But the second occasion of Trump taking the oath of office also put him in an entirely new light. For the first time, he is holding power under circumstances in which reasonable people cannot deny a basic fact: He is the greatest American figure of his era.
It’s too early to tell, but a Civil War historian thinks the 47th president could earn a place in history comparable to Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR.
The second Trump inaugural fund is on track to be the most lucrative yet.
Inauguration officials have told fundraisers that they are on track to raise more than the $107 million they brought in for Trump’s first inauguration.
Disqualifications of hostile prosecutors, dismissed cases, withdrawn prosecutions, and defamation damages sink the battleships of legal warfare against the once and future president.
If that moment marked Trump’s nadir, today we are witnessing his apotheosis. On the cusp of his second presidency, all of us—from his most fanatical supporters to his most fervent critics—are living in the Age of Trump. He dispatched his Republican rivals in near record time.
Past recipients of the title include Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ayatollah Khomeini — but somehow Trump is the one that makes people want to unsubscribe from the magazine altogether.
Obama and Biden tried to make the US more like Europe but the 47th president is a throwback to national exceptionalism.
….the ultimate American, works to make America American again.
“According to our Nov. 15-17 survey, 54% of voters approve of the way Trump is handling his transition, compared with 38% who disapprove,” wrote Morning Consult’s Eli Yokley.
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten broke down Americans’ historically high optimism and approval for President-elect Donald Trump throughout his transition period during a Monday segment.
Our age of bizarre ideological conceits—climate-change alarmism, transgender ideology, immigration extremism—is reminiscent of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes.’
Donald Trump’s supporters and critics alike have called his election victory a revolution. He himself once promised it would mark a retribution. To me it has more the feeling of a revelation.
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