Welcome to the club Mr. President.

 Welcome to the club, Mr President. 

And so it was that Donald Trump trudged grudgingly into political obscurity and America welcomed one Joe Biden, a quiet but purposeful figure, a man dedicated to resuscitating the sick patient he believed his fellow Americans had become under the comically inept man who was Donald Trump. Finally a man named Biden had become President of the United States and whichever way you dress it, there can be nothing more satisfying to see than a man replacing another man, a fresh new start under a new face with sensible ideas and proper leadership qualities. 

The inauguration ceremony a couple of days ago in the capital city of Washington was a very ceremonious event, radically reduced and diminished in scale because of coronavirus but still America in all its glamour and showmanship. Biden stepped forward to obey all of the religious and sacred commands before pushing up the mask on his face gently and agreeing to become the 46th President of the United States. 

You sensed that America had finally landed on the kind of guy who could make it all work, transforming the country's mindset, a man convinced that he was the man to inject hope and ambition back into the hearts and minds of this vast country of seemingly untapped potential and already substantial riches. He was the man to guide the country out of the dramatic slump it had found itself as a result of the outrageously illiterate cowboy who was Donald Trump. 

For four long years America have suffered and endured ceaselessly under Trump, a bankrupt businessman three times over who made so many bewildering and monosyllabic statements that had a translator been required, we would still have been at a complete loss as to what exactly he was talking about. There was a real danger that had Trump held onto the grenade he'd have probably allowed it to explode in his face. For four years America seemed to be treading on eggshells, terrified in case Trump actually carried out some of his more bizarre threats. 

But now is the time for the 78-year-old Biden to dig out the new broom, sweep up the ashes and carnage from the Trump explosion and just get on with the business of doing things in a considered and measured way, rallying the White House and Senate together, speaking intelligently and articulately rather than blundering forward, speaking his mind in quite the most deranged fashion and then blustering nonsensically at Press conferences like some mindlessly opinionated social commentator at Speakers Corner in London. 

Age of course should be no obstacle whatsoever to Biden since Ronald Reagan was still being irrepressibly enthusiastic in his 70s and riding horses with British Prime Ministers who also never minced their words. Biden will have to establish and maintain the amiable entente cordiale with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a way that has now been considered the accepted norm. When Reagan was President, Margaret Thatcher was perhaps too bossy and authoritative for anybody's liking but you do get the impression that Biden's relationship will be altogether more reasonable and amiable. 

This could be the time for Joe Biden to bring America back into the land of living since the last four years under Trump's administration have been nothing less than farcical, amateurish and incredibly embarrassing. First, there were Trump's savage attacks on the American press and the remorseless battering he handed out to either Fox, CNN or any American TV channel he seemed to take an instant disliking to for no apparent reason. Then he started blasting out his verbal artillery at some of his colleagues, sniping at senators and then crushing the egos of close friends who had now become his enemies. 

So ladies and gentlemen of the United States you can now come out because it's safe to venture into the  refreshing world of Joe Biden. To all outward appearances, Biden is statesmanlike, understanding, compassionate, hugely intelligent, far-sighted and full of suave assurance. He will be firm but fair, serious but humorous when the occasion warrants it and unlike Trump, he will know exactly what he's doing without resorting to cheap publicity stunts, hostile attacks on everybody he encounters and never coarsely critical of those he thinks may be patronising or ridiculing him. Joe Biden, welcome to the White House. Your receptive audience awaits you.