How will we feel about that nice Mr Biden when China next rattles the sabre?

I have attempted on a number of occasions to have a conversation with my family about Donald Trump’s presidency with the object of discovering if there is anything on which we can agree. Invariably I have come away from those attempts realising that agreement would require a significant increase in their knowledge of US politics. 

I can summarise their views of the President with one word: boorish; another word they used was illiterate, although I know they meant inarticulate. There was a tendency, particularly among the women to compare Trump unfavourably with Obama and to remark on Obama’s ringing rhetorical flourishes about racism, inclusivity, women’s issues, LGBTIQ marginalism, white male sexism and climate…