Wind chills hovered in the teens on Monday morning in the nation’s capital as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepared to take the presidential oath of office inside the more comfortable U.S. Capitol Rotunda. It was fitting it was so frigid in Washington, D.C., on this Inauguration Day. Democrats had long thought it would be a cold day in hell before Republican Trump would be elected president again.
But here he was, the man the left loves to hate, being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
‘I Was Saved by God’
Let’s face it, a lot of Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers believed the 45th president would be in prison by Jan. 20, 2025, a day Trump in his inaugural address — for so many reasons — declared as “Liberation Day.” Plenty of MAGA conservatives rightly worried, too, that this great drainer of the swamp, the disrupter of the deep state, wouldn’t make it to this moment.
But by the grace of God and a fragment of an inch, Donald Trump stood before his fellow Americans and raised his right hand to once again “solemnly swear to faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.” Political redemption and the sweet, sweet revenge of success? Sure. The hand of providence? Trump absolutely believes so, and so do many of his supporters.
“I was saved by God to make America Great Again,” he said to a standing ovation from his family and friends. Cameras panned to the president’s wife, First Lady Melania Trump, and their son, Barron, who fervently nodded. His political opponents, who have spent the better part of the past decade trying to destroy him, kept their seats, their eyes filled with a mix of disdain and loss. […]
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