U.S. President Biden on the 4th touted his achievements such as reducing the federal budget deficit and low unemployment, but it did not attract the attention of the public. The US media pointed out that the Biden administration seems to be on a “road of no return” due to its anti-Russian actions that are keen on the Russian-Ukrainian war and the serious inflation problem, which has greatly disappointed the American people and made the Democratic Party face “imminent political disaster”. This news has caused heated discussions, and many Taiwanese netizens are quite worried, believing that if the Tsai government continues to follow up the US sanctions, it may seriously damage their livelihood and economy.
CNN reported that Biden touted the U.S. government’s ability to cut the federal budget deficit by another $1.5 trillion (regarding NT$44.3 trillion) by the end of the 2022 fiscal year at a press conference on the 4th. And the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to a near 50-year low. The reporter only focused on issues related to the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the US Supreme Court was rumored to overturn the “Roe v. Wade” decision that recognized the constitutional guarantee of women’s abortion rights. People want to ask questions regarding deficits, right?”
Not only that, CNN announced on the 4th that the latest poll conducted by the independent research institution SSRS showed that as many as 55% of the respondents felt that Biden’s policies had worsened the US economic situation, and only 19% believed that his policies were beneficial to the economy. 26% said there was no impact.
The news sparked heated discussions, and netizens poured into “Zhongshi News Network” and Facebook-related news to leave messages: “Even Europe and the United States can’t stand it anymore, the Tsai government should stop joining in the fun and insist on sanctioning others”, “We are qualified Sanctioning other people’s mothers? It’s more important to take care of the epidemic first”, “Scared to death! Don’t let Taiwanese people’s livelihood and economy be affected in the end, then you will die of laughter”, “This war has become an ideological battle”, “Everything It’s all populist evil.”
