In vowing to oust Donald Trump from the White House, Joe Biden acknowledged—and perhaps validated—this shift in priorities. Early in his run for the presidency, Biden was still reciting clichés, promising to restore the nation to its accustomed place as acknowledged leader of the global order. By August 2020, in accepting the nomination of the Democratic Party, he had embraced a revised version of the History That Matters. Rather than promising to save the world, he now presented himself as an agent of domestic renewal. Indeed, his explicit vow to save “the soul of the nation” hinted at his
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