When Donald Trump took the Oath of Office for the second time to become the 47th President, he had his hand on two books, a ...

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Donald Trump's first inaugural address was the shortest in decades, but was no where near the shortest speech.

As the inauguration and MLK Day converged, Trump’s nod to the civil rights leader was smothered in a speech of grievance.

The day after the election last fall, Kotkin, of Stanford’s Hoover Institution, conversing with Justin Vogt of Foreign Affairs, expressed impatience with those who say of Trump, “That’s not who we are ...