“I Did That!” Left Begins to Blame Biden for Inflation

As the cavalcade of national crises lengthens, Joe Biden increasingly casts himself as a modern-day King Canute.

Canute, who lived from 995 to 1035 and ruled Denmark, Norway and England, was widely adored as a wise king who preserved order. According to legend, however, his courtiers’ fawning reached such excess that he decided to teach them a lesson by commanding the seas to halt their rise. When tides continued their advance and Canute’s orders obviously proved futile, he turned to his adoring followers and announced, "Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings."

In similar spirit, Biden now pleads powerlessness to avert or fix the crises rapidly accumulating under his watch.