Across the world, many people bid Trump ‘good riddance’
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. president during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. During today s inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS)TNS
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In Sydney, Australia, Lucy Sunman crawled out of bed at 3 a.m. so she could watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden live.
“The chilling effect of the Trump presidency has impacted us around the world,” said Sunman, a 36-year-old lawyer. “I cannot wait for some stability to be restored.”
“The clown is finally gone,“ said Wagner, a 52-year-old secretary. As Biden took office Wednesday (Thursday NZT), vowing to unify a nation riven by caustic political divisions and a deadly pandemic, the rest of the world watched closely too. Many were focused less on Biden’s ascension than on the departure of Trump, a larger-than-life character who relished disrupting the status quo at home and abroad and who will be remembered as one of the most controversial presidents not only in American history, but globally. “Good riddance,” said Nydia Ngiow, the former trade negotiator for the Singaporean government who spent several years working in Washington in her government’s embassy.
Across the world, people bid Trump ‘good riddance’ [Los Angeles Times :: BC-INAUGURATION-GLOBAL-REACT:LA]
In Sydney, Australia, Lucy Sunman crawled out of bed at 3 a.m. so she could watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden live.
“The chilling effect of the Trump presidency has impacted us around the world,” said Sunman, a 36-year-old lawyer. “I cannot wait for some stability to be restored.”
In Seoul, 70-year-old Park Sang-ki sat in his cramped printing shop across the street from the U.S. Embassy reading online news reports about Donald Trump’s departure from the White House.
“America was supposed to be an advanced nation, gentlemanlike,” said Park. “Trump, he was like a gang boss.”