I agree with @kaelci, @karupanocitizen. The translation is quite good, and easy to follow. I imagined the president trying to step back in time, to prevent a disaster before it happened, only to find himself in some creepy alternate universe.

He recognized himself walking through a ghostly New York, whose streets seemed stopped in time. The restaurants were still open, although there were no diners. The traffic lights giving instructions to lit vehicles but without any passenger driver.

Well done!