Last month, I posited that Joe Biden was essentially rooting for World War III to happen in the hopes that he could ride the wave of being a “wartime president” all the way to victory next November. The theory still makes sense as Joe Biden’s poll numbers are still terrible and a large international conflict could, in theory, make economic factors weighing down his candidacy less of an issue.
That may have been the hope of the White House, but it clearly had a few miscalculations. Not only have polls shown that Americans don’t approve of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, but the war has also showcased his administration’s incompetence.
On Thursday morning, the Biden White House announced that Israel had agreed to implement four-hour “humanitarian pauses” in the Gaza Strip.
White House spokesman John Kirby announced the pauses and the opening of two humanitarian corridors in northern Gaza to allow Palestinians to seek safety from Israel’s military operations.
Biden told reporters as he left the White House he had sought a longer pause. “Yes,” he said. “I’ve asked for a pause longer than three days.”
Asked if he was frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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