Delivering his second inaugural address indoors because of the frigid weather conditions in Washington, President Donald Trump vowed Monday to restore integrity and efficiency to government.
Having won in November not only the popular vote, but also with a decisive Electoral College victory, Trump struck a mostly unifying tone from inside the Capitol, invoking Martin Luther King Jr. and asserting, “Impossible is what we do best.”
The following are eight takeaways from his address:
1. ‘Stars and Stripes on the Planet Mars’
Among the newer policies Trump spoke of was putting a man on Mars.
“We will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars,” Trump said.
Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, stood and applauded with a smile after that comment.
Musk is separately heading…
