Fate

History has shown that many times leaders are faced with unexpected problems. Recall that Jimmy Carter had to deal with the Iranians taking over the US embassy in Tehran. The American people viewed this as an attack on American and a declaration of war. Carter chose to ride it out and after 450 days of occupation he lost his bid for reelection. In retrospect many feel that if he had gone to war that the nation would have united behind him and he would have won a second term. In Bush 43's first year in office he had to deal with 9/11. He went to war and won a second term. Trump was cruising toward a second term when the pandemic hit and he was unable to overcome the set back. Sometimes fate is a friend. When Clinton came into office the dot com bubble started and ended just after he left office. This caused an economic boom that led to a balanced budget in the first time since the 1940's. Biden is now facing his unexpected challenge and CNN is calling this the Biden reset. They see it as his chance to turn around his declining ratings and to move the story line away from domestic problems to foreign policy.