Trump is in power as America sleepwalks

Joe Biden's performance in the televised duel with Donald Trump was a disaster - for the president, for the United States, for the world. Whoever watched even some snippets, with the 81-year-old Biden mumbling, losing his train of thought, overwhelmed by Trump's lies and bombast, understands that his re-election in November is most unlikely. Trump came out of the contest unexpectedly well, while Biden fared even worse than his most pessimistic friends might have feared. The issue, though, is not so much the president's floundering candidacy, nor his legacy, but the present and future of the United States, and its role in the world. Biden's presidency was aimed at healing the wounds that Trump opened in 2016-2020 and in the years since, with his constant undermining of the electoral process. A second Biden term could prevent new injuries to the country's social fabric, to the...