Biden’s legacy: Far-reaching accomplishments that didn’t translate into political support

Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated US President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation.

The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed.