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Pincus at 6:30 narrates how he slowly and then suddenly switched from Democrats to Trump ('red pill moment'). Poor little Pincus.
Trump officially took office today, 20th of January, Monday. But it seems he's been president for months, since the election, and we haven't heard, except occasionaly single headlines, much from Biden.
The Tech bros, who were all seated together, and with the Trump family, were not very talkative together during the downtime (politicians exit building, which took a long time). They were just standing, Musk on his phone, although he had Pichai on one side and a dour Baron on the other.
So far there seems to be no ‘loyal opposition’. Maye they're waitin for Trump to, over the next months, do something unpopular with the people. So far, I don't think he's done anything unpopular.
How much of a surprise all this has in it. Trump was not a politician, was doubted by all, won surprisingly over Clinton, was defeated by Biden (as a reaction to Trump not as a high valuation of Biden), was lawfared, was censored on all the SM platforms, was unjustly characterized as inciting insurrection, won a second term (the only time it's really happened, although technically but very differently Cleveland won a second nonconsecutive term like 150 years ago), and all his policies, all his alliances. The first time it was Bannon and Tillerson, and how these things all fell apart, that general he had for like a month or something. He brought in, right away in 2016, all kinds of celebs, Kanye, to Trump Tower to have interviews. This time, he has the most powerful people, seemingly pretty good stated and seemingly actual goals (has not got there quite in terms of privacy, civil and human rights except some progress in Speech which he now has experience with). He has gone up against all the powers that be, though, threatening all the three letters and other waste and harm beurocracies, and still won, which is something I think most people would have said would not be possible. Massively outspent on the campaign, all the MSM against him (and with 4 years of slander, negative association, actual lies, etc.
The televised inauguration was quite memorable. I don't think I'll forget the images of the honored guests and how they were seated.
‘It was indeed possible,' Trump said at the second address.
FBI acting director Abbate is retiring, he said in an email.