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Joe Biden Eyes Covid-19 Action, Aims for Calm After Twice-Impeached Trump

Joe Biden Eyes Covid-19 Action, Aims for Calm After Twice-Impeached Trump
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By Staff, Agencies

Joe Bide was derided as too entrenched in Washington, too hesitant to campaign during Covid-19, and too old. He, however, outmaneuvered doubters and will become the 46th US president Wednesday, inheriting a multi-tiered nightmare that will take shrewd political skill to overcome.

With his twice-impeached predecessor Donald Trump leaving in disgrace after his supporters launched a deadly riot at the US Capitol, Biden will face vast immediate challenges. The heart-on-his-sleeve compassion that he shows for everyday Americans may help soothe a nation in distress.

But instead of easily riding to Americans' rescue he will face the almost unprecedented task of leading the fight against a ferocious pandemic, repairing a wheezing, sinking economy and uniting a deeply divided citizenry.

Democrats hoped Biden's November victory would turn the page on Trump's most divisive of presidencies.

Instead, it kicked off a 10-week national trauma as Trump and his followers made baseless claims of massive election fraud and pursued a relentless effort to overturn Biden's win, culminating in the unprecedented January 6 attack on the citadel of US democracy.

But with the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant economic downturn refusing to pause for a transition of power, the man who has endured unspeakable personal tragedy of his own has been reiterating the message he gave shortly after the election: help is on the way.

"The crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight," Biden told the nation Thursday during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware. "We have to act and we have to act now."

While Trump has barely lifted a finger to guide post-election pandemic policy, other than to pat himself on the back for speeding the vaccines into being, Biden this week pledged a "new chapter" for the US.

He unveiled a $1.9 trillion rescue plan aimed at revitalizing the world's largest economy and fighting the coronavirus, including administering 100 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office.

But his early agenda may well be upended by Trump's impeachment trial, which threatens to take center stage in the Senate during the opening weeks of Biden's presidency.

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