Trump Vows to Put American Interests First in all Decisions
So, it’s not much of a surprise that the turnout at his inaugural concert was lacklustre in comparison to Barack Obama’s in 2009. “America first”, Trump said.
The most notable of the morning’s protests was organized by the anti-war ANSWER Coalition, just near Pennsylvania Avenue. But in fact there has also been a great deal of wealth distribution in the US, thanks to tax and trade policies from which Trump and many members of his Cabinet have benefited.
“We knew we were gonna win”, Trump said beforehand.
The pair made a stylish entrance to the Liberty Ball at the Washington Convention Center, arriving just after 9.30pm to take their first dance as POTUS and FLOTUS to “My Way”.
“Should I keep the Twitter going or not?”
But it was pure Donald Trump-and didn’t surprise me a bit.
Impact Hub Ottawa held a lunch session Thursday to discuss how the new administration’s policies could affect Canadians. In a similar vein like his predecessor did when he asked black fathers to step and take responsibility for the children first as a senator running for president in 2008 and then again in 2013. Her most recent book is The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents.
Still, that’s cold comfort to the people of rural, industrial, and white America who catapulted him and whose suffering is real and their anger at not sharing in the wider prosperity, palpable. The tweet itself was retweeted more than 13,000 times. They felt compelled to turn out for this president in particular, who they view as representative of regular Americans instead of an insider politician beholden to corporate and other special interests. He added that the transferring of power from one party to another was not the only thing taking place. “It is really relevant to our work”, she said. We hope he is able to deliver on his promises to the people, and wish him well. Prior to his swearing in, Mike Pence was sworn in as vice president by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. “[Trump’s election] is something that was not regular politics”.
But away from the jubilation in the ballrooms there were ugly scenes as thousands of anti-Trump protesters took to the streets in the American capital and across the U.S. to vent their anger.
Still, with Trump’s history of extemporaneous, free-flowing remarks, anything could happen. “That’s all we can pray for”.
It was hard. And at times very uncomfortable for the students, according to an article posted on BU Today, the college’s news website.
President Donald Trump triumphantly greeted supporters at the first of three inaugural balls today, joining his stunning first lady on stage to tell them: “We did it”.
As many as 900,000 people are expected to turn out for the event, including thousands of protesters.