The election of Joe Biden as US president is the first good news for embattled believers in liberal democracy and the postwar multilateral order since 2016. He is a decent man with an instinctive grasp of the values America has, at its best, stood for. On the assumption that Donald Trump’s attack on the electoral process fails, Mr Biden will be president. That will be a huge relief. But it is folly to imagine that Trumpist division is defeated.
喬?拜登(Joe Biden)當選美國總統,對于那些信仰自由民主和戰后多邊秩序、陷入困境的人士來說,是2016年以來的首個好消息。拜登是一個正派的人,對最好時代的美國所代表的價值觀有著本能的理解。假設唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)對大選流程的攻擊未能奏效,那么拜登將就任總統。這會是個極大的寬慰。但如果你認為特朗普式的撕裂也會因此被打敗,那你就大錯特錯了。
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