‘A president we will all be proud to salute’

Most Americans and much of the rest of the world have heaved a sigh of relief with the departure of Donald Trump after a presidency that did serious harm to the United States' international image and credibility, perhaps even irreparably.

The election of the centrist, experienced, dependable and staunch champion of multilateral cooperation and the Euro-Atlantic partnership, Joe Biden, has been very well received. Still, restoring the closeness in relations that we had become accustomed to for decades will be no easy task.

America's soft power - from the promotion of the shared values of liberty, democracy and tolerance, to the American Dream of economic prosperity and the enduring allure of its universities - has been dealt a serious blow.

Throughout the Trump presidency, the Greeks, the Europeans and everyone else could hardly believe some of the things they...

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