Joe Biden says ‘soul of America’ still at stake in farewell letter as president
President implicitly acknowledges that country’s divisions remain unbridged as Trump poised to return to Oval Office
Joe Biden has said the “soul of America” is still at stake in a valedictory message implicitly admitting that the national divisions that spurred him to run for the White House remain unbridged at end of his four-year presidency.
The acknowledgment came in a farewell letter issued ahead of a televised speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, when he will deliver his final address as president before being replaced by Donald Trump next week.
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