CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 25, 2020
JOE BIDEN HAS BEGUN TO MAKE KNOWN HIS CABINET CHOICES. MOST ARE ESTABLISHMENT TYPES, OR RE-TREADS FROM THE OBAMA OR CLINTON ADMINISTRATIONS.
THE MOST TROUBLING IS FORMER SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN KERRY. BIDEN HAS NAMED HIM A CLIMATE CZAR WHO WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND SO DOESN’T NEED SENATE CONFIRMATION.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NOTED IN AN EDITORIAL, “AS A NEGOTIATOR, MR. KERRY NEVER DRIVES A HARD BARGAIN, AS HIS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL SHOWED. HIS CABINET STATUS SUGGESTS THAT CLIMATE WILL BE A SPECIAL NEGOTIATING PRIORITY RATHER THAN ONE ISSUE AMONG MANY IN FOREIGN POLICY…IT IS A BAD SIGNAL IF MR. BIDEN CONSIDERS CLIMATE TO BE A LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. THE FRACKING-LED BOOM IN U.S. OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION HAS ENHANCED AMERICAN SECURITY IN MULTIPLE WAYS.”
THE SUCCESSES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN OBSCURED BY A HOSTILE MEDIA, LIES FROM THE LEFT, WHICH THE MEDIA HAVE PROMOTED AS FACT, AND THE PRESIDENT’S EDGY PERSONALITY. STILL, GIVEN BIDEN’S CABINET CHOICES, IT IS UNLIKELY HE WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THOSE SUCCESSES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
