TRUMP RENOUNCES NATIONS POLITICAL CLASS.
President Tars Establishment as Faithless and Corrupt.
' President Trump’s Inaugural Address on Friday was a scalding repudiation of the Washington establishment. The question left hanging after this angry jeremiad: How will the new commander in chief be able to work with these people to govern the country?
Uncompromising in tone and entirely in keeping with his insurgent campaign, Mr. Trump dispensed with appeals to unity or attempts to build bridges to his opponents. He tarred the nation’s political class, arrayed behind him on the West Front of the Capitol, as faithless and corrupt.
“Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs,” he said. “And while they celebrated in our nation’s capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.”
“That all changes,” a grim-faced Mr. Trump declared, “starting right here, and right now.” . .
But none in recent memory have appeared so ready to lead by going to war against the existing order.
That could include members of his own party. Mr. Trump is as close to an independent as has ever served in modern times. He ran against the Republican establishment as much as he ran against Hillary Clinton.
In his address, he ignored the Republican leadership in Congress, and said nothing about working with Speaker Paul Ryan or Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to advance a legislative agenda. His views on trade, foreign policy and the role of government are at odds with Republican orthodoxy, setting the stage for a clash between the party and its standard-bearer.
As for the Democrats, there were signs, under the leaden skies on the National Mall, that they were already girding for battle. The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, issued a blunt warning to Mr. Trump, moments before he was sworn in, that the American people would stand up for the rule of law, a free press — the things, he said, “that make America America.”'>>>
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