How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.
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“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.
Other American presidents have faced the delicate challenge of bidding farewell with grace after serving only one term in the Oval Office.
The president has issued policy decisions in a number of areas in the final days of his term, including environmental justice, prison reform and immigration.
The president has sought to portray his administration as transformative, but his speech on Wednesday night comes amid a backdrop in which he is not leaving on his own terms.
Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady source of tourism.
Pictures shared on social media by the vice president and by the Carter Center prominently showed other past presidents in attendance.
President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance.
President-elect Donald J. Trump becomes part of the club. Melania Trump joins the first ladies.
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.
Former President Jimmy Carter, who once banned the playing of “Hail to the Chief,” will be honored with three days of elaborate ceremonies in the nation’s capital.