By New York Post (Opinion) | Created at 2025-01-17 22:32:49 | Updated at 2025-01-18 01:52:19
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The Issue: President Biden delivering his final address from the Oval Office on Wednesday.
More than any of his predecessors, President Biden enabled the oligarchs by destroying freedom of speech, arming Ukrainians and increasing America’s debt (“The bitter end of Biden presidency,” Editorial, Jan. 16).
His administration’s persecution of now-President-elect Donald Trump was aimed at preventing Trump from running again.
Those efforts cost untold millions of dollars with nothing to show for it.
It only distracted us from the nation’s myriad domestic problems and further polarized Americans, bringing us to the brink of civil war.
Thanks for nothing, Joe.
Michael Pravica
Henderson, Nev.
Biden’s farewell speech could be best described as a catatonic recounting of the last four years — through a very distorted lens.
It was completely detached from any semblance of reality.
His frequent reference to “restoring the soul of America” is finally about to come to fruition.
It won’t be because of his endeavors, however, but in spite of them.
Biden’s departure could not have come any sooner.
Ronald G. Frank
West Orange, NJ
Biden’s farewell address was filled with the cynicism and hypocrisy that defined his presidency.
He took this last opportunity to lecture us on the dangers of misinformation, while railing against his pals in Big Tech, including some of those companies that provided Biden with positive coverage, helping to get him elected in 2020.
The president revealed that he is just another phony public servant who enriched himself and his family on the backs of the people he was supposed to represent.
No matter how Biden tries to spin it, he was the worst president in our nation’s history.
Michael D’Auria
Bronxville
Biden spoke about numerous things in his final speech to the country, and all of them were very important.
He stressed the importance of government working together for all of the people, and also spoke about how the very rich need to pay their fair share of taxes, just like the rest of Americans.
His four years of service to our country were difficult ones, especially due to the pandemic and conflicts abroad.
He spoke about the tentative deal between Hamas and Israel, and gave credit to Trump’s incoming administration, which has assisted in the negotiations.
After 50 years of public service to our country, we wish President Biden good luck and a fond farewell.
John Amato
Queens
See you later, alligator!
Biden’s farewell speech was self-serving and terribly delivered.
It did him justice.
We are all better off without him.
Biden will without doubt go down as one of the worst presidents in history.
Bob Robustelli
Stamford, Conn.
The end of the Biden administration could not come soon enough. In his final address, Biden unsurprisingly reminded everyone just how much of a monumental failure he was — and how welcome his departure will be.
The past four years could be best described as one long root canal performed by a team of inept DEI specialists.
The good news is that the country has come to realize that DEI doesn’t work and that meritocracy must be restored.
Jerry Chiappetta
Monticello
Although the veracity of Miranda Devine’s deconstruction of Biden’s farewell address is beyond repute, one question persists (“Corrupt Biden’s shameful legacy,” Jan. 16).
Did anyone bother to watch Biden?
Does anyone actually care what he has to say?
Anthony Parks
Garden City
No one writes a better column than Devine.
She is spot-on in her assessment of Biden: He’s the worst president ever.
He deserves everything Devine has to say about him and more.
Biden has been an embarrassment.
He’s a stain on the office of the president, our nation and the profession of politics in general, if you can believe it.
Jack Ridolph
The Village, Fla.
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