Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States on Monday, January 20, on a remarkable inauguration day that was notable for the signing of dozens of executive orders intended to shake up the country. American editorial writers have already set about closely scrutinizing the president's inaugural speech in an effort to assess the scope of the many decisions he has already made.
In the eyes of David Mastio of the Kansas City Star, it's difficult to make sense of Trump's inauguration ceremony for all its "cognitive dissonance." "He said, 'I want to be a peacemaker and a unifier,'" noted the Midwestern newspaper's editorialist. Yet "no American politician for 50 years has thrived more on strife and division than Trump."
Consequently, when the president was sworn in, "half of America saw a God-touched savior about to return America to its rightful 'manifest destiny' ... the other half feared a nation on the verge of fascism and ... a tech billionaire oligarchy," writes Mastio.
In the Washington Post, journalist Dan Balz notes that the president's inauguration for his second term differed starkly from the one that launched his first term in the White House, in 2017. Back then, "he was slow to populate his administration," he said, whereas today, Trump has arrived in office with "a loyal group of aides and advisers who share his diagnoses and remedies."
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