We've Only Just Begun

I know that if Hillary had won the election, and Republicans were going around grumbling that "she's not my President," I'd be telling them to man up (correct phrase, too) and reminding them of the structural majesty of the transition of power in our American democracy. And if it had been, say, Marco Rubio being sworn in yesterday, I believe I’d have succeeded in thinking along those lines.

But not with President Trump. I can’t get there, can’t get over my alarm and disbelief.

The speech itself was noteworthy for its refusal to conform to conventional expectations and protocols. It was rude, bellicose, and totally true to form.  Basically he stood up there and said that the whole crew of people assembled around him – congresspeople and presidents, of both parties – had created a disaster, visiting “carnage” upon the country, and that everything from now on would be different.

Trump said the same things on the campaign trail, and in the same way. But whatever happened to the promise of being “presidential” once he got elected? There was little that was unifying, little attempt to play beyond his own voters. That sea of white faces. Very sad!

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