we mentionjoe we mention joe biden we mentionjoe biden in the context of tensions earlier. let us talk about him again. it s been one year since joe biden became president of the united states. at his inauguration he promised his focus would be fighting the pandemic the economy healing the division in the country and re establishing trust with america s allies, to deal with threats abroad. it s been a year of challenges but it s also been a year of enormous progress. that is the president s verdict. before we evaluate that its go back to his election. president biden won more than 80 million votes in 2020. that s more than any other president. he started his term with a 56% approval rating. now, just 28% of americans say they want him to run for reelection in 2024. to put it another way, biden is currently the second least popular us president at this point in his term. the first one is donald trump.