After half a century of contentious public service, President Biden issued one final address before leaving the White House.

From National Review. President Joe Biden bade 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue adieu in a roughly 18-minute long Oval Office address Wednesday evening, five days before his predecessor and 2020 general election opponent, President-elect Donald Trump, is set to take office.

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In his final address to the American people, Biden thanked the public for the honor of serving as president and wished Trump “success,” before pivoting to an ominous message about the alleged threat posed by a newly ascendant American oligarchy.

“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights, the freedoms and the fair shot for everyone to get ahead,” Biden said.

The president was seemingly referring to the emerging coalition of tech entrepreneurs, led by Elon Musk, who lined up behind Trump ahead of the election and have rallied to support his agenda with millions in contributions to his inaugural fund. Biden went on to take a pointed shot at Mark Zuckerberg and Meta, which phased out its fact-checking program earlier this week in favor of the community notes system pioneered by Musk on X. …

“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit,” Biden said. …

The outgoing octogenarian president’s Wednesday evening address caps a chaotic presidency that will be remembered by mass illegal immigration at the southern border, sky-high inflation, a world on fire, and the fewest press conferences of any modern president since Ronald Reagan. …

The outgoing commander-in-chief’s Wednesday evening address marked in an effort to cement his legacy as one of competence and strength at home and on the world stage, despite the fallout from his own administration’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan, the wars that broke out in Gaza and Ukraine during his presidency, and lengths that his own cadre of loyal aides went to shield his slip-ups from reporters, donors, lawmakers, and even his own cabinet secretaries. …

Wednesday’s address marked an end to Biden’s half-century long career in American politics, which included four runs for president, eight years as vice president, and more than three decades in the U.S. Senate where he served as chairman of the upper chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee. …

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(Excerpt from National Review. Photo Credit: Screenshot/The White House via YouTube)