It seemed the author was being sarcastic in pointing out how few celebrities are interested in being part of Trump’s inauguration. He seemed to start out by saying American celebrities turned down offers but only named non-American ones who declined. Then he veered toward Jefferson’s sending a written statement when he was inaugurated, which doesn’t make sense nowadays.
So what was his central point?
I thought his central point was pretty clear. Repeatedly using the correct term “Republic”, and pointing out that an every four year inauguration of an elected executive has become a sort of coronation, and a simple annual report by said executive to his colleagues in the legislature a version of the annual King’s or a Queen’s Speech that opens Parliament, he restated some very sound principles of genuine American conservatism. The writer is a Brit but he said it better than most so called Conservative spokesmen. Funny, but another foreigner named Steyn has that same uncanny gift. Maybe seeing us from the outside gives them a clearer picture of what we are and what we are supposed to strive to be.