WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden pauses while speaking after signing an executive order related to American manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed an executive order aimed at boosting American manufacturing and strengthening the federal governments Buy American rules. / Drew Angerer/Getty Images
President Joe Biden is facing backlash across the country after he signed an Executive Order last week that canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that also drew criticism from Canada. The move by Biden comes after he signed Executive Orders on a wide range of issues last week during his first days in office, including orders on climate and energy matters.
During his first week in office, President Joe Biden has implemented policies that are detrimental to the health and prosperity of the American people.
If there was a honeymoon, itâs over. Less than a week into the administration that isnât Donald Trumpâs, a surprising number of Americans are already regretting his replacement. Within hours of his swearing in, Joe Biden got right to work â alienating core constituencies with his attacks on oil, energy, unions, jobs, and women. Industries that had lined up to support the Democrat were stunned. What happened to the moderate president they were promised? When Biden said heâd unite America, no one knew it would be against him.
Just three days in, the hashtag #BidenRemorse started popping up on social media. By then, the new president had stopped work on the border wall, shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline, and issued an oil and gas moratorium for drilling on federal land â firing tens of thousands of workers in the process. âDeeply disappointedâ was how the head of the North American Building Trade put it, after endorsing Biden in October. â[
Indeed, the layoffs already have begun. Calgary-based TC Energy, developer of the KXL pipeline, has let go 1,000 U.S. and Canadian workers as a direct result of Mr. Biden’s decision to cancel the 2017 cross-border permit for the 1,179-mile pipeline extension over environmental and climate concerns.
“A majority of the 1,000 are unionized workers who have been constructing on both sides of the border,” TC Energy spokesperson Terry Cunha told WorldOil.
The specter of mass layoffs comes in contrast with Mr. Biden’s political image as a working-class hero from Scranton, Pennsylvania, although anyone who listened to his 2020 campaign promises, including his vow to ban hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, could foresee that losses in oil and gas jobs were likely.
Commentary By Tony Perkins | January 26, 2021 | 10:19am EST
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If there was a honeymoon, it s over. Less than a week into the administration that isn t Donald Trump s, a surprising number of Americans are already regretting his replacement. Within hours of his swearing in, Joe Biden got right to work alienating core constituencies with his attacks on oil, energy, unions, jobs, and women.
Industries that had lined up to support the Democrat were stunned. What happened to the moderate president they were promised? When Biden said he d unite America, no one knew it would be against him.