President Donald Trump is now officially the 47th president of the United States.
Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 was marred by violence from the left; it was also surreal. The media were utterly shocked by Trump’s victory — Trump himself seemed shocked, too — and that disbelief translated into four years of extraordinary efforts to deny that Trump had indeed won, ranging from attacks on social media companies to blaming Russian collusion.
Not so this time.
I was in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration. The streets were calm — and, despite the freezing temperatures, filled with Trump supporters. There was no violence. In fact, a sense of quiescence pervaded the town, a recognition that not only had Trump won, but that he had won convincingly.
This makes perfect sense.
As the first president to serve non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland, Trump doesn’t…
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