Partisan fights do not end with Biden's withdrawal
By Li Yang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-07-22 11:38
US President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 US presidential election on Sunday came as no surprise.
After that, more than a dozen Republicans called on Biden to step down on Sunday, saying that his unwillingness to continue to campaign raises questions about his ability to continue to govern. Yet Biden insisted in his statement that he would finish his term, which ends Jan 20, 2025, and his fellow Democrats blasted the calls as "ridiculous".
True, all signs show that the scale is tipping in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's favor, judging from his performance last time on the post of US president and the far-reaching consequences that have caused and lasted till now in the US and beyond, the US, along with its close allies, must be fully prepared for continued political division and partisan fights in Washington in the foreseeable future of the country.
A quick reconciliation between the two parties after presidential election in the US for the common good of the country has been resigned to history. The political polarity and social division in the US are to some extent similar to what Europe is experiencing now, which together cast a shadow over the global governance system that calls for solidarity and coordination to resolve the hotspot issues and common challenges faced by the world.
Both Trump and Biden, as well as his vice-president, whom Biden earmarked to replace him in the election upon his withdrawal, seem ready to continue to blame US troubles on foreign countries in a bid to divert domestic attention from the core challenges faced by the US.
Yet, the US citizens should realize that the primary challenge confronting their country is the dominance of partisan politics. That means partisan interest overrides that of the people squeezing the space for any substantial reforms to improve the country's institutions and governance, which would unavoidably touch the cheese of a few, though it would be good for most.
— LI YANG, China Daily
