The expectations game for Biden was set by Fox, Trump & conservatives. I was saying for months what a mistake that was. Everyone on the right built it up so that all Biden had to do was show up and speak in understandable English, and he'd get the win.
I would disagree on COVID. You can make an argument that Trump has done good things in other areas, but there has been a leadership void on COVID. He has been all over the place. He is on tape admitting to downplaying the virus, which we all know he did. He didn't want more testing because it would show more cases and make things look bad. He supported shutting down one day and would tweet "LIBERATE MICHIGAN" the next.
The worst is that he would shame people for wearing masks and distancing, and then claim he supported both. Our President has actually CREATED opposition to these things, and debate on common sense precautions that could really help. That's inexcusable.
Biden isn't re-inventing the wheel on it, but Americans in general are starved for leadership during a crisis like this. A pandemic is stressful enough without having a "leader" who breaks out a comedy routine on it at every rally and does little else. Biden is laying out how he would lead on it, and what he would emphasize - and it's light years ahead of what Trump is doing.