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Politics Weekly UK

Biden’s ‘transformative’ 100 days in office: Politics Weekly Extra

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Despite Joe Biden only being president for a little more than three months, some are calling his tenure ‘transformative’. Jonathan Freedland and Robert Reich dissect the US leader’s first 100 days in office. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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The Guardian

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Welcome to Politics Weekly Extra, I'm Jonathan Friedland.

1:21.0

I stand here tonight, one day shy of the 100th day of my administration.

1:28.5

100 days since I took the oath of office and lifted my hand off our family Bible

1:34.1

and inherited a nation we all did that was in crisis.

1:39.3

So it's official. Joe Biden has done 100 days in office as president of the United States.

1:46.6

And 100 days is a landmark moment in American politics. It has been ever since FDR in 1933

1:54.7

drove through a huge amount in his first three months in office and ever since presidents and

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