Election Day is long over; the battle over tallying the votes is gone and now a new administration has taken over the White House.
Introducing the 46th President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Our new duly-elected President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., a former Vice President under the Obama administration becomes the 46th President of the United States, and new Vice President, Kamala Devi Harris becomes the first South Asian Black-American woman to ever occupy the highest office as the 49th Vice President. Both were sworn in January 20 at the 59th Inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Capitol building and took their oaths as millions around the world observed this historic moment remotely.
The inauguration ceremony went off without a hitch had very few people in attendance which were mostly close friends and family members of the new administration and politicians like Bernie Sanders, former presidents Obama, Clinton, Former President Bush and former Vice President Mike Pence. Former President Trump was visibly absent from the inauguration ceremony and has mentioned in the past that he won’t attend and left earlier Wednesday. After refusing to concede, he finally left a surprisingly generous note for new President Biden in the Oval Office before departing the White House. The content of former President Trump’s letter was not revealed. It was unexpected Trump would carry on the tradition of leaving a presidential note because he was so bitter about his election loss.
All was quiet in Washington, D.C. with no reports of violence. Security remained very tight at the Capitol building.
After the ceremony, the new President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden went straight to the White House. Biden hit the ground running on Day 1 and signed a series of executive orders that address the pandemic, the economy, climate change, student loans and immigration policies repudiating Trump’s key policies. President Biden promised to be president for all Americans whether they support him or not. His 1,000 new appointees were sworn in remotely in a virtual ceremony at the White House. President Biden stated that if any disrespectful behavior went on between team members, it would not be tolerated and they would be fired.
The new president’s first order of directives was to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, ceasing withdrawal from World Health Organization (WHO), revoke the Trump Muslim ban, racial equality awareness, require masks on federal property and social distancing, and wearing masks in public providing 100 million vaccinations during the first 100 days of his administration. He vows to take the pandemic more seriously than Trump.
Here’s CNBC’s YouTube video of our new President Joe Biden getting sworn in and Chief Justice John Roberts administering the Presidential Oath and afterward our new Commander-In-Chief addresses the nation for the first time as our incoming President with his wife at his side Jill Biden, our new first lady.
The new President Biden promised in his speech to unify the country where he inherited the challenges of combating the deadly COVID-19 virus and in his first 100 days in office is vowing to fight it with more deliveries of vaccines and more executive orders of financial relief to the American people in the form of stimulus payments, starting with $1400 which should actually be $2000 even most got $600 which is supposed to total $2000. Still, the new president should keep his word and $2000 stimulus checks should be the magic number; as most citizens are struggling to keep afloat grappling with the COVID-19 virus; the nation’s worst catastrophe in a decade. Biden wants to change that and work together with both parties, Democrat and Republican and unite both parties and the country. The big question on everyone’s mind is can he do it and pick up where Trump failed and divided this nation?
The First Female Vice President Takes the Oath
In this ABC News video, we witness a historic moment where former California senator Kamala Harris becomes the nation’s first female Vice President. This is a long time in the making and will hopefully inspire women to join the ranks and run for the nation’s second-highest seat and we may one day have our first official female president.
A New Era
The new President Biden is calmer than Trump and hopefully will get this country back on its feet again. It remains to be seen how the new administration will run this country.