Wall Street Journal (January 22)
“Every incoming presidential administration is tempted to overread the electorate’s support for its agenda. Judging by the tone and content of President Trump’s Second Inaugural Address, his administration will be no exception.” He has already misread popular support “in his Inauguration Day executive actions.” If this continues, “he’s in for a rude awakening. The people who put him over the top on Nov. 5 weren’t members of his fervent MAGA base.”
Tags: Agenda, Electorate, Executive actions, Inaugural address, Incoming, Maga, Misread, Presidential administration, Rude awakening, Support, Trump
Financial Times (January 26)
“The alternative facts beloved of Donald Trump’s White House doubtless record that the president’s inaugural address was greeted with unalloyed applause across the world. The speech was closely watched. The preponderant reaction among America’s friends was disbelieving horror…. The soft power accumulated by the US over decades drained to nothing in 17 short minutes.”
