United States President Joe Biden has delivered his farewell address today, as he wraps up his time in the White House.
The speech was used as an opportunity to issue serious warnings and concerns about the future of the nation and call for constitutional changes.
His term ends Monday, when he'll be replaced by president-elect Donald Trump, a man he has previously called an “existential threat” to the U.S.
In his speech Biden stated that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America” as he criticised the “tech industrial complex" and social media, where “the truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.”
He then called for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution “to make clear that no president is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office.”
Four criminal indictments against President Elect Donald Trump were dropped following the November election results due to a long-standing Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
He also urged the nation to continue facing climate change, and not to be “bullied into sacrificing the future."
Biden chose to speak from the Oval Office, while first lady Dr Jill Biden, son Hunter and other family members sat in the office as he delivered his speech.
In his last few days in office he has also given a speech on foreign policy at the State Department on Monday, named new national monuments, issued new rules on America’s use of artificial intelligence and announced that a ceasefire had been brokered between Israel and Hamas.
