On Debt Ceiling and Border, Biden Boxed In by Outside Forces

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No President likes to be cast as a supporting actor. But on some big issues dominating the news, Biden is at the mercy of other players, and just dumb luck, writes Philip_Elliott for The D.C. Brief

On Debt Ceiling and Title 42's End, Biden Boxed In by Outside ForcesThis article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign upJoe Biden is in the midst of an incredibly consequential stretch of his presidency and remarkably little of it will be under his sole control. In fact, much of the coming weeks—and, perhaps, months, if not his total legacy—is contingent on the engagement of other players and their openness to being good-faith collaborators, and just dumb luck.

It is precisely the worst imbalance of power that any White House can face. The West Wing can fight a battle on plenty of fronts, just so long as the barbs are going out from inside the White House; taking incoming is far tougher to handle when no one knows where the next hit is being fired from, who’s the target, and what it’s blowback.

 

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