There is a prevailing myth in official Washington and it comes down to this: candidates run on one platform, but govern on another. President Trump, therefore, shattered expectations in his inaugural address when he made it clear that he would govern on the same platform he adopted as a candidate.
The front pages of every major newspaper, not only in the United States but in most world capital cities, reflected on the President’s address, and many of them suggested that it was uniquely dark. Many assert that President Trump’s description of “this American carnage” went too far, missing the point that Donald Trump was largely elected by Americans who believe that they have experienced an economic carnage.
The political class gathered there on the West front of the Capitol is a protected class. Very few have to worry about their economic future. That’s largely secured. And as Trump pointed out, much of it has been secured by the payment of the American taxpayer.
