I had to work on Inauguration Day.\u00a0 When I took a break, I had a chance to hear the speech.\u00a0 The words are good.\u00a0 Whoever wrote it earned his pay.\u00a0 There is no soaring rhetoric.\u00a0 Its power is in its relevance.\u00a0 I heard a few simple messages.\u00a0 The time for talk is over.\u00a0 The time for action is now.\u00a0 Buy American, hire American.\u00a0 America first.<\/p>\n
I am no longer an overly enthusiastic or optimistic man.\u00a0 I do not assume that good intentions are enough to solve problems.\u00a0 But I note that just as Trump spoke during the campaign to the underlying blindness that republican leaders exhibited to the concerns of the people on the right so his speech here cleaves to his primary message.\u00a0 He declares his mission.\u00a0 Restore America for Americans.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll keep this short and sweet.\u00a0 He begins well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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