The hologram president
An ageing Joe Biden is the perfect emblem of American decline.
ByJoe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr was the forty-sixth president of the United States. Biden, born in 1942, was senator for Delaware for 36 years and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before becoming Barack Obama’s vice-president. He assumed office as president on 20 January 2021, having beaten Donald Trump in the election the previous November, and left it on 20 January 2025, after stepping down from the nomination for the 2024 campaign in favour of Kamala Harris. Find our latest news and comment here.
The truth about Sleepy Joe
Bidenomics is working far better than our government’s lack of an economic plan.
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The failures of Joe Biden’s foreign policy
In the Middle East, the US has once again confused military might with strategic vision.
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Joe Biden’s lost voters
The US president is losing much-needed support over the war in Gaza, and mainstream Democrats aren’t helping.
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If Donald Trump wins, he’ll control Europe’s gas
US liquefied natural gas exports kept the lights on when Europe stopped importing the fuel from Russia.
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Hard choices in an illiberal world
Israel’s war on Gaza has finally ended the myth of an American-led “liberal order”.
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Labour must learn the right lessons from Bidenomics
Public investment is vital but not enough on its own to drive economic growth.
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Joe Biden’s border problem
A former hotel in New York holds the clue to what might end the incumbent’s presidency.
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Is a Kamalaissance possible?
The vice president has neutralised her critics while making a case for Biden with young, Black and female voters.
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What will 2024 bring for the net zero transition?
The stakes are high, especially for the climate, in a bumper election year for the world’s ailing democracies.
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Pax Americana’s last gasp
The US appears increasingly unable to rein in Israel’s war.
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Why industrial policy is the growth engine of modern economies
The government is hopelessly stuck in the old world of free market shibboleths. Labour mustn’t fall into the same trap.
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The end of panda diplomacy
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are meeting in San Francisco. Expectations on both sides are low.
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Is Joe Biden toast?
The US president is expected to lose the 2024 election. But polls suggest there’s still one way he could win…
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Rachel Reeves would be foolish to adopt “Bidenomics” in the UK
The policy’s core is reindustrialisation, but industry requires highly skilled labour. Where do these people come from?
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Jake Sullivan can’t save the world
President Biden’s foreign policy chief is being overpowered by forces beyond his control.
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Starmer wants to tie himself as closely as possible to Joe Biden
It reflects the Labour leader’s commitment to international and domestic consensus over foreign policy.
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The Inflation Reduction Act is rewiring the global economy – Britain must respond
President Biden’s flagship piece of domestic legislation resets the relationship between markets and the state.
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Congressman Don Bacon: “Joe Biden does only enough to ensure the Ukrainians can keep a gridlock”
The Republican representative on waning support in the US Congress for aiding Ukraine.
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The Inflation Reduction Act, one year on
“Bidemonics” promises to re-wire the US economy. But is it delivering?
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