President Biden could very well go down in history as the last American president born during World War II and shaped by a view of American power nurtured in the Cold War.
To Mr. Biden’s mind, this has been the moment he has trained for his entire political career, a point he often makes when challenged about his age.
In the past eight months, he has visited two countries in the midst of active wars.
He has married his public embraces with private cautions, and kept American troops out of both conflicts — so far.
Whether Mr. Biden can bring the American population along, however, is a more unsettled question than at any moment in his presidency, and the backdrop of his rare Oval Office address on Thursday night.
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