Days after Biden serves Trump tea, the new president threatens to throw the book at him
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Analysis: Joe Biden tried to rise above politics. It didn’t work with Donald Trump, writes John Bowden. Joe Biden’s last day in the White House was spent resuscitating America’s political norms, a task he had embarked on since first coming to the presidency in 2021.
But despite Biden’s final act in office welcoming Donald Trump to the presidential residence with a ceremonial meeting for tea, the bristling new president appears eager to shred those standards in a bid for revenge. Biden’s final hours as commander-in-chief were bewildering to many in his party as he maintained a steadfast commitment to the peaceful transfer of power, which included not showing any visible signs of the smallest personal slight to a man he supposedly believes is a fascist and a threat to American democracy.
It was a graciousness that Trump will not return. And with his first week back in the White House just half over, the 47th president is already diving headfirst into a campaign of vengeance. His grudge-settling desires reached new heights Wednesday night as Fox’s Sean Hannity aired the first sit-down TV interview with Trump since the president took office at noon on Monday. In the roughly hour-long interview, the president seemed to threaten Biden with criminal prosecution over long-arbitrated claims of family corruption.
