Biden is a relief, but a lot needs to done

Biden is a relief, but a lot needs to done

Joe Biden



New American President Joe Biden has a tough task ahead, actually a series of challenges. His main job is uniting a nation riven by racial and economic discord, apart from doing a repair job on the damage caused to the image of the country, thanks to his impulsive and megalomaniac predecessor, Donald Trump.

He first called for stabilising a country reeling from a pandemic going beyond control, with over 400,000 Americans dead, and a growing divide over truth versus lies.

The economy is another major hurdle. It keeps shedding jobs, with unemployment hitting women and minorities the hardest. And the insurrection at the Capitol made clear the extent of the risks posed by the nation's deep political divisions and the embrace of conspiracies and lies by many followers of Biden's predecessor, former President Donald Trump.

He already got down to action. He signed several executive actions shortly