President Biden’s Year 1 Report Card - Irishman In America With Marion McKeone (Mini Pod)

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Marion hauls Joe in for his end of year assessment. Will he get to go on the school tour or will his failure in the areas of messaging and immigration be too much? All jokes aside, we cast a critical eye over the last 12 months of Biden/Harris, their biggest achievements and inability to get their party in line. Why do Americans believe their economic inflation has nothing to do with the rest of the world? And will 700 pages of Trump White House records that have just been released to the committee investigating January 6th move the needle at all? Marion McKeone explains it all and gives us her honest assessment of the new kid in the Oval Office. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 600 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. If you would like a story discussed, get in touch, the Irishman Abroad Liveline is now open. You can now get in touch with us and feature on our shows by sending your WhatsApp voice note to 0044 7543 122 330. Why not pose a running question to Irish Olympic Legend Sonia O'Sullivan or ask our America Correspondent Marion McKeone her thoughts on a current talking point Stateside? Of course, if you have an issue with traffic or elephants on the loose in your area, Jarlath can do his best to sort that out too. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.
0:06.9	Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.
0:13.1	It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.
0:17.3	We will be back in some form.
0:19.3	We are still deeply divided.
0:24.6	Public health experts warned this was coming unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened here today?
0:26.6	Absolutely.
0:27.6	Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?
0:31.6	Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,
0:38.2	dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this
0:43.5	fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be
0:50.4	the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power of our example.
1:00.2	That is the history of the journey of America.
1:04.1	This week, President Joe Biden acknowledged Americans' frustration as his first year in office came to an end,
1:09.8	but said the United States was on track to meet the considerable challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and inflation. Today, on an Irishman abroad, we get Marion McHehan's report card on how number 46 has handled his first year in power. Later on, we take the time to consider the decision by the Supreme Court on Wednesday
1:30.8	to reject a request by former President Donald Trump to block White House records from being sent to a House Select Committee investigating January 6th.
1:39.8	Could this ruling, which Trump cannot appeal, set the stage for more than 700 pages of Trump
1:46.7	White House records to change the course of the next presidential election. And finally,
1:52.8	the restrictions over here are lifting faster than a royal family attempting to cut ties
1:57.8	with their publicly disgraced prince. Has Omicron peaked in America yet?
2:02.7	And if not, why not?
2:04.6	To hear the full conversation with Marion, head over and support our series on patreon.com
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