The president of the USA is supposed to preside. Biden didn’t because he couldn’t. From the beginning, we are now told, old age had grievously enfeebled his body and dimmed his mind.
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LastnightIsawuponthestair
Alittlemanwhowasn’tthere
Hewasn’tthereagaintoday
Oh,howIwishhe’dgoaway…
—HughesMearns
January20willseetheconclusion ofthemostextraordinaryepisodeinthehistoryoftheAmericanpresidency.Forthelastfouryears,thesupposedpresident,JoeBiden,hasbeenthemanwhowasn’tthere.
Bloodyandhistoricevents—Russia’sinvasionofUkraine,Hamas’pogrominIsraelandthesubsequentfive-corneredIsrael-Iranwar—haveshakentheworld,yetBidenwasn’tthere.
Millionsofnon-Americansofeverydescription,includingterrorists,criminals,andmembersoftheCubanCommunistParty,haveswarmedovertheMexicanborderandfloodedintooururbancenters,costingbillionsoftaxpayerdollarstosupport—andstillBidenwasn’tthere.
BIDENTAKESDEPARTINGJABATTRUMP,SAYSHEWASA‘GENUINETHREATTODEMOCRACY’
Andspeakingofmoney:Trillionswerespentbyaramshackleadmini
