US President Joe Biden, at 81, was hoping to retire from power at the White House at 86. At that age, a possible second term would have ended, which he had to end on Sunday. give up stopped precisely by criticism of his physical and mental capacitywhich were consolidated after the face to face which pitted the Democratic candidate against the Republican, Donald Trump.

Although the White House has tried unsuccessfully to get the population to pay attention to the last four years of mandate of the democrat and not in that “bad night” in front of Trumpthe political milestones in this time have not been enough to satisfy the population. Proof of this are the Polls give victory to the former Republican presidentThe disabling age also reaches the electorate.

His mission to unite the country began just days after Trump instigated the Capitol assault which he justified by saying that the electoral results that gave victory to the Democratic Party had been fraudulent. It was at this moment that Biden promised to undo many of the policies that his predecessor had established. A process that, however, he has not fully fulfilled.

For example, in terms of immigration, Democrats have not managed to leave behind many of the dehumanizing policies that legislate the borders. In fact, in this case Biden is withdrawing with a rule that only Limits the number of irregular arrivalssomething that for many is not far enough from the ‘Trumpist’ position on this matter.

However, Biden’s popularity problems came much earlier. If we look at the economic situation, the Democratic nightmare begins with economic indicators such as inflation left by the pandemic. When it seemed that the figures were recovering, Russia has begun its invasion of Ukraine and with it its effects on the energy market. Although the US can now be said to be experiencing a period of stability, Biden is leaving without reaching the 2% inflation target.

But the offensive that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched against Ukrainian territory in February 2022 also weakened Biden’s stay in the White House. Although he was initially supportive of Kyiv in terms of intelligence, the decision to send a economic aid package It was complicated. He did it, but not everyone liked it.

The other conflict that has the world in suspense has also had negative consequences for the Democrat, who was slow to condemn the military campaign led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the Gaza Strip. Something that promised to punish the Democrats, and that was reflected in the crowd of pro-palestinian protests that took over university campuses across the country.

His nods to the American black population evidenced, for example, in the naming of the First African American woman on the Supreme Courtas Biden himself recalled in his letter this Sunday, have not been enough to maintain the support of this sector.

Before that, however, Biden had to fight against the most conservative sector that was in the US high court, which made it difficult to end federal protection for right to abortion. A process that made headlines around the world as it was seen as a setback in women’s rights by one of the world’s leading powers. Biden was also harmed by this issue.

Among other things, some have singled out the infrastructure bill, the one relating to the semiconductor industry, as well as the one relating to the reduction of inflation, as the most important in positive terms of all the actions undertaken and achieved by the Democrat.

Another decision that seemed like it would be welcomed by defenders of the Biden Administration was that of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. However, it became the first gesture that caused his popularity to decline due to the way in which the march of American soldiers was carried out, having caused disturbances at the airport in Kabul, the Afghan capital.

These are just some of the issues that would have caused Biden to withdraw, although perhaps his evasive attitude towards the press During his term in office, he has also influenced the end of a political career spanning more than 50 years. A career that does not culminate in re-election, but does lead to a re-election in the Oval Office.

Biden’s golden wedding anniversary in politics

He has just over five months left of his presidency, until the transfer of powers in January, but he thus sets an expiration date for a long political career dating back to 1973 as a senator from Delawarea position he held until 2009 with an important promotion: the vice presidency of the country under Obama, one of those who has contributed to make him throw in the towel.

However, Biden tried unsuccessfully to seize the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008, while in the 2016 elections he decided not to compete partly due to the mourning following the death of his son Beau, who died of cancer, and the lack of time to establish a strong candidacy.

But since he came to power, despite initially hinting that he would only serve four years, his conviction that there was no one better suited than him to stop Trump has made him cling to the post. This conviction has also been encouraged by the first lady, Jill Bidena pillar of his life and his campaign and, according to the country’s media, one of the few voices in his environment capable of making him take one direction or another.

Resilience had marked both his career and his life: he lost his first wife, Neilia Hunter, and his one-year-old daughter, Naomi, in a car accident on Christmas Day 1972, just after he had been elected senator, and although he then considered leaving politics, because his children were seriously injured Hunter and Beau, ended up taking the oath of office.

Chronology of a resignation

Everything was going well until last June 27, in his debate against former president Trumphis hesitations, unfinished sentences and Lost look They set off alarm bells and revealed what until then had been minority comments: doubts about his strength.

Biden declared his candidacy for the November 5 elections on last April 25thHe did it with the idea that one must finish what one starts and with the conviction that the return of the Republican politician to power would mean a threat to democracy.

A day after his disastrous televised face-to-face with Trump, the first of this new election cycle, he tried appease fear which his appearance had provoked in his own ranks and in the public, to the delight of the conservatives. “I would not stand again if I did not believe with all my heart and soul that I could do the job. There is too much at stake,” he said at a rally then.

He was later publicly supported by former Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and Barack Obama (2009-2017), as well as former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who in 2016 was heralded as Obama’s eventual successor curbing the aspirations of the then vice president.

But that support soon began to crumble. The congressman Lloyd Doggetta representative from Texas, was the first Democratic legislator to loudly call for him to end his campaign on July 2. This was followed by constant leaks in the media about the party’s frenzy on the matter, with calls for telephone meetings, meetings of Biden with his closest circle and reproaches to those who advised him in his dialectical confrontation against Trump.

Finally, on July 21, the Democratic politician gave in to pressure and announced his retirement. He did it in a letter to the citizens in which he stated that he believes he should end his re-election campaign “for the interest of the party and the country.”