Conclusion
On January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump took the oath of office as the forty-fifth president of the United States. Standing on the steps of the US Capitol, he painted a grim picture of the country: “Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.” He went on to detail each of these tragedies. But, he promised, the “American carnage stops right here and stops right now . . . America will start winning again, winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.”...