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The President of the United States, Joe Biden, had to undergo an intervention, Friday, November 19, For the first time in history, a woman, Kamala Harris, temporarily exercised the presidential prerogatives.
“For 1 hour 25 minutes today, the most powerful man in the world was a woman, Kamala Harris, who from the White House held the office of President of the United States, with notably in her possession the famous nuclear codes”, reports Friday, November 19 the journalist Loïc de la Mornais, in duplex from Washington.
The handover was largely anticipated. “Joe Biden, in a Maryland hospital, had to undergo a routine medical check-up” and “colonoscopy under general anesthesia”, adds the journalist. As permitted by the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, he therefore transferred his powers temporarily to his vice-president. A first for a woman. George W. Bush had used it twice, with his vice-president Dick Cheney.