Ever since Joe Biden released his prerecorded video announcing his reelection bid, most of the mainstream media has dutifully played along with the masquerade. While Biden’s team attempts to mostly keep him locked up in the basement, reporters continue to attempt to paint a rosy picture of the country’s current circumstances. And they almost entirely ignore or play down the President’s obvious cognitive collapse. But this weekend, even the Associated Press – typically big fans of Biden and purveyors of pro-Democrat fluff – seemed to throw in the towel and admit that Biden will have a tough time touting his “accomplishments” thus far in his first term as crises continue to mount across the country. They’re still making some apologies for him, but they seem to be recognizing that most voters aren’t happy with the way things are going and the debt limit debate will likely only make things worse.

A showdown with Congress that has the nation’s creditworthiness at stake; a frenzied scene at the border as pandemic restrictions ease; a pivotal foreign trip meant to sustain support for Ukraine and contain a more assertive China in the Indo-Pacific.

Three weeks since launching his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is confronting a sweeping set of problems in his day job that defy easy solutions and are not entirely within his control. If, as his advisers believe, the single best thing Biden can do for his reelection prospects is to govern well, then the coming weeks can pose a near-existential test of his path to a second term.

Economists warn that the country faces a debilitating recession — and worse — if Biden and lawmakers can’t agree on a path to raising the debt limit.

The article notes that Biden is preparing to leave on an eight-day trip to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Given how badly he botched his trip to Ireland, ticking off yet another of our allies, one can only wonder what might go wrong in the western Pacific. All three of those countries have recently begun to waver on the demands that they continue to flush cash into Ukraine, so Joe Biden is reportedly going to try to solidify their support. He’ll be lucky if they aren’t supporting Putin by the time he returns home.

The AP reminds us of Biden’s claims to be a capable problem-solver during the 2020 election.

“I’m more experienced than anybody that’s ever run for the office,” Biden told MSNBC this month. “And I think I’ve proven myself to be honorable as well as also effective.”

Are “honorable” and “effective” the first two words to come to the minds of most voters when they look at the current state of the nation? Even most mainstream media outlets have been forced to grudgingly mention Comer’s investigation and the flood of money the Biden family accepted from adversarial nations via money laundering. Recent polls show that people have still managed to learn about the border crisis, the crime wave, soaring prices, inflation, and the rest of the “results” that Biden has delivered thus far.

To their credit, the AP even brings up Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. The effects are still being felt today, with many people left behind in the clutches of the Taliban. They also note the impact that will be felt if a deal isn’t reached on the debt ceiling. Biden’s position was very much weakened when the House GOP managed to pass a debt ceiling increase with spending cuts. There is a deal on the table waiting for the President and the Senate Democrats. If they refuse to take it or even negotiate, it will be a steep hill to climb if they want to try to blame the Republicans for a resultant default.

If the country wasn’t so deeply locked along partisan lines we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. No reasonable person could look at the condition America is in and suggest that what we all really need is four more years of Joe Biden, assuming he can even stay on his feet for that long. But since he said he wanted to run again, the DNC meekly caved and is basically endorsing him by refusing to even host any debates with Biden’s primary challengers. And the really scary part is that there are enough people out there who really hate the Republican Party – and Donald Trump in particular – that Biden could possibly succeed.