Trump’s Celebrity-Free Inauguration Is Great for America

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National Review
Charlie Peters
Jan. 14, 2017

A modest inauguration is much more in keeping with our democratic form of government.

As a Briton born after 1953, I have yet to witness a royal coronation at Westminster Abbey. However, every four years our American cousins treat us to a spectacular, regal, and full-blown monarchical affair as the president of the United States takes his inauguration oath. With parades, concerts, and lavish luncheons, the inauguration has become an event fit for a king, not the president of a republic.

But ironically, the celebrity-cum-president Donald Trump is likely to have an inauguration with a very modest celebrity influence. America’s famous names aren’t fans of Trump, with a multitude of reality-TV stars, Hollywood favorites, and Broadway actors expressing their dislike for the president-elect and his administration.

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Dubya spent $2 billion on transportation?

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Meh - I agree with my esteemed compatriot here. It is rather a relief to have something more low key than usual - and certainly NOT what I expected from the dude that gold plates his toilet. 

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Meh - I agree with my esteemed compatriot here. It is rather a relief to have something more low key than usual - and certainly NOT what I expected from the dude that gold plates his toilet. 

I think Trump's anxious to get to work--and if he could, he's take the oath and then sit down in the Oval Office and start cancelling Obama's executive orders.   ^-^

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Meh - I agree with my esteemed compatriot here. It is rather a relief to have something more low key than usual - and certainly NOT what I expected from the dude that gold plates his toilet. 

I've wished for a return to sobriety since JFK.