A most dreadful inaugural address
Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s White House counselor, had promised that the speech would be “elegant.” This is not the adjective that came to mind as he described “American carnage.”
.. But cheer up, because the carnage will vanish if we “follow two simple rules: Buy American and hire American.”
.. the checks and balances of our constitutional architecture. They are necessary because, as Madison anticipated and as the nation was reminded on Friday, “Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.”