Eight years ago, Donald Trump delivered an inaugural address that set aside the typical optimism and promises of unity with a dark portrait of national life
FILE - President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017. delivered an inaugural address that overshadowed the typical optimism and promises of unity with a dark portrait of national life.installed the phrases “American Carnage” and “America First” into the presidential lexicon.
“Politicians prospered — but the jobs left, and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land. ... The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.
This line, punctuating Trump’s description of a dwindling nation, became shorthand for his 15-minute speech. A “different reality exists” than what is depicted in presidents' usual national praise, Trump said: Trump inherits what has been an inflationary economy — but also one that stabilized and grew under President Joe Biden after a global pandemic that began during Trump’s first term. And income gaps in America were widening before Trump or Biden became president.
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