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President Joe Biden slouched off to Bethlehem in his best William Butler Yeats fashion Wednesday night, speaking to the American people for the last time as president.

A once-proud empire, the envy of the rest of the world, slouches toward decadence and spectacle under the hand of emperors for whom the cruelty, and the entertainment value, are often the point.

The director of revered films like “Traffic,” “Erin Brockovich” and “Magic Mike” slouches as he speaks, but is alert and engaged throughout our 90-minute conversation.

Trump, the “rough beast slouching toward Washington,” embodies the unraveling Yeats foresaw — a figure of disruption whose ascent marks a profound fracture in the democratic order.

The Labour front bench looked slumped, slouched and sullen today - the realities of government still proving heavy after less than six months in office.