President Biden called for unity and a 'cooling down' of political rhetoric in his address to the nation - but how realistic is that in his desperate race for the White House against Donald Trump?
They save the Oval Office address for serious times - conflict, typically. On both counts - serious and conflict - a president's prime-time appearance seemed appropriate. This was a Joe Biden presentation on the gravity of the current situation, eyeballing an American audience on attritional politics. Phrases like 'political battlefield' and 'killing field' offered an extreme warning, the choice of language deliberately stark and arresting.
While he presents himself as consoler-in-chief offering leadership in a time of distress, he does so as an election candidate in a desperate race for the White House.
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