WASHINGTON (AP) — With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the country’s foundational document.

Biden’s Guydate ends Monday, when he replaced through Donald Trump, a guy he called an existential risk to the nation. Here’s a review of what is likely the last major speech of a political career spanning more than five decades:

The outgoing president used the opportunity to deliver a series of warnings to the American people, much like Dwight Eisenhower did in 1961 when he expressed concerns about the “military industrial complex” in his farewell address.

Biden said that “an oligarchy takes shape in the United States”, while the most concentrated strength and cash in the hands of a few. He criticized the “technological commercial complex” and social networks, where “the fact is suffocated through lies told by force and profits. ” He suggested that the country continue to face climate change, saying: “We will not have to be intimidated to sacrifice the future. “

It’s a surprising assessment for a politician who prides himself on optimism. However, as if to produce his point of view on misinformation, Trump’s communications director and press secretary began to falsely pretend to be on social media that Biden previously recalled the speech.

Biden used the speech to announce one of his most ambitious proposals. He wants an amendment to the U.S. Constitution “to make clear that no president — no president — is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office.”

The proposal is related to a landmark Supreme Court ruling last summer, when the justices said former presidents had giant immunity for official acts while in the White House. The ruling had major legal consequences, significantly narrowing the case against Trump for seeking to overturn his 2020 loss. The fees were rejected after Trump’s victory in November because seated presidents will be prosecuted.

In addition to having an effect on the resolution in the case of Trump, Biden was deeply disturbed through the option to transform the presidents into inexplicable kings.

Biden had other ideas, too. He said there should be higher taxes on billionaires, stricter rules on campaign contributions, 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices and a ban on stock trading for members of Congress.

The speech Wednesday night was one of many occasions Biden Holding as he ended his time in the White House. He gave a speech on foreign policy at the State Department on Monday, and gave a handful of interviews. He also named new national monuments, published new regulations on the use of synthetic intelligence through the United States, and announced that a ceasefire had been negotiated between Israel and Hamas.

His last public appearance before Monday inauguration will be Sunday in South Carolina, where he stops at the African -American Foreign Affairs Museum in Charleston. The State was a very important component of its search for the White House 4 years, helping to download the democratic appointment.

Biden chose to speak from the Oval Office, the most presidential of presidential venues. He sat at the Resolute desk, photos of his family behind him. First lady Jill Biden, son Hunter and other family members, including his 4-year-old grandson, Beau, sat in the office as he delivered his speech.

Not all presidents give speeches in the same place. President Barack Obama went to his home in Chicago for his farewell. Donald Trump never admitted his electoral defeat 4 years ago, however, he gave an initial charge that he made public on January 19, 2021.

Also in the Oval Office were Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff. Harris replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket when he abandoned his reelection bid after a disastrous debate performance. Biden endorsed Harris and hoped she would be replacing him as the country’s first female president.

Instead, Harris looked that Biden spoke of a transition to the next administration.

Biden said Harris has been “a great partner,” adding that she and Emhoff had become “like family.” When he said that, Jill Biden reached over and squeezed Harris’ hands.