Laughing or crying, Biden wears heart on sleeve

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He laughs, he cries, he says sorry. For the most powerful man in the world, President Joe Biden for sure shows his soft side a lot.
On Monday, he was apologising in Glasgow on behalf of the United States for Donald Trump, whom he defeated exactly a year ago. The day before, in Rome, Biden came close to tears when talking about his dead son and the pope.
And that was just during his Europe trip, attending twin G20 and UN climate summit before flying home later Tuesday. Trump was all macho bluster and Barack Obama oozed smooth self-confidence, but Biden wears his heart on his sleeve.
 Ignoring the politician’s credo that apologies demonstrate weakness, he says sorry all the time. He’s sorry for being late, for talking too long, for being boring, or for not being as good as those around him. Often the apologies are part of gentle self-deprecation. “Hey everyone, I’m Jill’s husband,” goes his favourite opening line, whenever First Lady Jill Biden is around.
His response to bad news — there’s a lot of it for Biden these days — is largely to flash a smile and chuckle.When it became clear last month that he’d failed to get congressional backing for providing all Americans free community college, the 78-year-old joked that Jill, herself a community college professor, was kicking him out of bed.
“The White House has a lot of bedrooms,” he said. Monday’s apology for the fact that Trump had yanked the United States from the Paris Accord on saving the planet from global warming was classic Biden: he began by apologising for apologising. “I guess I shouldn’t apologise but I do,” he said.