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What A Day

Bye Bye, Biden

What A Day

What A Day

News, Daily News

4.8 • 166 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden’s presidency officially ends at noon on Monday, when Donald Trump is sworn in... again. And along with the end of Biden’s presidency comes reflection on his legacy as leader of the free world. Biden made his case for the history books during a farewell address Wednesday night from the Oval Office. But despite some notable wins, Biden also tallied some painful failures – on inflation, the war in Gaza, and maybe chief of all, his decision to run again in 2024. Alexis Coe, presidential historian and bestselling author, weighs in on Biden’s legacy. 

Later in the show, a Pasadena resident reflects on evacuating from the LA fires.

And in headlines: Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency told senators during his confirmation hearing that he believes in climate change, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chose state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, and TikTok users brace for the app to potentially shut down this weekend.

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0:00.0

It's Friday, January 17th. I'm Aaron Ryan in for Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, the show pouring one out for right-wing strongman and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, whose request to leave the country to attend Trump's inauguration was denied by his country's Supreme Court. So sad when aspiring dictators can't be there to support one another.

0:27.8

On today's show, all the political hot air coming out of those confirmation hearings

0:31.7

won't spare D.C. from a cold snap on Trump's inauguration day.

0:36.1

And TikTok users brace for their beloved app to

0:38.4

shut down operations in the U.S. Also, director David Lynch has passed away, which means I will

0:44.4

be watching Lost Highway tonight, which also means I will be having bonkers dreams tonight.

0:49.7

Whether you're a social media user, political junkie, or film weirdo. Right now, a lot is coming to an end.

0:55.8

And it's not clear if what we're headed toward is ultimately good or bad. It's a time of

1:00.1

deletion, of indelible change. It's not just the end of one era. It feels like the end of several

1:05.6

eras all at once. Not knowing what comes next is frankly unnerving, and it's why my most

1:10.6

prized possession is currently my weighted blanket.

1:12.9

But let's start by talking about the end of a political era.

1:16.3

Joe Biden's presidency officially ends at noon on Monday when Donald Trump is sworn in again.

1:21.7

And along with the end of Biden's presidency comes reflection on whether he was any good at being leader of the free world. Biden made his

1:29.2

case for the history books during his farewell address Wednesday night from the Oval Office.

1:34.1

In the past four years, our democracy is held strong. And every day, I've kept my commitment to be

1:40.4

president for all Americans through one of the toughest periods in our nation's history.

1:46.1

Joe Biden says that Joe Biden will remember himself as a pretty good president.

1:50.2

Guess it's settled.

1:51.6

But despite some notable wins, he also tallied some painful failures on inflation,

1:55.8

the war in Gaza, and maybe chief of all, his decision to run again in 2024.

2:00.4

That decision is still dividing Democrats,

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