After Trump impeachment, Biden leaves White House, pushes Democratic agenda forward

WASHINGTON.- Almost a month after taking office, Joe biden is preparing to begin his presidency. Without the burden that the impeachment of Donald Trump represented for his government, and after spending much of his first few weeks in the White House defeating his predecessor’s government by executive order, Biden and his team are going to start deploying a furious offensive these days to buttress their legislative agenda, starting with the ransom package for nearly two trillion dollars to finish curbing the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden’s first month in the White House was overshadowed by Trump’s impeachment. The Democrats mounted an “express” trial that ended with a new acquittal of the tycoon after just five days, and without a single witness. The ruling party’s rush to turn the page on the most violent and traumatic political transition in the United States was largely due to the rush within the Biden government to rush its legislative agenda, in the face of the urgent need for ‘he imposes the crisis unleashed by the pandemic.

Biden traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin today, his first official trip to the country as president, where he participated in a meeting with voters broadcast by CNN in which he stressed the need for the Congress to approve its “Safety plan”, a nearly two trillion dollar package that met resistance from Republicans on Capitol Hill. Biden will leave the White House again on Thursday to visit a Pfizer factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where the coronavirus vaccine is produced.

The two trips mark a change of agenda in Washington. Biden’s first few weeks in the White House were, to some extent, doomed more behind the Trump administration than his. Biden signed dozens of executive orders to overturn what he himself called “bad policies,” and his team focused on fine-tuning the vaccination campaign. Trump left Biden with two vaccines thanks to the success of his Operation Warp Speed ​​and the drug regulatory agency’s speed in approving the Pfizer and Moderna formulas.

But the new government complained of having to start from scratch with the distribution plan. After a slow and difficult start, the US is already administering an average of 1.5 million doses per day, and Biden said the new goal is to reach the end of the boreal summer with 300 million people vaccinated, the vast majority of the population.

With no Trump policy to reverse, no impeachment, and with the vaccination campaign on track, the White House has made it clear that the priority from now on will be Biden’s legislative agenda, starting with his bailout.

“Many have asked me, what’s next? What are we going to focus on now? The answer is that the president will continue to work to get the bailout approved. It is at the top of the priorities“Said Jen Psaki, White House press secretary.

Psaki also announced that the federal government has increased vaccine shipments to states by 57% from the end of January to 13.5 million weekly doses, and that it is expected to double the number of vaccines that will be sent to pharmacies, from one to two million.

The end of Trump’s impeachment and the chaotic transition will now draw all attention to the White House Biden, which marked a profound change in the style of government. There are no unscheduled announcements on Twitter, and Biden maintains a much lower level of media exposure than Trump.He has given several speeches and done surgical interviews and has yet to give an official press conference in the White House press room.

Once the bailout is approved and signed, Biden will travel to Congress to deliver his first speech as president to both houses, in keeping with the tradition of presidents of the United States. In that post, Biden is expected to roll out his legislative goals beyond the coronavirus pandemic plan: adopting immigration reform and an infrastructure plan that places a strong emphasis on transition to a green economy. This plan, which Biden has dubbed “Rebuild Better,” is one of the pillars of his presidential campaign and one of the government’s top priorities.

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