Inauguration Day: Two presidents, two speeches, and an uncivil war
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The Times
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🗓️ 21 January 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Some 25,000 troops stood guard during the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The high levels of security was just one sign that the country is facing great challenges domestically. What does the mood in Washington tell us about the future of the United States under new leadership?
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- Michael Chertoff, Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
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| 0:42.2 | You can see the flags in the |
| 0:43.2 | background so were reporters the hair blowing. Yesterday as dawn broke across |
| 0:48.8 | America Donald Trump woke up in the White House for the last time. |
| 0:55.0 | Banned from Twitter, he'd been unusually quiet for a few days, |
| 0:59.1 | but as he left the White House and the presidency, |
| 1:02.4 | he more than made up for it. |
| 1:04.0 | The president said is goodbye, but he hopes it's not a long-term goodbye. |
| 1:07.0 | We're seeing Marine One now fly away from the White House for the last time carrying Donald Trump |
| 1:12.0 | as president of the United States. |
| 1:14.4 | And with a flutter of helicopter propellers, he boarded Marine One off to make one final |
| 1:20.3 | speech as President. |
| 1:22.3 | For the first time, since 1869, there would be no |
| 1:26.1 | welcoming words for his successor. As we watch this, I'm struck because we have |
| 1:30.3 | this wide vantage point of the White House and the whole complex that if you |
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