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Lebanon’s outgoing President Michel Aoun vacated the palace of Baabda on Sunday, leaving a void at the top of the failing country. The 89-year-old Christian presided over the state’s financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port explosion that killed over 200 people in 2020. Leaving office with no one in line to replace him also leaves Lebanon facing a constitutional crisis. But despite the troubled legacy thousands of supporters turned out to wave him off after hearing him acknowledge the struggle ahead. “The situation requires a huge effort,” Aoun told the crowd. “You know how much Lebanon a…