Biden for president

Joe Biden is the former vice president and is currently the Democratic presidential nominee. I would vote for Biden because he has served in the public life for a long time and because of his experience he would make a good president. Biden understands that the core values of the nation, the democracy and all the things that have made America is at stake at the moment and needs to be changed and he believes that he is the change that the nation needs. Biden is a decent person in politics and has solid working qualifications.

 His empathy is hard-won as a result of the pain from losing two of his children. This makes him an understanding human being and a great listener to people’s problems and personal losses which is a good virtue for a president. Hence the immigration policy where he will undo policies that have been put by Trump. Policies that separate children from their parents at the US Mexican border and those that ban the travel from Muslim countries. On the unfolding of the coronavirus crisis, Biden has rooted his recommendations from advice sourced from healthcare and economic experts (Glueck 1). This shows that Biden is ready to work with the interests of the people and the nation at large in a professional way. In his policy on coronavirus which is a major challenge facing the country, Biden will provide free testing for everyone. Healthcare for Biden is a top priority and this he associates with personally after the loss of his first wife, his daughter, and his son who died of brain cancer. This is a surety that he will look into the best healthcare services and programs that will benefit each person regardless of their social class. He will expand the public health insurance that was passed during Obama’s era as president. He promises to offer all Americans the opportunity to enroll in a public health insurance option. Biden believes in the value of bipartisanship and has insisted on extending overtures to the republicans. This cooperation will bring unity in the country and everyone will work towards the same objective.

False information that has been spread about Biden according to Subramaniam & Lybrand (1) includes claims from Trump who is the other candidate in the presidential race claiming that Biden would shut down the country to combat coronavirus. These claims are from an interview that Biden had and was asked if he would shut down the country if scientists said that it was the right thing to do. Answering the question, Biden said that he would listen to the scientists and so this was taken out of context. More so, a president cannot single-handedly shut down a country. He can offer his input and take other measures but his power to regulate the restrictions that states put in place is limited.

Taking on China in his foreign policy would be a bad idea because China has again and again exploited the United States. China is a disruptive and dishonest competitor who has been involved in an unfair environment and trade practices (Schlesinger 1). There has been an escalating tension between China and its neighboring countries regarding the Chinese influence on diplomatic, political, and economic grounds. China has shown superpower ambitions in trying to achieve national domination through their military competition. China poses a lot of challenges for the country and Biden’s policy of taking them in would be a wrong move and would have to involve a lot of measures and a lot will have to be put into consideration.

Trump is the current president and his leadership has been questionable. In terms of public health, the economy, and politics, his leadership has come out to be a disaster mostly in the midst of a pandemic (Shear et al. 1). Trump's government shifted its fight against the pandemic from the white house to the authority of the state which is a failure in his presidential leadership. Of the measures that prevent the spread of the coronavirus is wearing a mask in public and Trump has refused to wear a mask even in public rallies. He has been pressing schools to open and even threaten to withhold federal funds if they do not comply even when it is still not safe for the children. The way he has handled the virus shows that he is incompetent to the extent of labeling the coronavirus as the China virus revealing of his racism.

Trump has made statements that marginalized and discriminated members of racial minority, ethnic, and religious groups. He complained that Mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime to the US and are rapists (Lamb, Charles & Neiheisel 136). Revealing his discrimination, he banned Muslims from entering the United States and said that he would put into consideration the closure of mosques in the country. Trump's leadership skills and attitudes towards different ethnic groups are questionable and make him appear to only have his interests at heart and not the citizens.

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