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President Joe Biden exits the White House with a record of accomplishment but also lingering resentment toward some onetime allies who pushed him from the race. And he’ll depart amid a strained relationship with his No.

President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.

Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins and economic gains, along with a trail of fractured relationships and grievances within his own party.

Late-night hosts broke down Joe Biden's farewell speech, which warned of the threat of the "tech industrial complex."

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Apart from a lot of sentimental boilerplate, President Joe Biden's farewell address had a key message: The super-rich have too much power in politics.

The outgoing president's message echoed concerns raised decades ago by President Dwight Eisenhower about the military-industrial complex, but with a modern twist focused on the tech

"Today an oligarchy is taking shape in America that literally threatens our democracy, our basic rights, our freedoms," the president said.

Biden is departing Washington having given the fewest news conferences and media interviews of the last seven presidents.

President Joe Biden asserted that America is becoming an "oligarchy" while warning the country in his televised farewell address on Wednesday of a "dangerous concentration of power" by the wealthy.

President Biden entered office alongside a hopeful media, but as four years passed, members of the press were quick to point out that Donald Trump's return would be his legacy.