Headlines: more than the arrival of Joe Biden, the departure of Donald Trump

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The United States press does not really cover the nomination of Joe Biden.

If he is present in Unes of the

Washington Post

and the

New York Times

, alongside its vice-president Kamala Harris, it is in photos taken yesterday during the national tribute to the 400,000 Americans victims of the Coronavirus.

Nocturnal photos, with the illuminated Lincoln Memorial in the background, for a ceremony which according to the

Washington Post

set the tone for this Wednesday's investiture: "More

in solemnity than in jubilation 

".

In fact, if this day marks the arrival of Joe Biden at the White House, the majority of the dailies focus mainly on Donald Trump: " 

President Donald J. Trump: The End

 ", headline in an editorial in the

New York Times

.

The daily also publishes on its site an infinite number of “

Full List of Donald Trump's Twitter Insults, 2015-2021,

”a gravestone-style headline and summary for the billionaire's presidential diary.

In the same vein, the

Boston Globe

headlines on " 

Trump, officially the most unpopular president since the polls appeared in the 1930s 

", and asserts: " 

this will be his legacy forever

 ."

A legacy further clouded, according to the

New York Times,

by the presidential pardons whose list was communicated yesterday.

Graces all decided by Donald Trump " 

in person

 " insists the very Trumpian

New York Post

.

Pardons which according to the

New York Times

underline the number of his close associates and supporters found themselves trapped in cases of corruption and other legal problems, and show Donald Trump's willingness to use his power to help them

 ".

"

 Trump will do everything to hack the nomination of Joe Biden 

"

But this omnipresence of Donald Trump on the front page of the media must end, according to

Los Angeles Times

columnist

Mary McNamara, who appealed to his fellow journalists under the hood: " 

Trump will do everything to hack the nomination of Joe Biden .

Don't let him do it

 ”.

Since it became clear that Donald Trump lost the presidential election,

 " said the journalist, " 

he is doing everything to ensure that his name continues to make the headlines

 ."

But in a few hours when he is no longer president " 

we will no longer need to consider any of his thoughts 

" ...

The

New York Post

seems to have followed this advice.

And this is also the paradox: the majority of the press, of Democratic sensibility, talks about Donald Trump, and the Trumpian New York Post focuses on Joe Biden and the Democrats ... to obviously scare them in a series of articles criticizing " 

a left which is no less mad because it came to power 

", Joe Biden's decision to stop the pipeline project with Canada - described as " 

madness

" and " 

an insult to the allies of the United States

 "by the tabloid, and the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, Michel McConnel, qualified as" 

traitor

"because" 

he accused Donald Trump of being responsible for the fatal assault on the Capitol

 ", recalls in One the

Financial Times

.

A " 

fragile

 " country

The press is still looking at the nomination of Joe Biden: the

Boston Globe

gives the program, from Donald Trump's early morning departure from the White House to the virtual celebrations of the evening, with, notes the

Washington Post

, all these stars who for four years had deserted the New York stages and who are now back: Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Springsteen…

The

Los Angeles Times

, which headlines " 

the anguish and hope of Americans

as Joe Biden prepares to take office,

" recalls that in the United States " 

the investitures have often taken place against the backdrop of significant events: the Civil War, the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Vietnam War, the struggle for civil rights.

 The newspaper surveyed Americans across the country, from the New Mexico desert to the city of Phoenix to Sacramento.

In Florida, an African-American student from Florida wonders, referring to the death of George Floyd last year, " 

if it finally arrives, that long-awaited moment when we can breathe a little more, and a little more easily."

 ".

If " 

Biden has promised a return to normal, the task will be gigantic

 ", seems to answer the

Boston Globe

.

Because the

Washington Post

believes

, on this inauguration day the country is " 

fragile

,

a word that is not usually associated with the United States

."

As fragile as an egg: our economy, the feeling we have of our security, our collective conscience

.

As fragile as a trigger: the insurgency provoked by anger and fantasies, a pandemic out of control

 ”.

And the columnist concludes: "

Let's face it

,

and install a new kind of leadership that relies on skill, science, and selfless service

 ."

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