"A president needs political understanding to run the government, but may get elected without it". - Harry Truman
Accumulated thoughts from Biden Supporters...
So far, Biden has fulfilled all three of the basic requirements most voters had for him in terms of why they elected him.
Joe Biden is not Donald Trump. For a lot of people this was a deal breaker, because honestly, Donald Trump is just a terrible human being. He commits pretty much every vice that modern society tries to control on a daily basis, though particularly wrath, sloth and gluttony. Trump reacts with extreme hostility whenever he doesn’t get his way. His behavior is that of a spoiled brat whose never been told no in his life and had it stick.
Joe Biden has a clear idea of what the hell he’s doing and relevant experience in politics so he won’t cause a diplomatic incident every other week. This is more an extension of not being Trump then anything else, but it’s also important in it’s own right. The majority of people in the United States were not interested in having an amateur know-nothing president, because it turns out to be electing someone horribly incompetent who screwed up pretty much everything.
Joe Biden acknowledged and actually did something about the ongoing pandemic. Again, more an extension of not being Trump then anything else but still worth pointing out. Unlike the Trump administration which made endless hollow promises, propped up miracle cures that killed people, and flat-out refused to acknowledge the problem for months, the Biden administration got right to work.
Frankly, even if he were to mess up other things he encounters in his presidency besides the above three points, Joe Biden would still be the better performing president. That’s not necessarily a positive reflection on Biden in and of himself, but a statement on just how low the bar has actually been set after the last four years. It seems unlikely he’ll mess everything up because so far he’s lead with competence and control that had been sorely lacking.
Biden understands diplomacy. Forty years in Washington and he knows where all of the bodies are buried and why they are buried. More importantly, he understands international diplomacy and the United States’ place as leader of the free world.
One should remember, he grew up with a speech impediment. It’s amazing that someone with a stutter could make a career out of public speaking as a politician and eventually, become President. What a challenge that must have been.
Lastly, the only complaints I read and hear about are ones of policy differences from people who were determined to hate anything Biden did regardless of what it actually was and complaints about gas prices which were already trending upward under Trump. Fair enough, as many Never-Trumpers felt the same about Mr. Trump.
But still, there's once again reason for many Americans to be proud of our President.