The start of 2021 was, for the United States and New York City, synonymous with great change. On January 20, the country said goodbye to 4 years of Trump presidency. The nomination of Joe Biden, even if it took a long time to take shape, did indeed take place. For Cyrille Guyot, our New York expat who has been living there for 20 years and who hopes to obtain dual nationality soon, it is a relief: “ I think America needed someone like that somewhere. To try to heal the wounds a little, to heal all this negative effervescence that Trump has brought back to the United States. “
Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States
“Sleepy Joe,” Grandpa Joe Biden as Americans call him officially became the 46th President of the United States after a very difficult campaign and election. After several failed appeals, Donald Trump ended up leaving his place in the White House without, however, recognizing the victory of the Democrats. His latest feat of arms, a speech to his supporters on January 6, which triggered a few hours later, the’invasion du Capitole de Washington. Images which have toured the world and which have shocked our Normand: ” I was horrified. It is horrible to exacerbate so much hatred, contempt for democracy and that it ends in such contemptuous acts. »
If Joe Biden has succeeded in overthrowing Donald Trump, the hard part begins for him. Get the country back on track to fight the pandemic of Covid-19 that continues to wreak havoc. A pandemic that has changed the face of New York where Cyrille has lived for 20 years: “all the glow of a city like New York has disappeared.” Deserted streets, a non-existent social life, but for Cyrille: ” New York will be one of the cities that will recover the fastest, because there is this incredible energy that characterizes this city.
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