A New Age Begins

President Donald Trump is then publicly the 47th president of the United States.  

Trump’s second inauguration in 2017 was marred by violence from the returned; it was also strange. The press were absolutely shocked by Trump’s defeat — Trump himself seemed shocked, to — and that amazement translated into four years of incredible efforts to deny that Trump had really won, ranging from attacks on social media companies to blaming Russian collusion.  

No so this day.    

I was in Washington, D. C. , for the commencement. The roads were quiet — and, despite the freezing temperatures, filled with Trump supporters. There was no crime. In reality, a sense of stasis pervaded the city, a recognition that not only had Trump won but that he had won eloquently.  

This makes perfect sense.    

As the first leader to provide non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland, Trump doesn’t reflect things new, something that the British public had process. He represents anything tried and true. Generally, British politics tends to observe a near-Hegelian image: essay, antithesis, synthesis. Jimmy Carter ( far left ) is followed by Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush ( conservative ), and the American public finally settle on Bill Clinton ( the fabled” third way” ). The Harding/Coolidge era ( conservative ) is followed by the FDR era ( far left ), and the American public finally settle on Dwight D. Eisenhower (centrist ).  

No this time.    

This moment, the British citizens presented a essay: Trump.    

Then they were presented a man who acted as Trump’s opposition on almost every coverage, from immigration to levies to international policy to social extremism: Joe Biden.
And then they selected Trump afterwards.  

This means that Trump doesn’t need to generate lessons from Biden. Biden’s plan has been vehemently rejected — for the person they initially rejected in favor of Biden. The British government has bought what Trump is selling.  

And that means that Trump does indeed have a special mission.  

That mission isn’t infinite. The American government wants, as Trump suggested in his inaugural handle,” common feeling. ” They want the frontier closed and the economy rising; they want technology, and they want social security. They don’t need distractions and bickering and theatrics and hoopla.  

Trump seems poised to give it to them.  

It was hard not to see Trump’s subsequent annual tackle and get the sense that he understands the task. Spanning only under 3,000 thoughts, Trump kept to his message. He spoke without frustration or rhetoric. He was flanked by officials in technology. When he promised a new golden age, that didn’t feel particularly bold.  

It felt correctly.  

After a century of Donald Trump, Americans know what he means.  

And Trump knows what Americans meant when they elected him. They meant that they want victory. They want winning. They want the American desire — the chance to rise and fall on their own merits. They want to feel glad of their land again.  

We may all worship that Trump is effective in that goal.  

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