United States : Joe Biden Takes Command

The United States of America now has a new President. He is Joseph Robinette Biden, “Joe Biden”. The 78-year-old President was sworn-in yesterday January 20, 2021 in Washington DC alongside Vice-President Kamala Harris in a colourful ceremony full of security exigencies. On hand to inaugurate the 46th President of the United States outside the US Capitol were two Supreme Court bosses. Chief Justice John Roberts and Sonia Sotomayor.
Mounting the rostrum for the first time as President, Mr Joe Biden, the oldest US President ever, made a plea for national reconciliation and unity among the American people. For more than a quarter of an hour, Mr Biden promised to be the President of all Americans, win the war against terror and white supremacy. “This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America. If we do that, I guarantee you we will not fail,” he reiterated.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the ceremony was void of the cheering throngs of well-wishers traditional at inaugurations and was limited only to members of Congress. Among personalities present were three former presidents: Barack Obama whom Mr Biden served for eight years as vice-president, Bill Clinton and George W Bush. Outgoing Vice-President Mike Pence also attended the ceremony, while incumbent President Donald Trump was not part of the Biden-Harris historic oath ceremony thus becoming the second US president to elude the inauguration of his successor after Andrew Johnson in snubbed Ulysses S Grant in 1869.
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