Current Events > Biden to appear on Kimmel after lashing out over being 'next Jimmy Carter'

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-inflation-ukraine-frustrated-b2095151.html

President Joe Bidens sagging approval ratings and apparently inability to appear as if hes having a positive impact on the myriad problems affecting the country has left both him and his closest confidantes frustrated amid extremely low morale in the West Wing. According to Politico, Mr Biden and his aides have found themselves either limited or helpless to combat the forces pummelling them, including inflation, rising gas and diesel fuel prices, a rash of mass shootings which Congress appears unwilling to address, and Russias continuing war in Ukraine. Mr Biden and his inner circle reportedly fear his term is increasingly looking more and more like that of Jimmy Carter, the last Democratic president to serve a single term after becoming mired in stagflation, brought about in part by the Arab-led oil embargo, and foreign policy disasters such as the Iran hostage crisis.

The president is also reportedly upset at his aides tendency to cloister him by limiting his public appearances. While Mr Bidens slim public schedule was once justified by the need to demonstrate best practices amid a pandemic, plans are afoot in the West Wing for the president to hit the road with a series of public appearances, starting with a trip to California for this years Summit of the Americas. The president will make one such public appearance on Wednesday when he sits down with ABCs Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night host announced on Sunday.