Prime minister Boris Johnson has a forbidding task, defeating the seemingly irresistible coronavirus and steering Britain through the inevitable post Brexit problems. Across the Atlantic, president-elect Biden has an even more daunting and dangerous mission.
The pandemics is at its highest, having already affected 21.7 million and killed 365,000. Now Biden faces anarchy, an uprising that threatens the nation’s democratic institutions.
The sensational scenes of the storming of the Capitol shocked the world and did irreparable damage to the country’s reputation. Biden must stop the mayhem, restore confidence and unity.
He must quickly limit the damage caused by the megalomaniac Trump, the most unstable, dangerous leader in generations. The US politicians, Republic and Democrats, must get rid of him, before he can do more damage, before the inauguration
There must never be a repeat of the disgraceful scenes this week in what so easily could have been a coup, accepted if not led by the disgraced president.
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have been seen as similar characters and in some ways this is true. But, despite his faults and fumbling leadership, our PM has pride in his country which he will defend, Unlike Trump who harbours and incites hatred and who is a little Hitler, ruthless and with overwhelming confidence in his ability and power to lead his country down a perilous path.
The next few months will test to the limit the new president and our struggling prime minister, and be an anxious time for both.
Veteran Biden, at 78, will have to find the courage and skill to defeat two enemies, the anarchic followers of Trump and the horrific pandemic.
These are indeed historic days for both countries.
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