Miller has resurfaced in public interviews to criticize Biden’s immigration policies ahead of former President Donald Trump’s appearance at CPAC. In an interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on ...
