A Joe Biden presidency would guarantee one thing. We might be finished with Donald Trump, but we’ll still have the problem that gave us Mr. Trump. I’ll borrow a term from an analyst of the European Union: sophisticated state failure. Take Mr. Biden’s climate speech this week. Its most quoted line: “When Donald Trump thinks about climate change, the only word he can muster is ‘hoax,’ When I think about climate change, the word I think of is ‘jobs.’ ”...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 17, 2020 22:27 UTC