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Does lame duck Biden have time to Trump-proof democracy?

David Smith

The skies above the White House were cold and grey. Joe Biden greeted the championship-winning Boston Celtics team, quipping about his Irish ancestry and tossing a basketball into the crowd. But the US president could not resist drawing a wider lesson. “When we get knocked down, we get back up,” he said. “As my dad would say: ‘Just get up, Joe. Get up.’ Character to keep going and keep the faith, that’s the Celtic way of life. That’s sports. And that’s America.” Such events continue to be among the ceremonial duties of a lame duck president with waning influence. Biden has cut a diminished figure, first surrendering his chance to seek re-election, then finding himself sidelined by vice-president Kamala Harris’s doomed presidential campaign. But with his legacy imperilled by Donald…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 29 November 2024

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