The first important step has been taken and the first hope has already been fulfilled: Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the USA without incident, riot or worse, and has taken up his post in the White House.
But now the stony part of his self-chosen path begins.
He wants to unite the torn country again and reconcile the political opponents.
After the beneficial presidential show around the swearing-in ceremony, Joe Biden has to prove that he has the political power to reach millions of voters who would actually have wished for four more years under Donald Trump.
Even before the election, not only political opponents doubted the fitness of the 78-year-old.
The tasks are enormous, the daily routines and tasks of a US president are strenuous.
And the quarrels, attacks and intrigues that accompany this office, too.
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