We don’t know what the next four years will look like, but, no matter the incoming president, Inauguration Day always carries with it the air of hope, the promise of the future, the spirit of unity.
Today, at least half the electorate is excited that Donald Trump is the former and now current president, 45th and 47th. Another half is worried about what might transpire with that reality.
For us, although we never endorsed the president for office, we are at once enthusiastic for the possibilities and apprehensive about what might happen.
It’s a daunting world that Trump encounters, so squaring that with his ability to usher in a new “Golden Age” for the country that he mentioned in his inaugural address will not be easy.
On Monday, the new president in a 30-minute United States Capitol speech reminiscent of his many campaign rallies — including his rally Sunday night at Washington’s Capital One Arena — toggled between all that was wrong with the past four years under former President Joe Biden and all that he has in store to make it right.