Joe Biden’s Reelection Bid ‘Lays Bare a Decaying Country that Is Deprived of Vitality’
by Frances Martel
The Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times mocked leftist American President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will run for reelection this week, describing a potential rematch between Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, as proof that America is a “decaying country.”
The Global Times‘ condemnation of America’s presidential race was largely a commentary on the age of its top contenders, particularly Biden, who turned 80 years old in November and was the oldest man ever to become president when he took office in 2021. Trump would be 78 years old on his inauguration day should he win the 2024 election.
“A possible sequel to the Biden-Trump competition [of 2020], when both have been mired in criticism and failed to fix US problems, lays bare a decaying country that is deprived of vitality, and the political rigidity will eventually lead to a decline in US influence worldwide,” the Chinese government publication proclaimed, citing “experts.”
One such “expert,” a pro-regime research fellow identified as Lü Xiang, described America as “an unsolvable melee which features the tussle of two old men; one is claimed by insiders as ‘too old to travel,’ and the other is mired in a morass of lawsuits and scandals.”
A scandalized Lü declared that “under no circumstances should candidates with such backgrounds be chosen to compete for such an important job.”