How will history judge Joe Biden?

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today marks the last day in the Presidential office for Joe Biden. Next week, he will pass the reigns over to Donald Trump for his second term as President of the United States. In his farewell speech Biden warned that an "oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that threatens our entire democracy."

So how will we look back on the Joe Biden presidency? And will he be remembered for anything other than making way for Donald Trump's second term?

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0:00.0	The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.
0:09.6	This is a global player original podcast.
0:13.0	I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern.
0:18.5	This is a dangerous concert. And that's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra-wealthy people.
0:25.9	The dangerous consequences, if their abuse of power is left unchecked.
0:31.6	Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence
0:37.4	that literally
0:38.3	threatens our entire democracy. That was Joe Biden's farewell from the White House before Donald
0:45.0	Trump takes over. Four years ago, Joe Biden was the man who was talking about America
0:52.0	United, about polarization ending, about the country coming back
0:57.8	together again. If that was his aim, he's failed. But there is a lot more to the Biden presidency
1:04.8	the last four years, four tumultuous event-filled years than just the ghost of Donald Trump alone. So before
1:13.9	the page turns, we thought we'd take a moment to consider the man, the presidency, the legacy,
1:20.3	where he might yet sit in history. Welcome to the newsagents. The news agents.
1:28.7	It's Lewis.
1:29.5	It's John.
1:30.3	And I'm on a minor detour back from Australia where I seem to have taken the wrong turn out of Kuala Lumpur, and I'm now in Istanbul.
1:37.7	Ah.
1:38.3	Oh, I know why.
1:39.7	You're going to check the boss for us for the bodies of your enemies.
1:41.9	Exactly.
1:42.7	It's very, very important to check all the major rivers. If you stand by the riverbank long enough. Anyway, lovely to see you again,
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