He stands on a stage and smiles his big smile. Joe Biden has now made it after all, after all the blows of fate and defeats he won the election. He had failed twice in his attempt to conquer the White House, then four years ago he lacked the strength to make a third attempt because he mourned his son.
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Biden dreams of becoming president from an early age. At 29, he was elected to the US Congress as one of the youngest senators in US history. It’s 1972, when the president was still called Richard Nixon.
It takes more than four decades before Biden’s political odyssey finally leads to its goal, until, at 77, he can step in front of a microphone and shout: “People, the people have spoken. It gave us a clear victory, a convincing victory – a triumph for us, the people. “
The choice of words shows how much Biden wants to separate himself from Donald Trump on this mild November evening, the narcissist in the White House who almost never uses the word “we” but prefers to speak of himself. On this Saturday, when all US television stations proclaim Biden the election winner, the president simply refuses to acknowledge the reality. Trump writes on Twitter: “I won this election, and by a huge margin.”
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