Ahead of the investiture ceremony, feverishness seizes Washington

The imposing perimeter of security deployed in Washington before the inauguration of Joe Biden sells the fuse before the hour: the ceremony will not offer the images of jubilation that one ordinarily observes in the American capital every four years. On the one hand, the fear of new violence, after the assault on the Capitol on January 6 and the many threats made on social networks, has led to a strengthening of measures to maintain order. On the other hand, the Covid-19 epidemic will also deprive the new US president of a popular celebration. In the absence of a cheering crowd, the organizers intend to give a symbolic significance to the event.