Published on January 21, 2025 at 05:31. / Modified on January 21, 2025 at 05:37.
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“The inaugural address is usually an opportunity to bring the American people together, if only for a day, and to convey an optimistic vision of America’s future,” wrote the NZZ in an analysis summoning the fiery words of Kennedy in 1961 and those, full of confidence, of Roosevelt in 1933. It was 5:30 a.m. in Switzerland, the middle of the night in Washington and until then, it was reasonable to believe that Donald Trump would bend, at least a little, to convention – his advisers had promised a speech on the “unity” of the nation, after his 2017 comments on “American carnage”.
But who really believed it? A few hours later, in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, the 47th President of the United States replayed “his biggest hits” for 29 minutes, analyzes the Wall Street Journal. Perhaps in a more polite way, without straying too far from what the teleprompter told him, but without betraying the themes dear to his heart either. “For much of his speech he did not sow inspiration. He served warnings and settled scores,” reacts the columnist of New York Times Frank Bruni.
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