Independence Day in the United States was originally a holiday full of joy, but this year's various Independence Day events were marked by scenes of mourning due to bloody shootings. Public opinion believes that the slogan of "unity" in the United States cannot cover up the reality of its increasing divisions.
On July 4, US President Biden led the crowd at an Independence Day celebration in Washington to observe a few seconds of silence for the victims of the Illinois shooting. Major League Baseball The Chicago White Sox canceled their original The fireworks show scheduled after the game was changed to a moment of silence before the game.
Illinois Governor Pritzker said after the shooting that gun violence, a "plague unique to the United States," severely damaged the Independence Day celebrations.
Illinois Governor Pritzker: It is heartbreaking that this celebration of America (the birth of the United States) has been torn to pieces by "a uniquely American plague."
Not only gun violence, but also a series of chaos such as constant partisanship, social disharmony, and economic depression have long cast a heavy shadow on this year's Independence Day in the United States.
Russia Today TV reporter Rachel Blevins: The United States is facing not only continued (gun) violence, but also growing political differences and the most severe inflation in 40 years.
Despite this, US President Biden still did not give up the slogan of "unity" in this year's Independence Day speech.
U.S. President Biden: I know that many Americans now see a divided country and are deeply worried about it. I understand, but I believe that we are more united than divided.
But American public opinion obviously does not buy it. CNN issued an article stating that the United States is already "a severely divided country", with liberals and conservatives arguing about new social issues almost every day, and constantly venting their hostility. On this basis, many politicians deliberately highlight and exploit these contradictions to seek political interests and further intensify oppositional sentiments.
Microsoft-NBC of the United States also issued an article saying: "On July 4th this year, the cracks in the United States are emerging. Americans are geographically a whole, but we no longer share the same creed." The author of the article said that he had Wrote "The United States is becoming two completely different countries" "This year the situation is even worse: more divided and polarized."
Rachel Blevins, reporter of Russia Today TV: There are many problems, but (politicians) Not many solutions came up. So on this traditional holiday, people across the United States are frustrated that the U.S. government is focused on matters outside of their own country.
Diao Daming, researcher at the National Institute of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China: Faced with such a difficult situation at home, politicians from both parties in the United States are helpless or do not respond to public opinion at all because of special interests. However, they are on the international stage. The US has repeatedly exaggerated the so-called threats, gathered allies, and clamored for the so-called great power competition. This approach is completely self-deceiving and cannot solve any of the United States' own problems. Instead, it will further worsen the international environment in which the United States finds itself. It can be seen from this that the United States should reflect more on how to manage its own affairs and face the problems it faces. The American practice of asking others to take medicine when you are sick, or even prescribing medicine for others, will only make you further sick and eventually become hopeless.
Source: CCTV News Client
