Harassed in North America by rebellious colonials and French expiditionaries, threatened in Europe by a French, Spanish, Dutch alliance the British were struggling against great odds.
Biden has faced backlash in recent months from both Democrats in his own party and Republicans who believe he has not managed immigration issues well while in office.
Things went much worse than he was expecting, because Dou Lian's rearguard arrived and came up behind the Zheng army, catching them in a pincer movement.
After the combination of the financial crisis and covid-19, the EU's output will be 20%, or 3trn euros, smaller than if it had kept up the growth it managed in 2000-07.