It was a great speech. I have a question. About 4 min into the speech, a group of around 6 military men came down the steps behind him and stood behind him. It was around the time that he was talking about power back to the people.
I don’t recall ever seeing that at any other inauguration. Did any one else notice it? What do you think about it? What was it about?
It did seem a little unusual, if only because they entered the frame of the camera, had to know they were doing so, and it was not a formal, regimented and stylized movement as it would have been, had it been ceremonial. They were coming down fairly quickly. No idea what it was about. Hope there was no threat, but I admit the thought did cross my mind at the time.
Read that it had started to rain and the military men came down to hand out ponchos.
I’m pretty sure it had something to do with the rain, not with a threat.
Well, maybe a threat to his hairdo. ;-)