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Washington: When Joe Biden delivered his inaugural address outside the Capitol on a frosty day in January, he declared that America faced a âwinter of peril and possibilityâ.
âFew periods in our nationâs history have been more challenging or difficult than the one weâre in now,â the US President said.
Just a fortnight earlier, furious supporters of his predecessor, Donald Trump, stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn what they saw as a fraudulent election. The country was recording 195,000 new coronavirus infections a day, as well as 3000 deaths.
US President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office by talking up his national investment plans in Duluth, Georgia.
April 30, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
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By Matthew Walther
Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing editor at The American Conservative.
Joe Bidenâs inauguration, with its camp authoritarian light displays and general atmosphere of praetorian menace, was exactly the sort of swearing-in that his predecessor might have relished. Roughly a hundred days into Mr. Bidenâs presidency, it is hard to escape the feeling that his administration, too, could end up being one that Donald Trump will envy.
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