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20 May, 2026

Biden Welcomes Trump ‘Home’ to White House

January 20, 2025 Buck Banks

“Welcome home.”

— President Biden, quoted by ABC News, greeting President-elect Donald Trump at the White House.

Biden in the Bardo

December 10, 2024 Buck Banks

Being Joe Biden these days really sucks.
He’s checked out while the transition’s in flux.
Trump is acting like a president;
Joe acts like a White House resident,
And he has indeed become the lamest of lame ducks.

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Biden Welcomes Trump ‘Home’ to White House

“Welcome home.”

— President Biden, quoted by ABC News, greeting President-elect Donald Trump at the White House.

Biden in the Bardo

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“My friend & Co-Chair gave his all in Kentucky! Trump is my President! Jesus is Lord! I look forward to a lifetime filled with joy, purpose, and gratitude. May God continue to bless America and the freedoms that make this nation the greatest.”

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sucked up to President Trump, just hours after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was defeated in a Republican primary and Trump threatened to oppose Boebert’s re-election as well.

— Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), quoted by CNBC, on the reported settlement proposal the Justice Department has with President Trump for his lawsuit against the IRS.

“Thank you for everything you’ve done for the country. To the folks at CBS, in the words of the great Ed Murrow: Good night, and good luck, motherf**kers.”

— David Letterman, quoted by CNN, speaking to Stephen Colbert as “The Late Show” ends its 33-year run on CBS.

Numerati

59%

A new Pew Research survey finds 59% of Americans say the country’s best years are behind us, while 40% say its best years are ahead.

3.8%

56%

352,000

“About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in the war against Ukraine through the end of 2025, according to a new estimate, underscoring the high cost that President Vladimir V. Putin is willing to bear to pursue his battlefield aims,” the New York Times reports.

115,000