Nightmare view is now a grim reality
FOUR years ago, Donald Trump stood no more than 100 yards before me as he began painting a grim picture of America.
Just moments after being sworn in, he portrayed the US as a country under attack, losing its global influence and sense of worth all while saying its cities had been reduced to
“carnage”.
For millions, it was an image they failed to recognise.
Under his predecessor
Barack Obama, the economy was soaring, never before had so many been provided vital affordable health care and those in employment were setting new highs.
Today Joe Biden will inherit a country resembling much more closely Trump’s dystopian vision than it did when he was sworn in.
After having a front-row seat for many of shameful Trump’s troublesome events, there is no wonder America is a country now paralysed by the virus and division.
Whether it was caging children taken from their migrant parents, calling far-right killers “very fine people”, backing Vladimir Putin over his intelligence agencies, calling countries “s***holes” or labelling his troops “losers”, the list goes on. During his time in the White House, America was placed on the brink of war both at home and abroad.
Never once did Trump show the required leadership.
His presidency was all about how it could further himself and his family, not the American people.
Biden will bring a short but chaotic period of US history to a close as he tries to rebuild America’s stock that has never been so low in the eyes of the world.
Good luck, Joe. You’re going to need it.