![]() No wonder that a Council on Foreign Relations policy expert deemed it one of the two worst inauguration speeches of all time (the other being James Buchanan’s, which blamed the country’s persisting problems on the distraction of the slavery debate.) At Biden’s swearing in, the reassuring theme of light and hope took center stage. In fact, every dignitary on stage displayed the kind of joyful celebration normally reserved for greeting returning war soldiers.īy contrast, Donald Trump’s inauguration speech four years ago was a dreary and dismal affair, laced with rhetoric of “American carnage.” Her glistening eyes told the whole story. Then, the sun broke out and beamed brightly over the first few bars of the national anthem.Ī mere mask could not conceal Vice President Kamala Harris’ beaming smile. ![]() But perhaps in a sign of the outgoing President’s quickly diminishing influence, gentle snowflakes performed a graceful dance to Earth on cue, just as incoming President Biden was about to make his appearance on the inaugural stage. The dark and divisively opposing forces of the past couple of months were always hellbent on raining on Joe Biden’s parade. ![]() Juliana Silva Photo courtesy of Juliana Silva ![]()
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