Trump is back. He is now the 2nd president to have non-consecutive terms, repeating the feat of Grover Cleveland: 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. Trump's inaugural address was a long list of Biden policies that he will reverse or his own former policies that he will restore. He spent a good portion of his speech decrying the damage done over the last 4 years and his intent to repair it. Not one to shy away from hyperbole, he declared that the Golden Age of America was beginning now, and that the best four year of American history would follow. Some of the highlights:
- We're taking back the Panama Canal
- Stay in Mexico policy restored
- Gulf of Mexico is now Gulf of America
- There are only two genders
- Military ejected for failure to take COVID vaccine will be reinstated with back pay
- No more wars. He will be a peacemaker
- Weaponization of DOJ will end
- Denali in Alaska will once again be called Mount McKinley
- Speaking of McKinley, he liked tariffs. Let's do that again
- External Revenue Service - collect taxes from other countries
- Drill, baby, drill. Let's get that liquid gold
- End the electric car mandate
- DOGE: the Department of Government Efficiency
- Let's go to Mars!
America is the greatest country and every other country envies us. They will envy us more now.
It was a practical speech that set out goals and expectations. Here is the initial blueprint for America's future. It was a call to arms against the powers that be. It was missing the line: "There's a new sheriff in town," but it communicated that message loud and clear. It lacked the soaring rhetoric of Reagan or Obama. It had the subtly of a cudgel.
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