Trump’s inauguration speech to trade ‘American carnage’ for ‘unity’, aides say
Jan 17, 2025
Aides signal his address will be noticeably more upbeat compared to grim ‘American carnage’ speech in 2017Who’s on the Trump inauguration guest list?US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s aides have signaled that Monday’s inauguration speech will strike a noticeably more upbeat tone than his equivalent address eight years ago, when he talked darkly about “American carnage” and depicted the US as a country riddled by violent crime, drugs and economic degradation.The news website Axios cited Trump associates as saying “light” and “unity” would be the guiding themes – exemplified by a “one America, one light” prayer service for donors. Continue reading...