Trump’s team has learned how to weaponize his power over the Republican party to achieve their political goals
Donald Trump swept back into the presidency in a display of brute force power on Monday, seizing control of the optics of the inaugural ceremony and then the federal government before he signed a flurry of executive orders as his aides took over the West Wing.
The return of Trump to office was choreographed on his terms – and notably, for television – after he announced in a Truth Social post without telling anyone first that he was moving the outdoor ceremony inside the rotunda of the US Capitol because of the cold.
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