Biden faces doubts over his legacy as he prepares to hand over power to the man he called a threat to democracy
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For years, President Joe Biden has used a single phrase to diminish his onetime rival Donald Trump while signaling his own adherence to American political tradition: “You can’t love your country only when you win.”
For years, President Joe Biden has used a single phrase to diminish his onetime rival Donald Trump while signaling his own adherence to American political tradition: “You can’t love your country only when you win.” As Biden conceded his vice president’s loss to Trump from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, the line carried a different significance. No longer finger-wagging at a defeated rival who refused to acknowledge his loss, Biden is now overseeing a transition back into office by the man he once – and still – believes is an existential threat to democracy. Instead of using his final 10 weeks in power to cement his promise to act as a generational bridge and tout his signature accomplishments, Biden finds himself in one of the worst possible positions: A president acknowledging the loss of a race in which he was pushed out, preparing to be displaced by a man who for years he has cast as an existential threat to democracy in America. Yet if those crushing factors are weighing deeply on Biden, his demeanor in the Rose Garden belied the hurt. Seeking to comfort Americans scared of the prospects of another Trump term, while his own legacy remains in question, Biden was upbeat rather than downtrodden.
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