Three ways Joe Biden can bring America together

Andy Serwer with Max Zahn from yahoofinance said that Andy Serwer with Max ZahnTOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. – Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the US. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. – Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the US. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Today is only the fourth day of Joe Biden’s presidency, and whether you support him or not you have to acknowledge things already feel different. Yes the new president is on Twitter—and for now at least, his Tweets are getting way more likes than his predecessor’s—but Biden’s missives are more of the uplifting variety, rather than, well let’s just say all over the place.

The new administration is holding daily press briefings and more significantly, issued a passel of executive orders reversing positions on climate change, immigration and a big oil pipeline to name just a few.

At his inauguration—defined not only by COVID-19 but also fear of violence on the same hallowed ground where two weeks earlier a mob of criminals stormed our Capitol—Biden acknowledged the gravity of the moment. More than 400,000 Americans dead from the pandemic and a nation deeply divided. It’s almost certain that President Biden will be judged by how he addresses these crises. Ending the pandemic, if you can imagine, will be the easier of the two. Bringing America together will be his ultimate, herculean test.

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