Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
The headlines are currently very bad for President Joseph R. Biden Jr. barely a year after he was sworn in to office on January 20, 2021: Build Back Better is Dead. Voting Rights is Dead. Champ Biden, his beloved German shepherd is Dead. COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing. Hospitalizations are ballooning. Tests are not widely available. His approval rating is abysmal. Inflation is raging. His messaging is confusing. He keeps calling Vice President Kamala Harris President. Stacey Abrams is snubbing him. America is more divided under his leadership. Russia is amassing troops along the Ukraine border. North Korea is launching more missiles and Ethiopia is burning.