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(CNSNews.com) – Presidential historian Craig Shirley characterized President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address as “a direct indictment of [President] Obama and the status quo” and “a declaration of war” against the Washington establishment.
In the 16-minute speech Trump delivered on Friday after he was sworn-in as the nation’s 45th president, he said that his inauguration was “not merely the transfer of power from one administration to another, and from one party to another.
“We are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the people,” Trump told hundreds of thousands of supporters attending his swearing-in ceremony on the west front of the U.S. Capitol.
“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” Trump vowed.
The new president also assured the nation that the U.S. “will be protected by God” in the days ahead as “a new national pride” allows Americans “to heal our divisions”.
“Trump’s speech blended FDR’s Forgotten Man, [Ronald] Reagan’s conservatism, [Andrew] Jackson’s populism and [Charles] Lindberg’s America First,” said Shirley, a biographer of former President Ronald Reagan. “But there was also a generous helping of compassion. It was a direct indictment of Obama and the status quo.
"Invoking God was significant as was the uplifting nature of the end of his speech. It was a declaration of war against Washington and the status quo as surely as the colonies made against the British Empire. However, this war will be fought with ideas and passion.
"There were few memorable phrases [in the speech], but the battle has been enjoined,” Shirley added.
Conservative leaders also praised Trump’s speech for sending a clear message to the average American.
“Donald Trump once again spoke to Americans who don't populate the corridors of power and made a solemn promise in clear, everyday words: ‘ I've got your back’,” Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, told CNSNews.com.
“All the pieces woven together made a very strong speech,” agreed Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
“The important thing is that you don’t see him moving away from the themes that brought him to this point, which we’ve seen so often in the past,” Perkins told CNSNews. “He showed he was not equivocating. He promised to do what he said he would do.”
In the 16-minute speech Trump delivered on Friday after he was sworn-in as the nation’s 45th president, he said that his inauguration was “not merely the transfer of power from one administration to another, and from one party to another.
“We are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the people,” Trump told hundreds of thousands of supporters attending his swearing-in ceremony on the west front of the U.S. Capitol.
“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” Trump vowed.
The new president also assured the nation that the U.S. “will be protected by God” in the days ahead as “a new national pride” allows Americans “to heal our divisions”.
“Trump’s speech blended FDR’s Forgotten Man, [Ronald] Reagan’s conservatism, [Andrew] Jackson’s populism and [Charles] Lindberg’s America First,” said Shirley, a biographer of former President Ronald Reagan. “But there was also a generous helping of compassion. It was a direct indictment of Obama and the status quo.
"Invoking God was significant as was the uplifting nature of the end of his speech. It was a declaration of war against Washington and the status quo as surely as the colonies made against the British Empire. However, this war will be fought with ideas and passion.
"There were few memorable phrases [in the speech], but the battle has been enjoined,” Shirley added.
Conservative leaders also praised Trump’s speech for sending a clear message to the average American.
“Donald Trump once again spoke to Americans who don't populate the corridors of power and made a solemn promise in clear, everyday words: ‘ I've got your back’,” Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, told CNSNews.com.
“All the pieces woven together made a very strong speech,” agreed Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
“The important thing is that you don’t see him moving away from the themes that brought him to this point, which we’ve seen so often in the past,” Perkins told CNSNews. “He showed he was not equivocating. He promised to do what he said he would do.”
