Much of the commentary on the US election has focused on the personalities, the contest, the likely result. Will it be Biden or Trump again? But is this the nub of the question?
There can be no question that Trump the man is a narcissist of epochal dimensions, whose vulgarity and quackery have greatly demeaned the office he occupies. But this sad state of affairs does not mean that a Biden presidency holds the answers to America’s multifaceted crisis.