Donald Trump Inauguration: US President Promises a Second Term Focused on Immigration and Nationalism, as Well as Revenge and Retribution
Today, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC, the 47th President of the United States was sworn into office. The second Trump era has begun.
Melbourne, January 21: (The Conversation) Today, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC, the 47th President of the United States was sworn into office. The second Trump era has begun. In his inaugural address, Trump outlined a radical agenda to reshape American life and the United States' role in the world. As was widely predicted, Trump's speech focused on the same things he has been focused on relentlessly for years: immigration, fossil fuels, revenge and retribution, and an aggressive 슬롯사이트œAmerica First슬롯사이트� nationalism 슬롯사이트� a nationalism that is rapidly morphing into naked imperialism.
While the speech itself was unremarkable 슬롯사이트� a standard Trump effort mostly indistinguishable from countless others 슬롯사이트� it marks the beginning of a second administration that will be radically different from the first. Trump's narrative of victimisation, his attacks on vulnerable groups and focus on his base will continue. But this time they are underpinned by a level of preparedness for action that did not exist in 2016. H-1B Visa Under Trump 2.0: Will Donald Trump's Return Impact Indian Techies Working in US With H-1B Visas? Know Where US President, Elon Musk and His Other Supporters Stand on Issue of Hiring Foreign Talent.
On immigration: 슬롯사이트œour sovereignty will be reclaimed슬롯사이트� As Trump himself noted in some unscripted remarks after he left the Rotunda, he has been talking about the 슬롯사이트œborder crisis슬롯사이트� since he first descended that golden escalator in 2015. Trump's (or more likely, his speechwriter's) invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, for example, nodded to the depth of legal and historical knowledge that has been brought in, and how that knowledge will be used as a weapon against the institutions of US power.
Trump has continued to blame the United States' woes on 슬롯사이트œillegal슬롯사이트� immigration. In the first hours of his presidency, he promised to declare a 슬롯사이트œnational emergency at our southern border슬롯사이트� and to deploy troops. While the new administration's efforts to radically reshape the immigration system and engage in mass deportations will inevitably be embroiled in chaos, this second administration has learned the lessons of the first. Trump understands just how politically effective it can be to target minorities and vulnerable people, shifting blame for big structural problems onto outgroups such as immigrants or transgender people.
On climate: 슬롯사이트œdrill, baby, drill슬롯사이트�
The other emergency, as Trump outlined it today and has many times before, is one of 슬롯사이트œenergy슬롯사이트�. Trump and the powerful interests that support him have long claimed that climate action undermines US power. By declaring a national energy 슬롯사이트œemergency슬롯사이트�, Trump hopes to ease the way for more and faster permits for oil and gas extraction and use, despite outgoing President Joe Biden's efforts to thwart him. Donald Trump Inauguration: EAM S Jaishankar Joins Roster of International and US Leaders, Takes a Prominent Seat at Swearing-In Ceremony (See Pics).
Trump has already signed an order to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord for a second time. As Los Angeles continues to burn, the world can no longer hide behind US 슬롯사이트œleadership슬롯사이트� on climate action. Trump has vacated the field 슬롯사이트� the question is, now, who will fill it?
On justice
슬롯사이트œA mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal슬롯사이트� Trump has long promised revenge and retribution for those he perceives to have wronged him, so it is no surprise this theme was prominent in his inaugural address. He promised, again, to stop the 슬롯사이트œweaponisation슬롯사이트� of the Department of Justice. His nominee for attorney-general, Pam Bondi, is widely expected to be an effective footsoldier in Trump's war on institutions, enacting revenge on her boss's behalf.
Trump will also revive 슬롯사이트œSchedule F슬롯사이트� via executive order, which will theoretically allow him to reclassify and then fire thousands of independent public servants and replace them with lackeys across federal government agencies and departments. Officials in the Department of Justice are already being removed. And, also as foreshadowed, he has moved quickly to pardon the January 6 insurrectionists, whom he refers to as 슬롯사이트œhostages슬롯사이트�.
On the world: 슬롯사이트œA peacemaker and a unifier슬롯사이트�
Trump's version of 슬롯사이트œpeace슬롯사이트� and his promise to 슬롯사이트œstop all wars슬롯사이트� must be understood in the context of his imperial revival. As he so clearly outlined, Trump's 슬롯사이트œpeacebuilding슬롯사이트� is in fact the aggressive assertion of US dominance, in the Western hemisphere and beyond. On the Panama Canal, for example, Trump was unequivocal: 슬롯사이트œWe're taking it back.슬롯사이트� This brazen imperialism is not limited even to this planet. Trump outlined a vision for conquering Mars, too, which he described as the 슬롯사이트œmanifest destiny슬롯사이트� of the US.
Trump is apparently content to leave that destiny in the hands of Elon Musk, whose invocation of 슬롯사이트œthe future of civilisation슬롯사이트� (alongside not one but two apparent Nazi-style salutes during the ceremony) leaves no doubt as to the nature of these aspirations. Now officially US president, Trump has outlined his radical vision for the country and the world. While there is no coherent strategy behind that vision, its aims are clear. Trump and his allies seek to build a new 슬롯사이트œgolden age슬롯사이트� for their particular version of America 슬롯사이트� an America that is radical, aggressive and unforgiving. That America might well be, as Trump claimed, 슬롯사이트œfar more exceptional than ever before슬롯사이트�. (The Conversation)
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