President Joe Biden dramatically pledged America is back

In his speech at the State Department last month, US President Joe Biden dramatically pledged “America is back” and said the nation’s democratic values remain the “grounding wire” and “inexhaustible source of strength” of its global power.

He made similar pledges in a virtual appearance at the Munich Security Conference on February 19, where he spoke to America’s “enduring advantages”. These sentiments were certainly true in the past, but with each new day, the United States appears increasingly in decline, and it remains to be seen whether American leadership will rise to the challenge to reverse this trend.

When I first arrived in the US from China in 1949, America’s strengths were undoubted. The nation had just emerged victorious over both Germany and Japan in World War II. While most nations engaged in the war were struggling to rebuild their infrastructure and economies, the US emerged largely unscathed and more economically and militarily powerful than ever.

America’s leadership and democratic institutions were likewise strong. Even after the unexpected death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 1945, vice-president Harry Truman smoothly transitioned into the White House and guided the US through the end of the war.

The presidency would go through many challenges in the decades that followed – including an assassination and a resignation – but the endurance of the American leadership was never in any real doubt.

US in decline: why Joe Biden will struggle to return America to its golden age

I believe that was the golden age of America. Of course, there was still domestic trouble in the US at the time. Republicans and Democrats fought partisan battles and levied accusations about communist conspirators. Racial discrimination and segregation still pervaded.

But faith in American institutions and national power did not waver. America’s democratic institutions and national power stood out strongly against the chaotic China I was leaving behind. As my homeland was gripped by civil war, the US was flourishing. While China became isolated following the establishment of communist rule, the US was expanding its intentional responsibilities and helping rebuild western Europe.

Yet today it is difficult to watch what is happening in Washington and across the US and come to any conclusion other than that America is in decline. The US lacked leadership when it needed it most in the past year. The inept response to the coronavirus crisis by elected officials did little to inspire confidence about America’s capacity to respond to global challenges.

The reluctance of former president Donald Trump and many of his supporters to accept the results of the November election undercuts America’s standing to defend democracy. Analysts are already drawing lines between Trump’s refusal to concede and the coup in Myanmar, where military leaders justified their actions by citing unverified claims of mass voter fraud.

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