I'm glad that JFK was president then and glad that Biden is president now. Trump lacks knowledge, lacks even an understanding that he doesn't know and needs to learn, and has little to none in the way of core principles. This is a man who appointed Michael Flynn as head of National Security Council. His next one, H. R. McMaster wrote that he was surprised and disappointment when Trump said of Putin, “Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that. He means it.” His third one, well, we know John Bolton's assessment.

Biden has had his share of bad judgements over his long years in the Senate, but he has a long view -- NATO partnerships are important to American interests -- and developed a broad range of contacts for advice.