Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises

AP ^ | 1/20/25 | STEVE PEOPLES, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BILL BARROW

[DallasBiff]

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address featured similar themes to his first: a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems.

Eight years ago, Trump described “American carnage” and promised to end it immediately. On Monday, he declared that the country’s “decline” will end immediately, ushering in “the golden age of America.”

Trump added a long list of policies that sounded more like a State of the Union speech than an Inauguration Day speech. But the broad themes were fundamentally Trumpian, setting himself up as a national savior

[DallasBiff]

Aw poor AP babies, Trump's inaugural speech was the best of my life.

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[Opinionated Blowhard]

Well, let’s see. You had Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden there. All four of them deserve to be ripped into.

[sauropod]

Ape Pee never fails to smear.

[MikelTackNailer]

It occurred to me that, in Japanese culture, an outgoing leader having all his failings cited to his face like President Trump just did to Biden in public would be obligated to commit suicide immediately.

As ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin used to say: “He stomped a mudhole in him and walked it dry.”

[Robert DeLong]

Well, they deserved that and a whole lot more,

[Iron Munro]

[Allegra]

Well, let’s see. You had Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden there. All four of them deserve to be ripped into.

I loved it! We were laughing as he ripped in to them, saying, “Mr. President, they’re *right there.*” 😄😆

[Iron Munro]