Inauguration Day 2017: Celebration and chaos greet Trumps ascension
Source: Washington Post
As Donald John Trump prepared to take the oath of office as the nation’s 45th president on Friday and thousands of his supporters celebrated the moment, downtown Washington erupted in chaos.
Less than two miles from where President Obama and his predecessors, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, joined hundreds of elected officials gathered at the west front of the U.S. Capitol, anarchists marched through the city’s streets, toppling over news boxes, smashing bus stop windows, spray-painting buildings and, in one case, bashing in the windows of a black limousine. The acts of violence prompted helmeted police to chase the protesters with batons, hose them with pepper spray and fire flash bangs into their ranks. The sound of explosions and sirens filled the cool air – marking the most intense confrontations in a morning during which protesters had successfully shut down at least a few checkpoints.
At noon, the Republican real estate mogul will become the president, capping a campaign that galvanized millions of Americans who were eager to embrace a Washington outsider willing to say, or tweet, whatever is on his mind. Trump — who has never before held elected office — was jubilant Friday morning before attending a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church and sharing tea with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House.
And legions of his supporters were on hand to embrace their new president.
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