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

In his final speech from the Oval Office, President Biden urged the country to remember its roots and not surrender its values at the altar of a populist nationalism that he sees as dangerous.

President Joe Biden offered up a few surprises in his farewell address. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he warned Wednesday about the increasing influence of the ultrawealthy, criticized disinformation on social media and called for continuing the fight against climate change.

But it was Biden’s insistence that he could beat Trump again that led to the painful eclipse culminating in Wednesday’s farewell address. He made the decision to run despite polls that showed Americans believed he was too old and testimony of voters who consistently gave the same message.

President Biden used his farewell address to warn of an "oligarchy" of the ultra-wealthy and a "tech-industrial complex" infringing on Americans' rights.

In a 20-minute farewell address, President Joe Biden said he was optimistic about the promise of America. But he also offered a warning about an emerging tech-industrial complex and dark money in politics.

For the second time in a week, the outgoing president sounded the alarm on “abuse of power” and the ongoing assault on democracy.

Speaking from the Oval Office, the president warned of a rising oligarchy, a potential tech-industrial complex and the threat of the climate crisis in his farewell address to the nation.