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Biden to Trump: A Tale of Two Presidencies | 1.19.25

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The defining moments of Joe Biden’s presidency and what Donald Trump’s second term could mean for America. Get the facts first on Morning Wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On Monday, Joe Biden will exit stage left as Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

0:10.3

One presidential legacy is now in the books, and another, Trump's remarkable comeback second term, is about to be written.

0:18.0

In this episode, we sit down with an historian to discuss the defining moments

0:22.3

of Biden's presidency and what to expect from Trump's second term. I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief

0:28.9

John Bickley, with Georgia Howe. It's Sunday, January 19th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

0:38.2

Joining us to discuss Joe Biden's legacy and expectations around Trump's second term is

0:43.3

Jared Stepman, author of The War on History, The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past.

0:49.9

Jared, thanks for coming on.

0:51.4

Al, thank you very much.

0:53.0

Let's start by looking back with a post-mortem

0:56.0

on Biden's presidency. He gave his farewell address on Wednesday evening. What stood out to you about it?

1:02.9

It really felt like in this address that this was the Friday night news dump farewell addresses.

1:08.7

I really felt that it was the, it was a very low energy,

1:12.8

which I think defined, especially the last part of his presidency. He focused on things like

1:18.1

the spread of misinformation and perhaps the censorship of online media, which I thought was a very

1:24.3

peculiar take for a president trying to define his presidency, his one-term

1:29.2

in office. And I felt that the speech itself had very little impact, which I think is very

1:34.5

fitting for the Biden presidency that seems to have wound down into nothing very quickly,

1:40.1

but it seems to be an outlier too, because farewell addresses are usually a defining moment of any presidency,

1:45.7

how to define his term. And Biden simply faded out, which I think is very appropriate for his presidency.

1:52.1

Joe Biden's presidency was plagued by inflation and a catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

1:57.7

What else will he be remembered for?

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