"Mr Biden is an old man, that has to be said quite frankly"

Democrat Joe Biden (77) has won the presidential election in the USA and will replace Republican Donald Trump (74) on January 20. How did it come about, what happens next - and will Trump return in four years? "Not if he has a criminal record by then," says Dieter Herrmann, editor-in-chief of the only German-language weekly newspaper in Australia (Die Woche Australia).

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