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On January 15, 2025, Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, delivered his final address as president.

Background

Biden served his term as the 46th President of the United States, winning the 2020 presidential election against incumbent president Donald Trump. After the failure of a series of attempts to overturn Biden's election victory, he was inaugurated on January 20, 2021.

Address

Biden began his speech at 8:00 p.m. EST from the Oval Office. Biden's wife Jill, his son Hunter, Hunter's wife Melissa, their son Beau, Biden's granddaughter Finnegan, and vice president Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were present in the Oval Office during the speech. He initially covered the history of the United States and described the Statue of Liberty as a representation of the U.S. Biden claimed that an oligarchy was taking hold in the U.S., invoking Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address, in which Eisenhower argued that the military–industrial complex was influencing the country; he criticized the "tech-industrial complex". He boasted of provisions to combat climate change in the Inflation Reduction Act. Biden indirectly criticized Meta Platforms's decision to end its fact-checking program.

References

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6. Kanno-Youngs, Zolan (January 15, 2025). "Biden is speaking from the Oval Office for his farewell address to the nation". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
7. Rogers, Katie (January 15, 2024). "Jill Biden, the first lady, is in the Oval watching as her husband delivers his final address from behind the Resolute Desk". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
8. Rogers, Katie (January 15, 2024). "Hunter Biden, Melissa Biden and their son, Beau, are in the Oval, as is Finnegan Biden, one of the president's granddaughters". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
9. Kanno-Youngs, Zolan (January 15, 2025). "Biden has begun his farewell address by tracing the history of the United States". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
10. Baker, Peter (January 15, 2025). "Biden's warning of an unelected oligarchy taking power in America echoes Dwight Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
11. Kanno-Youngs, Zolan (January 15, 2025). "Biden is now talking about his administration's success securing a record investment to combat climate change". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
12. Kanno-Youngs, Zolan (January 15, 2025). ""Social media has given up on fact checking," Biden says as he warns about what he calls misinformation online". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

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