To quote a legendary political ad: It's morning again in America.
President Donald Trump's America, that is.
That 1984 patriotic slogan won Ronald Reagan a second term, and Trump's inaugural speech—actually, much of his campaign—reflected Reagan, deliberately and coincidentally.
Trump spoke calmly as he excoriated the Biden administration, saber-rattled our enemies and reminded us all of American power, supremacy and exceptionalism.
“America's Golden Age Begins Now!”
Bam. What an absolute stunner of an opening line.
Are precisely What a tired population, crushed for years by a Democratic Party that has nothing but contempt for this country that so desperately needs to hear.
The Donald Trump we saw on Monday is markedly different from the Donald Trump inaugurated eight years ago. Even his critics should agree: Trump has matured and 47 will be a very different president than 45.
The Donald Trump we saw on Monday is markedly different from the Donald Trump inaugurated eight years ago. Even his critics should agree: Trump has matured and 47 will be a very different president than 45.
To quote a legendary political ad: It's morning again in America. President Donald Trump's America, that is. (Photo: Melania Trump).
Just look at his tie, blue and red intertwined, which looked purple from a distance.
In case we didn't get the message: “My proudest legacy,” Trump said, “will be as a peacemaker and a unifier. That's what I want to be.'
Take that, Barack Obama. Take that, Joe Biden – who sat shamelessly, yet gently humiliated as Trump, telling us he was here to fix everything Biden and the Democrats have broken.
Trump spoke of “an exciting new era of American success” and the return of “sunlight.”
The parallels with Reagan are indeed staggering. Like the so-called “Great Communicator,” Trump defeated an incumbent Democratic president who led the nation into global retreat and recession.
Like Reagan, whose election guaranteed that Iran would return the American hostages it held for 444 days while his predecessor did little, Trump's victory guaranteed that Hamas would agree to a ceasefire and begin releasing hostages – three on Sunday, a day before Trump's inauguration, showing Biden for the spineless, senile wreck that he is.
Yes, Joe Biden is Jimmy Carter: weak, worthless and responsible for America's decline. The only difference is that Carter had real morals and ethics. Biden pardoned his entire family fifteen minutes before his departure.
Not that they are criminals of course!
Get rid of bad junk.
“Let's make America great again” – that was Ronald Reagan in 1980. Who would have thought that Donald J. Trump would be his political, philosophical and spiritual successor?
Not many presidents have been shot in an assassination attempt, survived and been re-elected, like Reagan and Trump. Only Reagan and Trump were inaugurated indoors for their second terms.
Trump has clearly modeled this new version of himself on Reagan. That bodes well.
The “American carnage” and dark vision that animated Trump's first inaugural address are long gone.
Instead: optimism, patriotism, freedom of choice and speech, pride in hard work and no excuses for well-earned wealth. A restoration of core values and common sense.
Imagine that.
How satisfying, how deserved, to watch Joe and Jill, Kamala and Doug, Bill and Hillary listen stone-faced as Trump calmly and quickly destroyed them and their pernicious, reckless policies.
He mentioned the hostages that Biden almost never talked about, and offered “prayers” for them and for peace in the Middle East.
He declared two genders, male and female, and promised to end the manipulation of “race and gender in every aspect of public life.” To 'bring law and order back to our cities'. To secure the border and designate cartels and gangs as terrorist organizations.
And in a nod to JFK's own inaugural promise to put a man on the moon, Trump wants to plant the American flag on Mars.
In case we didn't get the message: “My proudest legacy,” Trump said, “will be as a peacemaker and a unifier. That's what I want to be.'
Take that, Barack Obama. Take that: Joe Biden, sitting shamelessly but gently humiliated as Trump, told us he was here to fix everything Biden and the Democrats broke.
Sure, it's wild, but so what? No one thought JFK's dream would ever come true either.
Speaking of: how incredible to see the relative youth and brainpower literally behind Trump.
Apple's Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and his vulgar girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, with bulging breasts – a true rebuke to the liberal gerontocracy that sits fittingly to Trump's left.
Our 47th president is prioritizing futurism, a new space age, and our greatest exports: technology, of course, but also innovation and creativity.
He will ensure that companies, large and small, can flourish.
Shame about being an American no longer fits here.
Make no mistake: the white snowstorm on the eve of Trump's inauguration, that deep freeze on the East Coast, was America's last winter sleep.
His swearing-in marks a thawing – and if you don't believe me, check out the footage of Jill Biden hugging Kamala Harris! Isn't there peace that Trump can't facilitate?
What a comeback for a president beset by lawsuits and impeachment, by a liberal media determined to keep him out of office, and a Republican Party that wanted him gone.
“I am proof,” Trump said, “that nothing is ever impossible in America. The impossible is what we are good at.'
On to the next four years.
