Biden’s repeated gaffes are bound to break his promise.

　　[Editorial of the Wall Street Journal on October 23rd] Title: The Puzzling Biden

　　Why do White House staff try their best to protect President Biden from the media? On Thursday, CNN gave the reason. Despite the friendly audience and non-difficult questions, Biden’s performance revealed why so many Americans lost confidence in his presidency.

　　Biden often seems to have no idea what he is talking about, which is a big problem. Taking the rising oil price as an example, Biden accused OPEC of not producing more oil, but then he said that the solution was "finally … … Invest in renewable energy. "

　　At present, most cars still rely on gasoline, and the way to reduce oil prices is to produce more oil to increase supply. If Biden hadn’t severely restricted American oil production, he naturally wouldn’t have to ask OPEC to increase production.

　　How does supply chain bottleneck lead to commodity shortage and inflation? Biden blamed Covid-19 and his employers for not paying enough to attract workers. However, employers all over the United States are raising wages, and they are still unable to fill more than 10 million job vacancies.

　　When asked whether the National Guard would be called to solve the shortage of truck drivers, Biden said he would. But as the White House later clarified, the deployment of the National Guard was actually controlled by the state governors.

　　Biden’s confusion also includes foreign policy, which should be his strength. On the issue of Taiwan Province, which is an important issue to China, Biden wrongly expounded the US policy. When asked whether he swore to protect Taiwan Province, Biden replied: "Yes, we have a commitment to do so."

　　The actual policy of the United States towards Taiwan Province is "strategic ambiguity". The Taiwan Relations Act promises that the United States will help Taiwan Province defend itself, but it does not contain a NATO-style promise, that is, to join the war to defend Taiwan Province’s democracy. Is Biden announcing a change in American policy?

　　Obviously not, because the White House quickly retracted Biden’s words. "Strategic ambiguity" still exists. Perhaps we should say that Biden has a strategic confusion. You must want to know what Beijing thinks of this performance. Does the White House’s swift retraction of Biden’s words mean that the United States has no intention of defending Taiwan Province? What is the policy of the United States? With such a chaotic signal sent to the opponent, the war has begun.

　　We point this out reluctantly because the United States needs a president who can cope with the pressure of work. Biden was never Demosthenes (ancient Greek orator — — — Note), and all presidents will "roll over" in their speeches. But Biden is often confused on major issues today, which is one of the reasons why he makes the public increasingly worried.