Around four years before the pandemic struck, Donald Trump ushered in a new form of public engagement and governance in the US, in a radical departure from the past.
A whole swathe of presidential conduct changed dramatically -- aspects ranging from decision making to implementation; from interaction with the media to engagements with world leaders; from honouring time-tested traditions to characterising people who had divergent views.
This was a 'new normal' people in the US and many people abroad were forced to get accustomed to.
They now won't have to. It's back to the presidential demeanour and diplomacy that we have always known.
This video popped on my YouTube feed ... as if reminding me of where the thread was left ... President Obama surprising Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 12, 2017. (It's 37 minutes long.)
Fast forward three years, 10 months ... President-elect Biden delivers the acceptance speech on Nov 7, 2020.
Biden seems to have recouped his energy during the four-year break. Good for him. Hopefully, good for America and for the rest of the world.
Can't leave Kamal Harris out. A great speech.