Errors

When Biden came into office he made a series of unforced errors in an attempt to undo the damage that, in his opinion, Trump had caused. He reversed the Trump border policies which led to the number of migrant crossings to increase from 50,000 per month to 250,000 per month. Next he reversed the Trump sanctions on Iran which allowed Iran's oil sales to increase from 800,000 barrels per day to 3,000,000 barrels per day. Much of this additional income went to Hamas. Early in his term Biden attended the June 2021 Brussels summit meeting where NATO leaders reiterated the statement made at the 2008 Bucharest summit that Ukraine would eventually join NATO. Putin had specifically stated that this was not acceptable. Many say this threat to join NATO led Putin to invade Ukraine. The situation today would be much different if Biden had left the Trump policies on the border and the sanctions on Iran in place and announced at the Brussels summit that Ukraine would not be invited to join NATO.