Quotes
I’ll only do what the law allows, but I will go up to the maximum level of what the law allows.”
Trump told TIME last fall It has only been used three times since, by President Obama at each of his inaugurations and by President Trump at his first inauguration in 2017,
The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,
Trump wrote on social media this month So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." ... Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Franklin Roosevelt stood before a nation shattered by the Great Depression and sought to instill a new resolve with these words ... John F. Kennedy uttered what was perhaps the most famous inaugural line of all Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you."
Bush then did the same for Bill Clinton, writing Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
In Reagan’s first inaugural address, he staked out the guiding principle of American greatness in the world Millions have placed their hopes in you, and all of us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure."
When President Trump entered the White House for his first term, he found a note written by Barack Obama President Trump leads from the front. You kind of amplify from the back, and it took a while to get used to the fact that he would make decisions and make them known on his own timeline,
As I said, we're going to be talking about unity, and we're going to be talking about success, making our country safe, keeping people (out) that shouldn't be in our country — we have to do that,
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
It was during his first inaugural address that he delivered a line now known to virtually all Americans, telling the people Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country,
We all grew up here being educated in a democracy with free speech,
said Brar, the filmmaker behind The Marriage of a Scientist The message is now recently with the Supreme Court making its decision on official acts and immunity and President Trump making statements,
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Unlike most of the ceremony, the wording of this oath is specified in the Constitution We have this period where we kind of functionally have two Presidents,
Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it,
It ultimately goes up to me, so you're going to see what I'm going to do,
Trump reportedly told CNN's Pamela Brown in a phone call Congress has given me the decision, so I'll be making the decision."
He went on, according to Brown
