Washington – The White House announced Friday that President Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as he prepares to hand over power to President-elect Donald Trump.
This will be his fifth and likely final Oval Office address. His most recent Oval Office address came when he explained my decision Do not run for re-election.
The President is expected to reflect on his legacy and the challenges facing the country.
Mr Biden began his sole term in 2021 following the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters on January 6, 2021. From his and other Democrats' perspective, he tried to rebuild what Trump had damaged, or completely destroyed. Now, four years later, he has handed over the reins of power to a man he has portrayed as a “real threat to democracy.”
tradition of giving farewell speech from the time of George WashingtonThe country's first president, who warned Americans against factionalism and party politics when he announced he would not seek a third term in 1796. Washington never delivered his speech publicly, but it was published in newspapers across the country.
The Senate has read Washington's farewell address on his birthday every year since 1893.