Editorial: Biden's first 100 days kick off a low-key but ambitious era of reform 3 May, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read United States President Joe Biden. Photo / AP NZ Herald EDITORIAL Former United States President Barack Obama famously said that his country's historical progress was not smooth and that "we zig and we zag". After zigging with Donald Trump through a pandemic disaster, the superpower has rediscovered its zag with Joe Biden, who last week marked his first 100 days in office. He lacks the charisma of his old boss or the media-magnet qualities of Trump. But being the anti-Trump - calm, methodical, blunt and empathetic - has taken Biden a long way. And he's also been fairly adept at avoiding controversies that might fire up the Republican opposition.