The new US President Joe Biden takes off immediately after taking office - but a minister agrees to big problems.
Biden has now made contact with Angela Merkel for the first time.
Joe Biden
* took office as US President
on Wednesday (January 20) in Washington
.
Biden's health minister-designate draws a drastic comparison in view of what he believes is a precarious corona situation
(see update from January 24, 7:55 p.m.
).
On Monday (
January 25th
) the new US President
spoke
to Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone for the first time
(see update from January 25th, 10:04 pm)
.
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Update from January 25th, 10:04 p.m.:
According to government
spokesman
Steffen Seibert, the first telephone exchange between
Angela Merkel
and the
US President Joe Biden,
who is now in office, took place
.
The
Chancellor
is said to have invited the 78-year-old to Germany as soon as the corona pandemic allowed such a visit.
The phone call is said to have included cooperation in overcoming international challenges.
Foreign policy issues relating to the trouble spots Afghanistan and Iran were also discussed.
Furthermore, trade and climate policy issues are said to have been discussed.
The
Chancellor
particularly
welcomed the
US
decision to
rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement
.
On Saturday,
Biden
had already telephoned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and then on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron.
German media had speculated whether this would be a bad sign for
Germany
to have only been contacted in third place.
Biden facing huge problem: New minister sees "plane swooping" - Trump's successor practices new Sunday tradition
Update from January 25, 6:35 a.m.:
One of Donald Trump's last official acts in the White House was to order an end to the entry ban for foreigners from Europe.
The new
US President Joe Biden
thought
little of it
with regard to the
corona pandemic
.
He therefore wants to renew the entry ban on Monday.
The restrictions affect travelers from the Schengen area, Great Britain, Ireland and Brazil.
In addition, to protect against a new variant of the corona virus, entries from South Africa should also be limited, according to the dpa from the
White House
on Sunday
.
Biden's spokeswoman Jen Psaki had immediately rejected the Trump administration's announcement on behalf of the new president: "With the pandemic worsening and more contagious varieties appearing around the world, this is not the time to
lift
restrictions on
international travel
," she explained on Twitter.
Since March, with a few exceptions, foreign travelers from Europe have not been
allowed to enter
the
USA
.
Trump had also issued strict entry bans for foreigners from China, Iran and Brazil.
US citizens are exempt from the requirements so far.
The new requirement of having to present a negative corona test before a flight to the USA will apply to all travelers.
US President Joe Biden with New Sunday Tradition: Visiting Church
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Joe Biden waves as he leaves the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington after mass.
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Update January 24, 20:42:
Donald Trump spent his weekends as president mostly on the golf course, his successor
Joe Biden
is on
the first Sunday of the White House
in the usual way
Church
gone.
The president's motorcade squeezed through the narrow streets of Georgetown to the Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity.
She had also visited Biden many times when he was Vice President Barack Obama.
Biden, the
second Catholic in the White House
after John F. Kennedy, always insists that faith helped him endure personal tragedies such as the death of his first wife and daughter in a car accident and the loss of his son Beau from cancer.
Joe Biden faced a gigantic problem: the new minister sees “plane nosedive” - and pokes at Trump
Update January 24, 19:55:
Even in the
United States
that run
corona vaccines
to slow.
Joe Biden's
health
minister-
designate,
Xavier Becerra
, has now promised help to the states - and has illustrated what he believes is a precarious situation with a drastic comparison.
"You can't just tell the states: Here is the vaccine, here are the masks, now let's get started," Becerra said on CNN on Sunday.
The
Biden administration
sees a key problem in the fact that under his predecessor Donald Trump, the central authorities would have taken care of distributing the vaccines in the country - but left the rest to the states.
In response to repeated questions, Becerra left it open as to when every American would have the opportunity to get a corona vaccination.
That depends, among other things, on the coordination between local and central authorities - and he does not want to give a date until it has been reliably set.
“
The plane is diving
- and we have to pull it up.
It won't happen overnight, ”Becerra said.
Update from January 24th, 3:10 p.m.:
Kamala Harris
and the second gentleman, Dough Emhoff, still have to wait until they can move into their official residence.
The property is currently being renovated.
Until then,
Joe Biden
gives them
shelter - in
the US President's guest house
,
Blair House
, directly across from the White House.
This was announced by Kamala Harris spokeswoman Symone Sanders on Saturday.
It is still unclear how long the couple will live there.
Vice-Presidents have lived in a residence on the
grounds of the Naval Observatory
, three kilometers from the White House,
since 1977
.
After
ex-Vice-President Mike Pence moved out
, the chimney hoods, among other things, had to be replaced, as reported by several media.
The property has
33 bedrooms, according to
the
Washington Post
.
The Blair House, where the couple currently lives, consists of four buildings and has more than 120 rooms and 18 employees.
In the White House, the presidential couple has 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms.
Until shortly before she was
sworn in as Vice President
, Kamala Harris, who was previously a
Senator for California
, lived partly in an apartment in Washington.
Turbo start for Joe Biden: US President turns away from Trump policy with numerous decrees
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Joe Biden signs "Executive Orders" in the White House
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First report from January 24th, 10:50 am:
Washington, DC - US President
Joe Biden
has no time to lose.
Even before his
inauguration on January 20, he made it
clear
that he wants to start his work on day one
.
And he kept his word.
In his first 48 hours in office, Biden signed 27 decrees, welcomed his new employees, and returned the United States to major international treaties and organizations.
“Let's start over,” he said during his inaugural address.
It's a new day in America.
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 20, 2021
Joe Biden wants to reverse Trump policy - an overview of the most important measures of the first days
Paris climate agreement:
Under ex-President Donald Trump, the USA withdrew from the
Paris climate agreement
shortly after the US elections
.
By “executive oder” - a decree that does not require the approval of Congress - Biden reversed this in the first hours of his presidency.
thus the United States will rejoin the international agreement within 30 days.
World Health Organization (WHO):
Donald Trump
accused the
WHO of
serious omissions
in the wake of the corona pandemic
.
And announced that the country would be removed from the organization.
Biden revised that now.
And
Anthony Fauci
, the corona expert * who was almost shot by Trump, already attended a meeting and was appointed head of the WHO delegation of the USA by the 46th US President.
Building the Wall in Mexico:
It should be one of his big projects.
The construction of the wall between Mexico and the USA - with that Donald Trump already prominently denied his election fight.
However, the controversial project had not really made any progress.
The new US president has now finished building the wall.
Entry
ban
for people from Muslim countries:
Donald Trump wanted to ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the USA.
Much of this order did not go through in court.
But
Joe Biden
has
now completely dissolved
the so-called
"Muslim Ban"
.
Keystone gas pipeline:
The oil pipeline project was quite controversial, even if
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described
Biden's stop as a "disappointment".
Under Biden, the US should pursue climate-friendly policies.
A project close to the heart of its
Vice President Kamala Harris *
, who, as a former senator of the forest-fire-ridden California,
knows
the
consequences of the climate crisis
only too well.
Joe Biden
also started
*
immediately his fight against the
corona pandemic raging
in the
USA
.
And ordered a mask requirement in all federal authorities by “Executive Order”.
He also called on the people of the states to wear masks and keep their distance for 100 days.
Donald Trump had
increasingly ridiculed
wearing masks
during the
Corona crisis
and found it difficult for himself to use this simple means of fighting pandemic.
The ex-president is currently grappling with a variety of concerns.
Because his
political immunity
has ended since the change of power in the White House.
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