The wrecking ball

A blitz of executive orders, a radical shake-up of the global order and a ‘revolution of common sense’ were among the 47th US president’s immediate pledges, marking a new era of disruption and division

David Smith

HE IS RISEN. After dodging an assassin’s bullet and the prospect of jail, Donald Trump staged a political resurrection like no other. On Monday, as he returned to power, he embraced the role of a demagogue on a divine mission. Sworn in as the 47th US president at the US Capitol in Washington, Trump delivered an inaugural address that cast himself as a holy warrior. The first convicted criminal to take the oath of office channelled eight years of grievance and retribution to roast his predecessor, Joe Biden, sitting just metres away, as both his biological family and adopted family – the tech billionaire boys – looked on. And in setting out a far-right populist agenda that spanned the border, the classroom and the rapidly heating planet, he reached for…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 24 January 2025

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