Weak Joe Biden no match for Vladimir Putin and other foes

When it comes to making a deal with Russia, Joe Biden has a problem. He wants to talk, Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine — and has massed 175,000 troops on the border to prove it. 

Biden has a similar problem with China and Iran. The president wants to talk about a range of issues and differences, they want to expand their territorial control and crush their enemies. 

Our adversaries have clear goals and iron fists, we have a fumbling, mumbling president who leads an alliance of largely disarmed welfare states formerly known as NATO. Our military is a woke but sleeping giant. 

As presidents go, Biden is an especially weak one. He can’t unite his own party in Congress, and members of various factions feel no need to give him the legislation he wants. Nobody fears him. 

His poll numbers are underwater on virtually every issue. On foreign policy, his approval is a meager 36 percent, according to the Real Clear Politics average of recent surveys.