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Trump’s Back. What Now?
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
In his inaugural address, the president’s proposals were a mix of the serious and the strange.
By Oliver Wiseman
01.21.25 — U.S. Politics
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Yesterday, we saw the second inauguration of Donald Trump. Unsurprisingly, he did it his way. He danced onstage with the Village People the night before he took the oath of office. He moved the ceremony inside the Capitol because of the cold. He gave tech CEOs choice seating in the rotunda. And he delivered a speech that at times felt less like an inaug…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is a senior editor and writer for The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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