What can Biden do to unite the country vs. divide?

That's an interesting idea. So, let's say I apply for a job that requires travel. During the interview, I mention all my great sales figures from other jobs, at various sites around the US. Then they offer me the job, and I take the job, but I refuse to travel. "I never said I would travel in the interview!"

I just think it's weird to judge presidents more on what they promise than what the job of our chief executive actually is. And you're not alone in doing that, of course. But I will say it's especially weird for a POTUS who wins less than 50% of the nation's vote. But whatev.

I'll just be glad if we still have a democracy for Joe to inhabit. Republicans, appointments and legislatures (and maybe SCROTUS judges) will have to make that choice. Then, yes, let's judge the hell out of Joe.

 

Well, if nothing else, this thread has brought me an image of Trump and Biden sitting together in an undergraduate computer lab trying to code Python. Joe is squinting and saying "come on, man" to the screen. Trump is looking over trying to see what Biden has typed so far.

 

...come on, B-Bob.

...you know that the Donald would just hire somebody to sit next to Uncle Joe and not learn to code Python for him...

 

Send everyone that thinks Trump deserved a second term to Russia

 

...Dasvidaniya.

 

OP @wizkid83 when you posted something similar 4 years ago, has Hillary conceded yet?

 

All good ideas, some of them are great but....

There is nothing Biden can do. The other side wants something different for America and it isn't democracy. The sane Republicans, bless their hearts, can do little as the Trump rot infects millions of their party. They will NEVER accept Biden.

Even if Biden were to usher in a Golden Age they would never accept it. Most of these Trumpers will never forgive Joe for dethroning their king and any bill passed under Biden (just like Obama) will be fought with every inch of their lives, just like they do the ACA EVEN THOUGH THEY LIKE THE ACA...

There is no curing that part of the party. Sure, I've seen some ex-trumpers, but there's not enough of them. Biden has to have some way to calm these people down and I'm not sure that can be done. I would say Trump humiliating himself would do it but nope. Trump lying to them? Nope. There is nothing this man can do that will lose their diehard religious support.

It is a cult, I'm afraid. You just tide the water and hope more information slowly kills it off.

 

As long as he does the opposite of Trump, should be fine.

 

Call out the far left and naziesqe calls to make lists.

Also he isn't the president elect in any official sense.

 

Question. Was Trump president elect the day after election night in 2016?

 

I hope I am wrong but I don't thing the GOP will allow him to do anything meaningful, they will not accept him and the GOP will be trumpified for 4 years until orange man comes back to run in 2024 all the while pumping his cult that the Dems are the devil and whatever good Joe has done he will repeal it on day one.............I can only hope he gets charged with something and is not allowed to run in 2024

 

What country? We're about to become a Divided States with two different Presidents and two different realities. 70 million Americans are willingly submitting themselves to dictatorship rule from Trump. Folks we are about to experience the end of the United States as we know it.

 

Sure there are policy things Joe can do to help, but the biggest help will be his ability to speak as an adult and have an idea what he's talking about. Just the way he carries himself and goes about conducting his business which will get more coverage in the media since he's the president and not having the president with the same stage to put out his divisive messages will be the largest thing that will help bring about less division.

If I were Joe, I would wait on student debt. He should do it, but I wouldn't do it in the first 100 days. That issue is easy to label as not making people pay their share which seems to be a big deal amongst Trump supporters unless you are talking about all of the subsidies Trump gave out. But businesses shouldn't have to pay their share only individuals to a lot of folks it seems.

I would start with making sure kids entering our nation aren't put in cages separate from their families. He needs to highlight that. Most people in the nation are in favor of that. While doing that also budget in the placement of more judges and workers to help process those that are here so that there is less of a backlog. Publicize that as well. Give an increase to Border Patrol and highlight that in conferences. It will show him being humane but also highlight that he isn't the open border proponent folks think that he is.

He's already off to a good start with his Covid-19 plan. Keep that up.

Infrastructure plan and highlighting how it provides jobs and makes the lives of all of us better.

I mentioned before that the government should put in a major Broadband for all plan. That will provide jobs including higher paying jobs. It addresses inner cities and rural areas the most. Those are the people who helped elect Joe Biden and people that have felt like they haven't been listened to and were Trump supporters. It helps businesses that use online components, and it helps level the playing field. The added jobs and help businesses will receive from it means more money flowing into the economy which would help other businesses, restaurants, etc. This isn't something Biden is talking about doing, but it is something I would love to see done. Also it isn't something Trumpsters have a plan to attack and try to mislabel. All good things for doing something that will unify the country.

 

That would pretty much make college kids democrats for life. That's one way to buy votes.

 

I realized it was the end of the world when some liberal friends on facebook was b****ing this tweet from Katy Perry, talking about white privilege. This friend is as white as can be. She implied that she wanted to cancel family members out of her life because of political disagreements.

 

Add 20 states, dissolve the senate and rebalance the courts