With the nation’s immigration system buckled under the weight of historic illegal crossings and collapsing public trust, Joe Biden appears to have been incoherent and not in charge. Now, President Donald Trump wants answer and has leveled the most serious accusation in the American political lexicon: treason.
In a Truth Social Post Tuesday evening, Trump charged that President Joe Biden’s White House “opened the border” to a torrent of criminals and cartel operatives, costing the country “hundreds of billions of dollars” and compromising national security against his own will.
Despite running as the moderate in 2020, Biden’s border policies, long derided by critics as reckless and ideologically driven, have become a defining fault line. Upon taking office in 2021, Biden swiftly reversed key Trump-era deterrents, from halting wall construction to lifting remain-in-Mexico protocols. Furthermore, as Biden’s term went on, and allegedly became more mentally disabled, his immigration policies began being steered by radicals in his administration, including one official who vowed to defend those celebrating terrorism.
The political fallout has been swift and severe. While Trump’s invocation of treason drew immediate outrage from Biden allies, it also struck a chord with Americans who see the border crisis as evidence of a government unwilling—or unable—to defend its own sovereignty while a White House hid the deteriorating state of the president himself.
Yet the deeper crisis may be one of legitimacy in light of the new book describing Biden’s “decine” and the cover-up that followed. NPR reported, “The book describes a president who failed to recognize longtime political allies, lost his train of thought in important conversations and forgot important dates, including the death of his son, Beau: ‘We in the public would see some of it in front of the cameras … but we had no idea how bad it was,’ Tapper says.”
Trump’s claim may force Congress to intervene and investigate who was actually in charge between 2021 and 2025. Who signed the pardons? Who initiated executive orders? Who operated America’s foreign policy?
