‘If there’s fascism we need to call it out’: Delaware governor on post-Biden world

Matt Meyer finds himself playing Whac-A-Mole as he deals with Trump's capricious actions while pursuing an ambitious agenda of his own

When Matt Meyer was elected as governor of Delaware last year, the outgoing US president called with congratulations - and a warning. Joe Biden did tell me that I had to do my job and do it well or in four years he's running against me," Meyer said, smiling. He's a Delawarean and I don't doubt that he would run."

Now 82, Biden has retired to Delaware after leaving the political stage. At 53, Meyer is among a new generation of Democrats trying to navigate a post-Biden world in which Donald Trump is eviscerating the federal government, stress-testing the rule of law and prosecuting a global trade war.