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MOBILE, Ala. He strode out on a catwalk at a football stadium here to Lynyrd Skynyrds Sweet Home Alabama. A 50-foot cedar tree, which aides installed behind his stage with a crane, was decorated with Christmas ornaments larger than human heads. His crowd, thousands deep, held up familiar signs (Make America Great Again) and reprised signature chants (Lock her up!).
This is where it all began, President-elect Donald Trump exhorted, basking in the adulation of the Alabamians who had come to see him Saturday afternoon in the same stadium where 16 months earlier he staged the first electric mega-rally of his improbable campaign.
This city in the nations Bible Belt was the symbolic last stop in Trumps journey to the White House the conclusion of a nine-city pre-inaugural roadshow.
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As Trump assembles his administration and prepares to govern, he has continued the divisive rhetoric and showmanship of his campaign. He has mocked his opponents, sneered at the media and trumpeted his electoral feats. To the nearly 54 percent of voters who cast ballots for someone else, Trumps message has been, in short: Get on board or get left behind.
Trumps tone in the run-up to his Jan. 20 inauguration poses a challenge as he seeks to govern a deeply divided nation and build popular support for his policies. And as he tries to pivot from a rollicking campaign, Trump is struggling to tame the army of passionate followers he has playfully called wild beasts.
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hatrack
(59,583 posts)Next question?
Emilybemily
(204 posts)He wouldn't know how to build a bridge if someone held his tiny hand. He is a fucking orange stain on this country.