Watching the opening weeks of the Biden administration are Europeans filled with relief and optimism? Not exactly. Four years of Trump has, it seems, battered our trust, convincing us that Joe Biden, liked as he is, can’t fix a “broken” America, that the US is an unreliable ally, and that within a decade China will be the global superpower.   (The Guardian)

My comment:   That China will soon be the global superpower is not in doubt, (and it is not a pleasant prospect).  But in my opinion, if Biden cannot calm the Capitol  thugs and the populists, reduce the corruption and address some of the other problems besetting the US, then arguably no one can do it. He is smart, and has surrounded himself with capable people. The last few months has made me personally very anxious, and maybe the reader feels the me way? But a watchful ataraxia should break out!