The incoming Trump administration has been left with "an absolute dumpster fire" by President Joe Biden's lack of effective governance, according to Vice President-elect JD Vance.
"If you step back a little bit, I do think it's important to reiterate that not just on the border, but on a whole host of issues, President Biden has left us an absolute dumpster fire," Vance said in a TV interview Sunday. "Now, we're excited to get to work, but we need to be open and honest about the fact that President Biden has not left the next administration in a good place."
Vance pointed to the border, wildfires, multiple wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and massive inflation.
"FEMA's funds are depleted, we have a wide open southern border, oil is going through the roof, bond yields went from 4.1% to 4.8% in a month, and that's on top of the fact that President Biden has been running the largest peace-time deficits in the history of this country," Vance warned.
"So, we've got a lot of debt, a lot of problems, a wide open southern border, and thank God that Donald Trump takes office in a week and a half, because we need somebody to actually govern this country effectively."
Step 1 on the border is "sending a message that the border is closed to illegal immigration." Vance vowed, saying there will be "dozens of executive orders" on "day one" of the Trump administration.
They are going "to send a message to Customs and Border Patrol that you guys are allowed to do your job again; and to illegal immigrants all over the world: 'You are not welcome into this country illegally; if you want to come through proper channels.'"
Biden had attempted in an address Friday to claim his economic hand-off is a good one for the Trump administration, a claim Vance summarily dismissed as disingenuous.
"I wish Joe Biden all the best, but the fact is, he has left us a dumpster fire, not just at the border but also with the economy," Vance said. "First of all, we know that prices are way too high for many Americans. We have to work every single day to stabilize prices for American families.
"Everything that he's bragging about ignores the fact that he is added trillions and trillions of dollars to the federal debt, during a time of peace, he has left us with bond yields meaning how are we going to finance that debt? We have to sell Treasury bonds and the Treasury bonds have got more expensive because of Joe Biden's policies.
"So, you go issue after issue: Oil prices are shooting through the roof and the final two months of Joe Biden’s administration in part because of decisions Joe Biden has made over the last few weeks. He actually hasn't left the American people in good economic condition, that's why they made Donald Trump the president-elect of the United States.
"So, we’ve got a lot of work to do. I remain fundamentally and you know this, I will always be an optimist about our country, but I think that that optimism has to start with a bit of realism in the real truth is that Joe Biden has left us dumpster fire.
"Donald Trump will have to put it out, but he’s good at doing that."
Eric Mack ✉
Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.
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