President Joe Biden is opening up about what he hopes his legacy will be from his time in office.
During an interview with Biden, journalist Brian Tyler Cohen ticked off a list of previous presidents and their legacies and asked Biden what he hopes to be remembered for.
The president responded by saying that he does not “think in terms of legacy” but “in terms of the needs immediately.”
He shared that he decided to run for president to “restore the soul of America,” “rebuild the backbone of the country,” and unite the country.
However, Biden said, “I hope my legacy is that I was able to restore some decency and honor to the office. I was able to bring the middle class back to a place where they had a real opportunity, giving them an even chance to succeed. And I was able to reconstruct our alliances which had been frayed so badly internationally. And that I was able to bring people together.”
“I think we’re making slow progress on some of these things. But I think that’s where we’re moving. I hope my legacy is that I restored the soul of this country… we were able to build the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not the top down, and that we’re able to unify the country again,” he added.
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During the 2020 campaign, Biden vowed to “restore the soul” of America and unify the country.
While he still has three years left in his first time, polls have found that so far, Americans are divided about whether Biden has been successful in his effort to unify the country.
A Quinnipiac poll from January found that 49% of Americans believe Biden is doing more to divide the country, while 42% said he is unifying it.