Is the U.S. Truly Back?

Joe Biden walking with supporters at a pre-Wing Ding march from Molly McGowan Park in Clear Lake, Iowa, August 9, 2019.

Picture from Gage Skidmore.

Democratic leaders and citizens obviously welcomed the election of Joe Biden with great relief. As Francis Fukuyama wrote on Twitter, Trump’s defeat sounded like the end of an exorcism. Like so many others, …