Donald Trump slowly walks down the steps of Capital One Arena, past the ecstatic crowd of his supporters gathered in the sports arena. He has been the 47th President of the United States for a few hours, Monday January 20, and carries a black binder in his hand. On the stage, a desk was set up with the presidential seal. It was there that he signed, to applause, a series of presidential decrees whose content was summarized concisely by an advisor. The staging is unprecedented, between a sporting and political spectacle, that of a new extraordinary power. Showing the crowd his first signatures, Donald Trump then left the stage throwing pens, like a tennis champion on the court hitting victory balls towards the stands.
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-Shock wave, saturation of the antennas: this was the first day of the 47th president, after the inauguration ceremony. For weeks, his advisers had been preparing public opinion for a clear break, with a flurry of presidential decrees. It took place. On the arena stage, Donald Trump began by revoking 78 decrees from his predecessor, Joe Biden, concerning both the reduction in the price of certain medications, anti-discrimination programs and sanctions against certain violent Jewish settlers in West Bank. Then he announced – as in 2017 – a withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. Washington is also leaving the World Health Organization.
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