Last night, US President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address, the annual “throne speech” for members of the US parliament.
“A recurring theme in the speech was that he wants to finish the job,” says US correspondent Postma. He underlined the successes of his presidency. Of course he just had a good working relationship to show for it.’
In any case, according to Postma, the president seemed very combative. “Like a president who wants a second term.” It has long been speculated whether the 80-year-old Biden will run for a second term. Rumors from his entourage suggest so. But the president himself has not yet confirmed it.
‘Liar’
In the speech, Biden also stressed his desire for better cooperation with Republicans. Even if they don’t seem to care. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right member of Congress, yelled “liar” at the president during the speech.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former spokeswoman for President Donald Trump and now governor of Arkansas, has been given permission to disclose the official reaction of the Republican party. “According to her, you have the crazy side of American politics and the normal side,” Postma says. «The madmen, according to her, are the Democrats, who go mad with their so-called leftist culturefor example in the field of gender”.
According to Sanders, a new generation of Republicans is ready to take Biden’s place. “The president is 80, I’m 40.”