Biden Signs $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

With hundreds of guests and a sea of flags, Joe Biden signed a massive infrastructure package in the White House garden on Monday afternoon, marking a rare victory for the unpopular president.

– My message to Americans is: America will move forward and your lives will change for the better – the president said, visibly pleased.

In front of him were parliamentary representatives, members of his government, and union leaders.

Joe Biden, faced with poor economic indicators and disastrous polling, wanted this ceremony, held with great pomp, to reflect his vision of America, a land of 'opportunity' capable of achieving consensus.

Based on this law, which was reluctantly passed in the House of Representatives about ten days ago, $1.2 trillion is allocated for the renovation and construction of bridges, roads, electric vehicle charging stations, and water systems. The new law thus brings federal money into the outdated American public works system, while also aiming to enable the development of public transportation and high-speed internet. It will, Biden assesses, position America to 'win the race' against China.

The text also garnered votes from the Republican opposition, much to the dismay of Donald Trump, who also wanted to launch a major infrastructure program but failed to do so. The former president and billionaire criticized the 13 Republican representatives who voted for the law in the House of Representatives.

His loyal supporter Marjorie Taylor Green even called them 'traitors' and circulated the phone numbers of their offices.

In fact, few opposition leaders were present on the White House lawn on Monday, despite Joe Biden’s repeated emphasis that the law was supported by representatives from both parties, in a country where partisan divisions have reached a peak.

Although Biden’s projects are popular among Americans, public support for him has been steadily declining following the chaotic summer withdrawal from Afghanistan.

According to the latest polls from the Washington Post and ABC network published on Sunday, public support for the American president stands at 41 percent.

Only 39 percent of Americans approve of his economic policy, while 70 percent believe that the economic situation in the United States is poor.

Rising prices complicate another major project of the American president, for which consensus has not been achieved as it has for the infrastructure plan: $1.75 trillion for social spending and assistance for the energy transition, which the House of Representatives will discuss this week, followed by a Senate vote.

Here, he cannot count on Republican support, among whom some warn of the introduction of 'socialism', which is the biggest bogeyman in American political understanding.

The signing of the infrastructure law on Monday is not so much a conclusion as it is the beginning of a major communication offensive by the White House.

Biden will visit the state of New Hampshire on Tuesday and the major industrial city of Detroit on Wednesday where he will promote his infrastructure package.

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