President Joe Biden served the United States well Wednesday by welcoming President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. In doing so, he set a far better example for America’s democratic constitutional order than the example the former president set four years ago.

Four years ago, Trump used sporadic or otherwise unsubstantiated reports of voter fraud in an attempt to create the mirage of an election that had been stolen from him. Trump’s denial of his election defeat provided the worst example of his general incapacity to perceive the national interest and his personal interests in distinction.