Observations on Trump Inaugural Address
January 20th:
For citizens who thought that President Donald Trump would change his
spots in delivering an inaugural address were disillusioned. He
began by stating that he would “deliver the power to the people” and blamed “the
establishment” for the failure of our government. He did this without clarifying what that
means and further it served as an affront to all previous administrations.
2.
He
then used the word “carnage” to lump all the hopeless conditions of our society
including gangs and drugs.
3.
He
further deprecated the previous administrations’ military preparedness and the
decrepit infrastructure.
4. Declared
without reference that the wealth of the middle class had been stolen. He gave
no details.
5. He
then called for a new vision of “America First” which would protect our borders
as part of “Protectionism”, a nebulous declaration that “America wins again”
and that in doing so, we would “Bring back our dreams”.
6. He
inferred that now levels of employment would be reached and America would be “off
welfare” because we would “Buy American and Hire American”. “We would Shine”.
7. His referenced international intentions declaring that he would “eradicate Radical
Islam”.
8. He
declared his love of “patriotism” and that he was convinced that we in America
were “protected by God”.
9. He
then squeezed in out of the blue, a reference to dedication to “pursuing the mystery
of space”, totally out of context with any other statement.
1 He then closed with an impassioned
repeat of the theme of his campaign, that we would together make America great
again.
It was obvious that he wrote the address himself which is
unfortunate but explains the ungraciousness and vapidness of it all. The address loudly
proclaims that previous leaders did not have the best interest of the nation at
heart. Not only did he manage to insult the previous administration and the
entire Washington working force, but failed to even thank the previous
president for his eight years of service.
He referred to re-uniting the country and it seems that he expects a
better economy to do that for there was no other way mentioned. He wants us to believe that patriotism cures prejudice. The old campaign cliches and protectionist rhetoric
adds up to tariffs and isolationism as the new international direction.
The address set a fearful if not a frankly selfish projection--“America First”, projecting doubt in the minds or our long-standing allies as
to where they might stand in the new Trump world. Finally, I have an abiding
distrust in those who tell me I am part of a chosen people protected by
God. That is the mark of a demagogue!
But what did I expect from a walk-on president with thin skin
and an aversion to truth?
