His agenda has been almost entirely removed from the concerns of ordinary Americans. The title of the new spending bill is a nod to inflation, but what it really offers Americans groaning under double-digit price increases in key goods is — just what they need — more solar panels and wind turbines.

Of course, Biden’s first big achievement, the Covid bill, turned out to be most consequential for what it did to stoke an inflation that has disrupted the lives of much of the country and eroded its standard of living.

It is this failure, more than the border or Afghanistan, that has sent Biden below 40 percent approval in most polls. It’s one thing to sag in popularity before a midterm election — that’s normal. It’s quite another to convince almost everyone in the country, including members of your own party, that you are unsuited to running for president again.

Only 18 percent of Americans in the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll say that Biden should run for a second term. Just 29 percent of Biden voters are ready for him to suit up and ride again in 2024, an astonishing repudiation from people who presumably wish him well and were hoping for the best.