From the sublime to the ridiculous, Trump casts himself as a man of destiny in fiery inaugural speech
The 78-year-old is pushing ahead with signing dozens of executive orders at the start of his second term at the White House
PRESIDENT Donald Trump. That very title is jarring for those who remember the attempted insurrection on Jan 6, 2021, in Washington, but the most controversial leader in modern American history is now back in power and feeling quite messianic.
Seeing the 78-year-old inaugurated as the 47th US president on Monday (Jan 20) in the very same Capitol rotunda where that infamous riot took place was surreal, and so was much of his speech.
There was the sublime. Even Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, who only stood to applaud once (for the released Israeli hostages), would have to credit some of Trump’s moments of effective rhetoric. “Impossible is what Americans do best” is a line that would have featured in a typical Barack Obama speech.
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