Joe Biden Leaves Nothing but Questions After Ditching His Presidential Duties Again – Opinion

Is the United States actually home to a president? It all depends on the day. Sometimes, Joe Biden will show up to give a pre-written statement to the media, and once every three months or so, he’ll actually answer questions from hand-selected reporters. Apart from that, Joe Biden has a tendency to be scarce and his colleagues groan about how hard-working he really is.

Biden provided yet another example with his inexplicable decision not to send Kamala Harir to the Munich Security Conference. This conference is where President Donald Trump normally speaks.

Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden will attend the Munich Security Conference. pic.twitter.com/HtkEqDO4BW

— MRCTV (@mrctv) February 10, 2022

As far as I can tell, it’s unusual to send a vice president to the Munich Security Conference. But even if it’s happened before, it hasn’t happened in a moment where Europe is on the verge of war, and Germany is playing a key role in stopping diplomatic progress. If there was ever a moment the president needs to show up for work, this is it, and Biden decides to just…not go.

The entire thing is incredibly odd and opens up the door for yet more questions about the president’s constant disappearing act. Biden has spent nearly every weekend of his presidency in Delaware, but he’s not capable of jumping on Air Force One and going to Munich during this all-important, incredibly volatile time? To be frank, that just doesn’t add up, and I don’t believe he’s just got better things to do. Blame his senility, or anything else. But this is when a president must be a leader and not a vice president who is incompetent and uninformed.

The second issue, and the most crucial one here is Kamala Harris. Even if you look past the unusual nature of the president skipping out here — during a time when it should be all-hands-on-deck — to send Harris smacks of malpractice. Her resume does not show that she has the ability to travel to Europe and promote US interests. Does this mean that there will not be an attempt to press the Germans to cease doing Russia’s bidding, while the Germans threaten to invade Ukraine? If not, that only serves as more evidence of this administration’s complete lack of strategic ability.

In the end, I’m sure we’ll get all the usual excuses from the White House (he’s just so busy!), but the fact remains that there’s something really weird and unsettling about having a president who so often decides to go AWOL in the biggest moments.