The conservative City Journal described Trump’s inauguration as “exhilarating”, arguing it was “safe to be a white male again” (while also criticizing Trump’s speech for failing to offer “any gestures of reconciliation toward the previous administration”).
‘Safe to be a white male again’: how conservative media covered Trump’s first week The right is ecstatic about the end of the Biden era – but remains polarized about some of Trump’s decisions.
A New York Post op-ed a couple of days before inauguration argued that Trump’s “smashing victory is inspiring conservative parties in Canada, Europe and elsewhere to get off the mat and fight to reverse their countries’ progressive slide into oblivion”.
Across the conservative, “post-liberal” and alternative media spheres, journalists, pundits and some social media circles celebrated the end of the Biden era with the enthusiasm of rebels toppling the relics of a collapsing dictatorship.
That sentiment was widely shared, with rightwing pundits framing Trump’s inauguration as “regime change” and “revolutionary” and mocking the “panic attacks” of liberal late-night hosts and MSNBC anchors.
