Now two big uncertainties remain. First is how much more damage Trump will inflict on US democracy before he ultimately is forced out of the White House, and even beyond. Second is how much international stability can be restored under a Biden presidency.
The pandemic exposed the limits of Trump’s style of right-wing populism. His reckless disregard for the lives of his people was the pivot point.
With nearly a quarter of a million Americans dead from a largely preventable cause, a majority of US voters saw that he had failed to protect his people and dismissed him from office…