The basic message of the Biden administration is “I’m quietly fixing things.” The lack of visible improvement is explained by the assurance that invisible mechanics are hard at work.
Even his advice to combatants in the Middle East is take two aspirins and I’ll send you an ambassador in the morning.
The average member of the public has no way of checking progress beyond examining the changes in his immediate world. Have the lights come back on yet? Has the gas been reconnected?
In a world where the pandemic is entering its second year and the Olympics are becoming a memory Joe Biden is a beneficiary of diminished expectations. Maybe we don’t really believe his invisible mechanics are gaining on the problem. We just pretend out of politeness.
It’s sobering to think that maybe this is it. Biden and Harris are where all our 21st century dreams have ended up. Not with the bang but the whimper.