Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[DJC]

Yes perhaps, but that's not a great standard.

I listen to Chris Hedges, Richard Wolff and Noam Chomsky as much as I can. Both Hedges and Wolff say there is limited scope for improving the lives of most Americans under Biden. Chomsky seems to believe that Biden is pliable, and with enough pressure from the average American (protests etc.), he can be pushed in a more progressive direction. If this pressure doesn't occur, Chomsky believes he will follow a similar path to the Clintons and Obama (i.e not great).

I think there's limited scope for any president to improve the lives of most Americans.

The Dems do have flimsy minorities and individual senators and congresspersons will oppose Biden's laws if they think it will cost them their job.  Biden also has to manage a very conservative population, both in terms of politics and opposition to change of any sort.  It's also a population that thinks Bernie Sanders is a socialist  : 

Biden is off to a decent start by re-signing up to the Paris accord, re-committing to the WHO, beginning to wind back Aurangzeb's environmental vandalism and taking COVID seriously, but it's going to be a long, slow four years.

I heard an American political commentator state that fixing the problems is not Biden's job, it's the responsibility of the people.  If the people don't want change, it won't happen.