Revolution, ritual and pomp: Donald Trump's inauguration is pure political theatre
Michael Idato
Sydney Morning Herald
With motorcades, pomp and pageantry, and uniformed marines festooned in gold and shiny buttons and bayonets, the purpose of America's presidential inauguration is simple: it is pure political theatre.
And while businessman-turned-president Donald Trump may still be finding his size 12 feet in the political arena, he took to the stage today a man in the space he finds most comfortable, playing the star of the show.
And on the stage a firm embrace between the former and incoming president, a far cry from the political battlefield of "birthernism" that the latter tried to unleash on the former, hoping to de-legitimise him. Ironically, today, Trump faces his own struggle with legitimacy. As political theatre, those twists and turns are without peer.
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