Biden has a reservoir of decency and goodwill, Trump doesn’t

Despite the president’s missteps, are Americans unable, or unwilling to recognize the decency of the man you placed in the White House only 12 months ago, and cut him some slack? More to the point, have you already forgotten the political morass that preceded him?

A dominant reason for the harsh verdict against Joe Biden is that the U.S. country is badly divided. The U.S. is living through a political discourse that has never been this polarized, one that Trump contributed to and consolidated purposefully. It’s almost as if America has now become ungovernable. The U.S. is also in a swamp of sorts, writes Sergio Marchi. Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY SERGIO MARCHI

February 2, 2022

To American friends, There has been a deluge of editorials, articles and analysis, in your country and mine, about "what is wrong with Joe?" Poor Joe Biden, they claim, he has lost his way. He is hemorrhaging in the polls. His legislative agenda is stuck. He looks weak. People are piling o...

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