Inauguration Day has come and gone, and all the worst possible scenarios of what that day would be like, have been accomplished.
America is in the midst of a Right Wing Extremism Revolution, totally mean spirited, and vengeful.
Donald Trump did not hold back in his open criticism of Joe Biden, right in front of the outgoing President.
He moved to promote a vast number of executive orders, and made clear his repudation of a climate crisis, and his aggressive attitude toward Panama, indicating a likely forced retaking of the control of the Panama Canal.
He also gave pardons or commutations to all of the January 6 Insurrectionists, a travesty of justice, and a clear signal to those lawbreakers that they can commit future crimes with impunity, as long as they do so in the name of Donald Trump!
He also showed his plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America via Presidential edict, although that would not be legal, and to bring back the old name of Mount McKinley in Alaska, which had been renamed Denali after a native American tribe.
This also marks the new admiration of President William McKinley, based on his promotion of high protective tariffs in the Gilded Age, and his promotion of expansionism, including the Spanish American War and the takeover of the Hawaiian Islands during his administration from 1897-1901.
It will take many days, if not weeks, to fully absorb what Donald Trump is doing to revolutionize America and take away basic American democracy.
But those who care about democracy must not give up the fight, and be in despair, as instead, it needs to be looked at as a crisis similar to the Civil War, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Great Recession, and the Covid 19 Pandemic, each of which was overcome by strong, principled leadership by various Presidents and Congresses!
None of these executive orders he signed lowers the price of eggs.
The only thing he signed that had anything to do with pricing was an executive order concerning prescription drugs. Biden had decreased the price of drugs. Trump reversed that.
Trump went to the National Cathedral’s interfaith Service of Prayer for the Nation. Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde made a direct plea to President Trump during the sermon to have have mercy on immigrants and the LGBTQ community. Trump didn’t like that and ranted about it on social media, calling her sermon “nasty”.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-responds-to-sermon_n_679099f0e4b0aa51e7c33b6e
Trump needs to look in his mirror to see someone who’s nasty.
Trump is firing government DEI employees.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/white-house-government-dei-employees-on-leave/index.html
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman announced that ICE agents can arrest people at churches and schools.
In addition to threatening tariffs on Mexico and Canada, Trump is considering a 10% tariff on all Chinese goods starting as early as February 1.
Trump is directing federal health agencies to pause communications.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/hhs-cdc-fda-trump-pause-communication/index.html
Yesterday, Trump fired the Coast Guard chief, the first woman to lead the branch.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fires-coast-guard-linda-fagan_n_67902a8de4b013c7b9fde2bc
It’s very obvious that he fired her for being a woman.
Amid his flurry of first moves as president, Donald Trump tapped a vehement supporter of Jan. 6 rioters, right-wing activist Ed Martin, to serve as Washington, D.C.’s interim government prosecutor, NBC News reports.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/ed-martin-trump-us-attorney-washington-dc-rcna188631
Trump Pulls John Bolton’s Secret Service Protection
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-john-bolton-secret-service_n_67907e7ae4b0aa51e7c334ad
Trump’s inauguration ratings were down.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-ratings_n_6790ec96e4b0835f2b83049a
Republicans Won’t Denounce Trump’s Pardons For Jan. 6 Rioters Who Beat Police Officers
A few lawmakers spoke out, but most GOP senators gave Trump a pass for pardoning violent offenders who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-trump-jan-6-pardons_n_678fef6ae4b02903dff7df0a
Trump Administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page, social media
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-spanish-language-website-62224890c5b05c8ce0878358ba4a5266
A GOP member wants that bishop “added to the deportation list”.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5098959-gop-member-wants-bishop-added-to-deportation-list-after-trump-prayer-service/
That’s complete insanity!
US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/us-military-troops-southern-border/index.html