In advance of the 2022 State of the Union speech, Marc Theissen of the ''Washington Post'' wrote, "Most Americans don’t think the state of our union is strong; they think Biden’s first year has been disaster…Since he took office, we have experienced the worst inflation in 40 years; the worst crime wave in many cities since the 1990s; the worst border crisis in U.S. history; the worst foreign policy debacle in recent memory, in Afghanistan…The worst global health crisis in a century is still upending our lives…And we are witnessing the worst act of unprovoked aggression in Europe since World War II”.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/28/state-of-the-union-biden-last-chance-unify-country/</ref> | In advance of the 2022 State of the Union speech, Marc Theissen of the ''Washington Post'' wrote, "Most Americans don’t think the state of our union is strong; they think Biden’s first year has been disaster…Since he took office, we have experienced the worst inflation in 40 years; the worst crime wave in many cities since the 1990s; the worst border crisis in U.S. history; the worst foreign policy debacle in recent memory, in Afghanistan…The worst global health crisis in a century is still upending our lives…And we are witnessing the worst act of unprovoked aggression in Europe since World War II”.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/28/state-of-the-union-biden-last-chance-unify-country/</ref> |