Under Biden, America will be a force for good again (Comment)

BY FRANK F. ISLAM With the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, America is closing one of the darkest and saddest chapters in its history and opening a new one filled with hope and optimism. The swearing-in of the former Vice President and Senator heralds a new dawn not just in the United States but the world as well.
The destructive nature of Trump’s presidency has been well-documented by the US and international media. To name just a few of his transgressions during the four years he has been at the White House: • Trump reversed many of the major gains the country had made in race relations; • actively discouraged immigration, upon which the country was built, especially from the non-European countries; • rolled back more than a hundred environmental regulations; • waged a nonstop war against the country’s institutions, including the press; and