At noon Wednesday, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is due to take the oath of office as 46th president of the United States in an inauguration that will look unlike any other, given the security threat and the Covid-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump, who for months refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, is breaking with tradition by not planning to attend Biden's swearing-in. CNN commentators weigh in on the significance of this moment.
CNN — President-elect Joe Biden is trying to get out of the gate running. Even before his Jan. 20 inauguration, Biden has announced a $1.9. trillion stimulus plan, a massive list of executive orders that will undo President Donald Trump’s most controversial decisions, and an immigration reform …
CNN — In a political world defined by escalating confrontation, a presidential inaugural is one of the few times we slow down and listen together as fellow citizens. These are the words that begin to define a presidency – reminding us that, at its best, politics is history in the present tense. Not …
CNN — The night before former President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, I got an urgent call from Rahm Emanuel, his incoming chief of staff: “Can you call me back right away from a hard line?” Rahm sounded a bit agitated, which wasn’t entirely unusual. But the fact that he was asking me to call …
CNN — It doesn’t happen very often, the firing of a president. In the last 100 years, the only elected presidents to be voted out were Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and, now, Donald Trump. Trump has announced he will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Not a …
CNN — On January 20, Joe Biden will be inaugurated the next President of the United States. But his Inauguration Day comes amid increased threats from extremists who falsely challenge the legitimacy of his election. As a result, the President-elect will no longer be taking Amtrak to Washington DC …
CNN — Understandably lost in the morass of the horrifying things that have happened leading up to Joe Biden’s inauguration is something that did not happen. Melania Trump will become the first modern first lady not to invite the woman who will replace her to the White House for a walk-through of the …
(CNN) — Donald Trump chose to focus on the wrong fence this week. Instead of calling our attention to the barrier he has been struggling to build on our southern border, he should have been focusing on the fence now surrounding our nation's Capitol in Washington, DC. The new fence, 7-feet-tall and …
