President Joe Biden almost sounded like a populist during his State of the Union address. If only he meant any of it.
The best part of Biden’s speech on Tuesday was his emphasis on U.S. manufacturing and how important it is to decrease dependency on foreign countries, such as China, for our economic stability and growth.
“Just look around, and you’ll see an amazing story,” he said. “The rebirth of the pride that comes from stamping products ‘Made in America.’ The revitalization of American manufacturing. Companies are choosing to build new factories here, when just a few years ago, they would have built them overseas.”
He continued: “Every administration says they’ll do it, but we are actually doing it. We will buy American to make sure everything from the deck of an aircraft carrier to the steel on highway guardrails are made in America.”
But when Biden says “everything,” what he really means is “everything except for the most important thing: cheap and dependable energy.”
The United States is learning this the hard way, even as Biden speaks. He has refused to repeal the harmful climate change policies that crippled our domestic oil and gas production and sent us into the arms of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the first place. He continues to import Russian oil instead of letting us drill for our own.
Instead of learning from his mistakes, reversing course, and encouraging the U.S. energy industry to expand operations, he has reaffirmed his support for the environmental policies that are helping Putin finance his attack on Ukraine.
In short, Biden’s pledge to make things in America is about as trustworthy as his campaign promise to be a centrist president. It’s all a bunch of malarkey.
