What will the future look like with Joe Biden as president? “Biden is a compromise figure, and the question is whether he will ever be able to rise above the status of transition president. Everyone will see him that way,” the professor analyzes.
Kerremans points out that Biden will have to take into account a large group of dissatisfied Trump voters. “Will he be able to do something for those people who feel like the losers in this society, without ever getting politically rewarded? That’s the real test for me.” Criekemans emphasizes that the president will have to lead the country through an economic transformation, including energy policy, and that at a time when many people are without income due to the corona pandemic.
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