Former US President Joe Biden openly criticized the government of his successor Donald Trump for the first time since the end of his term. “In less than 100 days, this new government has caused so much damage and destroyed so much,” said Biden at a conference about the rights of people with disabilities in Chicago.
“We can’t go on like this, divided as we are,” said Biden. The United States had never been so divided. In his speech, the Democrat also dealt with the social security system and criticized the cuts of the new government. “It is a holy promise that we as a nation. We know how important social security is for people’s lives,” said Biden. Trump “attacked the Ax”, said Biden.
The Social Security Administration pays $ 1.4 trillion of older and disabled Americans annually. During his election campaign, Trump repeatedly promised not to feel the services. Now the new government has saving opportunities there.
Trump wants to undermine the separation of powers and the rule of law
Trump has taken radical steps in a rapid episode on January 20 to drastically change his country and the entire world order. Many of his political decisions have anti -democratic, anti -pluralist, nationalist and protectionist character. They are flanked by an unprecedented dismantling of the state apparatus and the discharge of tens of thousands of official employees. This drives in particular a newly created so-called authority for government efficiency (Doge) under the significant influence of Trump consultants and tech billionaire Elon Musk. Thousands of employees of the social security authority are also affected.
Trump tries to undermine the separation of powers and the rule of law by questioning decisions of courts or ignoring and personally discrediting judges. For the most part, he rules by decrees – a legitimate, but to this extent controversial procedure, since the adaptations of existing laws or orders to authorities largely escape parliamentary control.
Democrats saw the appearance partly critically
Before Biden’s speech, the press spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, had made fun of the age of the former president. “I thought his bedtime was much earlier than his speech tonight,” said Leavitt about the 82-year-old bidden. Trump is 79 years old.
Since his departure from the US government, Biden has completed public appearances, but has not verbally attacked its predecessor. Like the broadcaster CNN in one Article reported, leading democrats reported critically on the public appearance of the former president.
