Donald Trump’s 30-minute inauguration speech was slightly less dark than the “American carnage” speech from his first inauguration eight years ago, which described the United States as a crime-infested hellhole. crime and drugs. But he still presented the United States as a country in “decline” and presented a series of attacks against his predecessor Joe Biden.
Using Trump’s own words, former US Studies Center senior fellow Bruce Wolpe, Herald Columnist Jacqueline Maley and American Studies Center Economic Security Program Director Hayley Channer discuss the following abbreviated speech, its hidden meanings, and what the future holds over the next four years.