The US has rejoined the World Health Organization after Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday, his first official day in office. Chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and the head of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the move which included the US in the global Covid vaccine sharing scheme, Covax.
The co-founder of The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans dedicated to preventing the re-election of Donald Trump, says the former president still ‘owns the Republican party.’ Rick Wilson believes a split within the party is almost inevitable.
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed that the Senate delay President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks so his legal team has time to prepare, according to multiple GOP senators.
Chris Hayes talks about his feelings toward Joe Biden’s inauguration, Donald Trump’s silence surrounding COVID-19 and the protests that ultimately led to Joe Biden’s victory.
When asked how the Trump administration compares to the Biden administration, Dr. Anthony Fauci said his impression as recently as 15 minutes prior to speaking with reporters was that the new administration would be “completely transparent” and if things went wrong, “not to point fingers but to correct them.” Fauci said there were things that had been said in the past, such as regarding hydroxychloroquine, were “uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact.” He said he took “no pleasure at all” to being in a situation of contradicting former president Donald Trump, but said under the Biden administration it is “liberating” to let the science speak and not feel like there will be repercussions if you contradict the president.
It was our first full day of Trumplessness here in the USA and there were no crazy tweets from the POTUS accounts, Tom Hanks hosted a star-studded “Celebrating America” concert for the Inauguration, President Biden hit the ground running by signing many Executive Orders, Dr. Fauci returned with lots of information about the COVID-19 response, Trump plans his return to the political stage while Lindsey Graham continues to butter him up in Washington, the prophecies that the QAnon crowd has built their life around did not come to fruition, Trump’s final lie tally was 30,573, and we take a trip down memory lane with a 41 pun salute to the many nicknames we have given Donald Trump over the past four years, brought to life in a song by the great Rufus Wainwright.
In his inaugural address, US President Joe Biden said “democracy has prevailed” and held a moment of silence for victims of coronavirus.
Joe Biden arrives at the White House for the first time as president of the United States with first lady Jill Biden.