A year and a half ago, the political candidacy of Donald J. Trump was widely dismissed as a joke, by Democrats and by members of his own Republican party. Today, Trump gets sworn in as the nation’s 45th president.


A year and a half ago, the political candidacy of Donald J. Trump was widely dismissed as a joke, by Democrats and by members of his own Republican party. Today, Trump gets sworn in as the nation’s 45th president.
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