“Factories are “rusted-out” and strewn like “tombstones” across the land; schools “deprive” students of knowledge; crime and drugs have “stolen lives and robbed the country;” infrastructure has fallen into “disrepair and decay.”
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Not the kind of speech one gives at an inauguration, with the outgoing president standing next to you and members of Congress gathered around you. But then, Trump is no statesman, he has no diplomatic skills. He is still fighting an election campaign, when, as the newly-anointed president, he should be conciliatory and attempting to unite a divided country.

Yes, it was a screed, rather than a speech, but it is what the world has come to expect from someone who believes the Presidency is all about him.