Watching the US Inauguration

NannyC2

Interesting to read all the comments.
I agree that America will be great again but thanks to Trump not Biden.
You really think this is over? I think the best is yet to come - keep watching, I think you are about to be astounded shortly!

The last time you said this we watched and the saw people trying to overthrow democracy in Trumps name. Is this what you want NannyC2, when round the world a sigh of relief is being heard?

I do wish we had an ignore button. I just don't want to read Trumps nonsense today.

NannyC2 like it or not Biden is now the inaugurated President of the USA and I can’t see how that can change for the next 4 years.

CarlyD7
sadly, I don't think we've seen the last of him
According to Cornel West The reign of Obama did not produce the nightmare of Donald Trump - but it did contribute towards it
So, it's very possible that history could repeat itself.

NannyC2

Interesting to read all the comments.
I agree that America will be great again but thanks to Trump not Biden.
You really think this is over? I think the best is yet to come - keep watching, I think you are about to be astounded shortly!

So you keep telling us, in much the same words.

NannyC2

Interesting to read all the comments.
I agree that America will be great again but thanks to Trump not Biden.
You really think this is over? I think the best is yet to come - keep watching, I think you are about to be astounded shortly!

Don’t be so ridiculous. Trump is a mean spirited weak individual who lies and feeds off adulation. Without that he is nothing.

Vickysponge

Grandma70s

“Why did a quite solemn occasion then turn into a Broadway act?”

Precisely, Marmight. No sense of what is appropriate.

Completely agree with both comments. Inappropriate and undignified considering the state the country is in. I also saw a fireworks display on the news this morning and the Bidens staring dreamily up at the sky with (I think) Katie Perry bellowing in the background. ?

Oh dear. The only way is what we do eh ? I’m off for some fresh air,

The U.K. feels like a very small mean minded country after watching Biden’s speech and his initial immigration executive orders.

Interesting to read all the comments.
I agree that America will be great again but thanks to Trump not Biden.
You really think this is over? I think the best is yet to come - keep watching, I think you are about to be astounded shortly!

Lady Gaga was magnificent, I have serious frock envy!

Loved every minute of it and even though I'm not American I'm relieved for the sake of us all. It's was awful at this specific time during a pandemic that so much hate was being spread in the name of patriotism. Much needed calm is needed now and taking care of the less fortunate too.

I know it sounds odd to you but they have always used famous singers to sing patriotic songs. (We think it’s odd that you sing to the Queen to be saved when she has no real power.) Different customs for different countries.
The night before, a nurse who sang to Covid patients, sang at the memorial for those fallen from the virus. She had a great voice too.

Who would you have liked to be singing? Frank Sinatra, and "My Way"?

Oh, wait.......

Grandma70s

“Why did a quite solemn occasion then turn into a Broadway act?”

Precisely, Marmight. No sense of what is appropriate.

Completely agree with both comments. Inappropriate and undignified considering the state the country is in. I also saw a fireworks display on the news this morning and the Bidens staring dreamily up at the sky with (I think) Katie Perry bellowing in the background. ?

As an American I was calm for the first time in four years, yesterday. We want boring. .Joe isn’t there to entertain us as Trump did. I am so proud of their memorial to the 400,000 people who died of the virus the night before the inauguration. And yesterday’s ceremony was very patriotic. Joe will tell it like it is without lies.
As for Trump, he told us he would be back in some form. His children have political ambitions so that’s probably what he means. He had signed an agreement with the city of Palm Beach that his club is a business and not a residence. He can only live there 21 days a year although he was there 30 last year. He was a nightmare, bullying, lying and a narcissistic human being who cared for no one but himself. He abandoned his country with the virus and promised us better healthcare which we never got. He said Mexico would pay for the border wall and that never happened. He destroyed environmental protections. He invited anger and never condemned violence until pressured into as an afterthought.
I am hoping to sleep better now. It won’t be perfect but it won’t divide us .

One last thing about Trump (and then never again) but interesting to look at the low lifes he "pardoned" - all accused of corruption and perverting the course of justice. They either knew too much about him (and he didn't want them testifying at his Impeachment) or he will need their advice to form his new Party - sadly, I don't think we've seen the last of him.

So, Trump sneaking out the back - no line of White House staff to say goodbye (as is traditional). Wouldn't go to the inauguration (I bet they were all relieved) but gave himself a 21 gun salute to see him off (like the narcissist he is). Heard on the radio today that Melania "outsourced" her thank you cards to the staff (traditionally written by hand by first ladies) to someone-else to be typed out. He was ungracious to the end - glad to see the back of him (but hope someone is keeping an eye on his shady dealings from now on). The world suddenly feels a lot safer.

I watched it right the way through as I always enjoy things like that. It was wonderful. I thought Gaga was great and sang from the heart (I'm a big Gaga fan), and JL was fine.
Just because America doesn't do things in the same way that we do, it doesn't mean they are wrong. Just different.
I wish President Biden all the luck in the world. I do think he is rather old for the job, but I wish him all the best.
I'm sad to read some of the mean spirited comments on here.

I’ve watched the last 3 inaugurations, mainly because the US is so important to us too. But I must admit they are a bit tedious.

I saw that Trump awarded himself a 21 gun salute and a rendition of Sinatra singing My Way. Classy.

I wish Jo Biden and Kamala Harris all the luck in the world, they’re going to need it.

I think President Biden made a great speech. He seems like a genuine person. I think he will get America back on track. The best of luck to him

eazybee

Neither Lady Gaga, who looked like a Pantomime Dame, nor Jennifer Lopez added to the dignity of the ceremony.

Oh dear another mealy mouthed comment I just saw. Is this the “conservative ( note the small c) British way is the only way “ attitude ? Lady gaga is flamboyant , she sang with feeling and looked incredible.

I wonder if the America will divide into states, as one resident from Texas suggested? As England is slowly dividing, Food for thought.

As for "solemn" - I didn't think Vice President Harris was solemn. She looked on the verge of jumping up and down with excitement and who could blame her!

Oh, by the way - what about the firefighter giving the Pledge of Allegiance with sign language!

Sooze58

I’m very worried. I wasn’t a Trump fan but at least you could see everything - what you saw was what you got, whereas with Biden it’s hidden. He is a lefty, woke, virtue signalling man with a very dodgy background.....
He is an IRA sympathiser who with Obama bombed 7 different countries!!! His speech was a load of waffle which everyone wanted to hear but meant nothing. He was very quick to condemn (quite rightly) the storming of the Capitol, but no condemnation of the Antifa rioting and looting. Dangerous man.

You weren’t a trump fan? Really ? Could have fooled me.

Trump still has a large following even among the coloured and ethnic population and it really needs a younger , stronger President to cope with the problems that will ensue in the future.