Maybe what the world needs now is four years of boring
Sleepy Joe Biden might offer respite from four years of turmoil. But the close election result confirms that the populist movement that produced President Donald Trump is now firmly entrenched.
Donald Trump's jarring conduct on Wednesday night in which he declared, without foundation, the mail-in ballot process to be fraudulent, that he had won and that the courts must stop more votes being counted, was the President being a narcissist to the end.
The leader of what is supposed to be the world's greatest democracy did his utmost to undermine that democracy because, in this instance, he feared it would not serve his interests.
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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
