(Most) Americans in Berlin relieved at Biden presidency
A handful of
Andrew Bulkeley, 21.1.2021 - 13:11 Uhr
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Berlin - The day after the United States welcomed its 46th president, Americans in Berlin weren't celebrating the start of one presidency as much as they were celebrating the end of another.
"The new administration is going to have to move fairly aggressively," says David Hawkins, a photographer originally from Chicago who has spent years in both Berlin and Paris. "I thought his inaugural speech hit the right tone."
Like most American
Wahlberliner, Hawkins has spent the past four years both shocked by former president Donald Trump and worried about what his next steps might be. President Trump was also often an embarrassment for those abroad, especially since, for decades, he had been little more than a high-profile clown in the US.