Eight years on from the president-elect’s first inauguration, the mood in Washington feels less like resistance and more like resignation.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.It was a primal scream from a nation in collective shock. No sooner had Donald Trump been sworn into office after his election victory in 2016, than hundreds of thousands of Americans raced to the streets to display their rage.
“I’m sure we’ll see some agitation in the streets, but there’s nothing like the shock and emotional visceral reaction that we saw when he was elected the first time,” says Heath Mayo, the founder of Principles First, a grassroots conservative group that serves as an alternative to the MAGA movement.
“If you’re rooting against the president, you are rooting against the nation,” the straight-shooting, hoodie-wearing Fetterman told America’s ABC News ahead of the Mar-a-Lago meeting.Trump, meanwhile, enters inauguration week more emboldened and powerful than ever. Polls are showing more favourable approval ratings than the last time he entered the White House.
Festivities begin Saturday with a reception and fireworks display at Trump’s Sterling golf club in Virginia, followed by a “victory rally” in downtown DC on Sunday and a candlelight dinner for the president later that night.
“We’ve all been here before, so we’ve got to actually make a plan on how we’re going to be ready to activate and support community over the next few years,” says Tiffany Flowers, the campaign director of The Frontline, a coalition that works to protect voter rights. In a farewell speech at the Oval Office on Wednesday night, the departing Democrat wished the new administration well, but he also warned the country of the challenges ahead.Credit:“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights, freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead,” Biden said, in a nod to Trump, Musk and the other billionaires in his successor’s orbit.
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