President Joe Biden says his approval ratings are so low because of the COVID pandemic - which he promised to shut down. In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes yesterday, the President said "the pandemic is over" - but it's also the reason why Americans are not supportive of him:

Scott Pelley: But your approval rating in the country is well below 50%. And I wonder why you think that is. 

President Joe Biden: This is a really difficult time. We're at an inflection point in the history of this country. We're gonna make decisions, and we're making decisions now, that are gonna determine what we're gonna look like the next ten years from now. I think you'd agree that the impact on the psyche of the American people as a consequence of the pandemic is profound. Think of how that has changed everything. You know, people's attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities. And so there's a lot of uncertainty out there, a great deal of uncertainty.  And we lost a million people. A million people to COVID. When I got in office, when I-- I got elected, only 2 million people had been vaccinated. I got 220 million-- m-- my point is it takes time. We were left in a very difficult situation. it's been a very difficult time. Very difficult.

The President also said he is still physically and mentally able to do the job - despite his age.

"Oh, it's focused. I'd say it's-- I think it's-- I-- I haven't-- look, I have trouble even mentioning, even saying to myself, my own head, the number of years. I no more think of myself as being as old as I am than fly," he said. "I mean, it's just not-- I haven't-- observed anything in terms of-- there's not things I don't do now that I did before, whether it's physical, or mental, or anything else."

President Joe Biden says his approval ratings are so low because of the COVID pandemic - which he promised to shut down. In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes yesterday, the President said "the pandemic is over" - but it's also the reason why Americans are not supportive of him:
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Scott Pelley: But your approval rating in the country is well below 50%. And I wonder why you think that is. 
President Joe Biden: This is a really difficult time. We're at an inflection point in the history of this country. We're gonna make decisions, and we're making decisions now, that are gonna determine what we're gonna look like the next ten years from now. I think you'd agree that the impact on the psyche of the American people as a consequence of the pandemic is profound. Think of how that has changed everything. You know, people's attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities. And so there's a lot of uncertainty out there, a great deal of uncertainty.  And we lost a million people. A million people to COVID. When I got in office, when I-- I got elected, only 2 million people had been vaccinated. I got 220 million-- m-- my point is it takes time. We were left in a very difficult situation. it's been a very difficult time. Very difficult.
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The President also said he is still physically and mentally able to do the job - despite his age.
"Oh, it's focused. I'd say it's-- I think it's-- I-- I haven't-- look, I have trouble even mentioning, even saying to myself, my own head, the number of years. I no more think of myself as being as old as I am than fly," he said. "I mean, it's just not-- I haven't-- observed anything in terms of-- there's not things I don't do now that I did before, whether it's physical, or mental, or anything else."

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