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By standing down, US president Joe Biden redefined himself overnight as an exemplar of patriotism.
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Beth Kowitt
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NEW YORK – In July, US President Joe Biden transformed himself from the Democratic Party’s biggest liability into its biggest hero.
By threatening to hang around too long, he’d walked up to the very edge of unravelling much of the goodwill and respect he’d earned from more than 50 years of service to the American people. By standing down
