I'm guessing his handlers looked at his ratings and decided to pick something from Trump that both sides like to improve those.
Just enough to virtue signal but not so much that it would piss off his corporate sponsors who benefit off of the Olympics, or disgruntle the Chinese government too much.
That's all very likely, but I'm surprised he's even doing this much. I don't even know if he has the authority to ban US athletes from competing, although that didn't stop him with the vaccine mandates. As for not disgruntling the Chinese government, I don't get the impression that they'll react any better than if he imposed a total boycott. Like our own leftists you're either bending the knee or you aren't. Stand up to them on anything and you're the enemy.
Honestly, good for Biden. This administration has been one disaster after the other, and it's nice to see he's getting this right.
I'm guessing his handlers looked at his ratings and decided to pick something from Trump that both sides like to improve those.
Just enough to virtue signal but not so much that it would piss off his corporate sponsors who benefit off of the Olympics, or disgruntle the Chinese government too much.
That's all very likely, but I'm surprised he's even doing this much. I don't even know if he has the authority to ban US athletes from competing, although that didn't stop him with the vaccine mandates. As for not disgruntling the Chinese government, I don't get the impression that they'll react any better than if he imposed a total boycott. Like our own leftists you're either bending the knee or you aren't. Stand up to them on anything and you're the enemy.