The wait for the results of the electoral process in the US is finally over. Democrat Joe Biden finally captured the US presidency on Saturday. Joe Biden became the oldest President-elect in US history as America picked between Donald Trump and him in one of the closest US elections in history.
Democrat Joe Biden promised "a new day for America" in his first national address. Biden delivered a message of hope and healing to a crowd of cheering supporters and tens of millions more on television.
The victory speech came after a desperately bitter election conducted in the midst of a raging coronavirus pandemic. But instead of sounding triumphant, Biden's accent was more on changing hearts in a country split down the middle between Democrats and Republicans.
The president-elect has an
enormous task ahead of him
In his victory speech, the incoming 46th president said, “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric. To lower the temperature. To see each other again. To listen to each other again,” Biden said in his victory speech.
“To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy. We are not enemies. We are Americans. The Bible tells us that to everything there is a season — a time to build, a time to reap, a time to sow. And a time to heal. This is the time to heal in America,” Biden added.
This year has been a particularly difficult year for the US. The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 240,000 Americans in addition to the staggering nearly 10 million infected. The pandemic has devastated the economy costing millions of Americans their jobs. Millions of families have lost their livelihood due to the pandemic. Also, in the summer, the country was hit by unprecedented nationwide anti-racism protests following the death of a black man in the custody of police.
The president-elect has an enormous task ahead of him to reunite the nation, restore its trust in the system, rebuild the economy and work with America’s allies to sustain a multilateral global order. Now it is time for Joe Biden to make America greater than ever before.
