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DJT is the 45th President of the United States
Yesterday I worried. Dan Rather did a rather substantive post that explains pretty accurately how I felt, how I feel. I was not at all impressed with DJT’s speech – it was uninspiring, dystopian and full of grandiose statements with no substantive plans that sounded to me more like a campaign speech than a call to unity or even action. But then again, I freely admit that I don’t like him and therefore perhaps need to give him a break.
In his first day, in the midst of all the hoopla, President Trump:
· signed a proclamation for a National Day of Patriotism -- no details available on what this will be
· signed formal nominations for his Cabinet picks -- SOP
· signed a waiver allowing retired Marine General James Mattis to become the new Defense Secretary, despite a law that would have required him to be out of active military duty for seven years
· suspended a housing order that had benefited people buying new homes by reducing the amount of mortgage insurance needed
· updated the official White House website – the “issues” page lays out the coming agenda.
· signed an executive order directing government agencies to scale back Affordable Care Act regulations, allowing agencies to delay or waive provisions of the law
· ordered a freeze on all pending government regulations in order to review and approve them -- SOP
· took over the social media accounts for the White House – by the way, folks, if you signed up to follow @POTUS and @VP, you are subscribed no matter who the president is so stop complaining that Twitter did something wrong.
· ordered the Department of the Interior to idle its Twitter accounts after the National Park Service posted pictures of the inauguration crowds from 2009 and 2017 side-by-side "... All bureaus and the department have been directed by incoming administration to shut down Twitter platforms immediately until further notice". The following was posted by @NatlParkService , after receiving “social media guidance” [presumably from the new administration] this morning: "We regret the mistaken RTs from our account yesterday and look forward to continuing to share the beauty and history of our parks with you". Here is the offending picture – 2009 on the left and 2017 on the right.
I didn’t march today and that bothers me. But I still feel we need to give the new president a chance, that protesting simply because I despise the man is unfair and the demonstrations are a failure to be willing to listen to almost a third of the country.
All in all it has been an inauspicious start and did nothing to ally my fears and concerns.
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