Official Washington appeared shellshocked after president vowed ‘nothing will stand in our way’ at inaugurationUS politics live – latest updatesThe US awoke to a transformed political and cultural landscape on Tuesday after Donald Trump punctuated his political comeback with a blizzard of first-day executive orders making good on his central campaign promises while promising that there was more to come.Official Washington appeared shellshocked after the returning president vowed that “nothing will stand in our way” in his self-proclaimed crusade to end American “decline”. The declaration – in an inaugural address whose combative tone seemed to bear out his previous pledge to be a “dictator on day one” – was followed up by the sweeping scale of his executive orders that left opponents scrambling to respond. Continue reading...