Trump’s inauguration speech to trade ‘American carnage’ for ‘unity’ – aides
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Aides signal his address will be noticeably more upbeat compared to grim ‘American carnage’ speech in 2017. Donald Trump’s aides have signaled that Monday’s inauguration speech will strike a noticeably more upbeat tone than his equivalent address eight years ago, when he talked darkly about “American carnage” and depicted the US as a country riddled by violent crime, drugs and economic degradation.
News website Axios cited Trump associates as saying “light” and “unity” would be the guiding themes – exemplified by a “one America, one light” prayer service for donors. “Light signifies hope, it signifies a new beginning, it signifies a pathway forward. It’s really something that has been a theme for the inaugural … but also a guiding principle for our team over the past couple months,” one person familiar with the preparations told Axios.
However, any light tone is likely to be superseded darker substance once Trump returns to the White House. He previously promised to be a “dictator” for day one of his term – meaning immediate action within hours of taking office. Trump and his staff issue have promised to issue a flurry of executive orders that are expected to heavily feature a crackdown on immigration, new tariffs on foreign imports and a raft of other campaign promises that have become staples of the president-elect’s rightwing Maga (Make America Great Again) agenda.
During his election campaign Trump campaigned on an extremist platform of remaking American government and the US economy, involving rolling back many of Joe Biden’s actions, especially on the environment, and slashing government spending and the federal workforce.
