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A picture is worth a thousand words, but these photos tell the story of an America that's always moving forward—we must keep it going,
the president said, alongside a video of himself looking through some of the most iconic photos from his presidency When I look back on the past four years, I don't just see the challenges we faced. I see hope, progress, and possibility."
Biden wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday afternoon We're the first nation in the world built on an idea. The idea is we hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men and women are created equal. That's what we believe...We're a nation of possibilities. That's who we are. That's what we never gave up on,
It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes, based on the polling.”
This year, Biden also began sharing those thoughts aloud, telling USA Today in an exit interview It is not my nature to go quietly into the night,
she told staffers Thursday as she signed her desk at the White House, a tradition stretching back decades Let’s just say I was disappointed with how it unfolded,
first lady Jill Biden told the Washington Post this week I’m not going to be out of sight or out of mind,
Biden told reporters last week, though how he plans to make his voice heard in the months and years after departing office is unknown Stepping back into the No. 2 role is always hard,
the Democratic adviser said I find it doesn’t quite matter what Biden thinks he could have done or couldn’t have done. Or anybody else,
I think she’s competent to run again in four years,
Biden told reporters late last week She was loyal to her detriment,
a separate former Harris adviser said, also speaking on condition of anonymity because the vice president has urged her associates to treat Biden with grace as he leaves office He’s forever frustrated we didn’t tell a good enough story about what the administration did,
a senior White House official told CNN While my term in office is ending, the work continues,
Biden said in a speech to mayors on Friday, one of his last public appearances as president I think I would have beaten Trump, could’ve beaten Trump,
It’s a sign of disrespect whether he intends it or not,
a former Harris adviser told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity to speak openly about the frayed dynamic between the two and many of their longtime loyalists On the one hand I find it difficult to believe that they didn’t know. On the other hand I find it easy to believe that, in the heat of ferocious political combat, you see what you want to see and you either don’t see what you don’t want to see or you underestimate its impact and its significance.”
Galston, a former policy adviser to Clinton, said That debate was the worst performance in modern American history, maybe in all American history. I can’t think of anybody as bad. We all talk, oh, Nixon had bad makeup and hadn’t shaved. Biden couldn’t complete a sentence and talked about how we finally beat Medicare.”
At the time, I thought he was making the right decision. Looking back now, I don’t think it was the right decision. But you never know about these things until most times it’s too late to find out.”
Clyburn, who described the debate performance as a “one-off” caused by “preparation overload”, said The Hunter Biden pardon will be the biggest black mark on his presidency because he promised and he gave his word that he wouldn’t do it and then he did it. He was always known, if you liked him or hated him, as someone who kept to his word. And he broke his word.”
But Wendy Schiller, a political scientist at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, said It’s hard to escape the conclusion that, as Biden is leaving office, he’s less transformational figure than historical parenthesis because ultimately he failed to meet the political moment or the essential mission of his presidency. The prime directive of Joe Biden’s presidency was to prevent Donald Trump’s return to power and his failure to do that is likely to be his lasting legacy.”
Charlie Sykes, a conservative author and broadcaster, said
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