USA: how to turn the Trump page?

Donald Trump, December 12, 2020, in Washington.

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By: Marie-France Chatin Follow

2 min

On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will move to the White House.

The inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump's successor promises to be under great tension after the chain of violence on January 6 on Capitol Hill which triggered a new indictment of the outgoing president and the threats hanging over the buildings that house the presidency , Parliament and up to the Supreme Court.

The Pentagon has authorized the preventive deployment of 20,000 troops who will be there for fear that supporters of Donald Trump will refuse to heed his calls for calm.  

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Reconciling the United States with itself is one of the priorities of Joe Biden, who will also have to drive the United States' exit from the health crisis linked to Covid-19 and focus on restarting the economy, while restoring the country's image, which has been particularly damaged in recent years.

Can the world still count on America?

Guests: 

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Laurence Nardon

, head of the North America program at IFRI.

Author of "Trump's United States in 100 Questions" and the "

Trump2020

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podcast

Maya Kandel

, historian specializing in the USA and, in particular, American foreign policy.

Associate researcher at the University of Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle.

The United States and the World

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