Joe Biden's farewell address
final public speech of Joe Biden as US President
Joe Biden's farewell address was the final official speech of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, delivered in the Oval Office on January 15, 2025.
Background
Biden served his single term as the 46th President of the United States, winning the 2020 presidential election against Republican incumbent president Donald Trump. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2021. However, Trump refused to accept his loss and attempted to overturn the election results. While in office, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. In his foreign policy, the U.S. reentered the Paris Agreement. Biden oversaw the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops that ended the war in Afghanistan, leading to the Taliban seizing control. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing aid to Ukraine. During the Gaza war, Biden condemned the actions of Hamas as terrorism, strongly supported Israel's military efforts, and sent limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
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