{"id":159350,"date":"2021-01-20T23:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/"},"modified":"2021-01-20T23:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:29:24","slug":"biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden Inauguration: Five takeaways from a day of &#8216;hope and renewal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40211b30209\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40211b30209\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/#Bidens_goal_The_Reunited_States_of_America\" >Biden\u2019s goal: The Reunited States of America<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/#The_firsts_are_foremost\" >The firsts are foremost<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/#First_steps_anti-Trump_and_predictable_in_a_very_un-Trumpian_way\" >First steps: anti-Trump, and predictable in a very un-Trumpian way<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/#What_they_wore_a_very_2021_edition\" >What they wore, a very 2021 edition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-inauguration-five-takeaways-from-a-day-of-hope-and-renewal\/#Trump_to_US_%E2%80%9CHave_a_good_life%E2%80%9D\" >Trump to U.S.: \u201cHave a good life.\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Biden Inauguration: Five takeaways from a day of &#8216;hope and renewal&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bidens_goal_The_Reunited_States_of_America\"><\/span>Biden\u2019s goal: The Reunited States of America<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The tasks ahead of President Joe Biden require him to engage in so much healing: of those literally sick or at-risk from coronavirus; of the ailing economy; of the scars of racial injustice and white nationalism. \u201cA cry for survival comes from the planet itself,\u201d added the environmentally minded president. But in particular, Biden\u2019s inaugural address stressed the need for unity as his most vital responsibility\u2014a route to fixing all the other problems.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a message infinitely more humble than his predecessor\u2019s \u201cI alone can fix it.\u201d It cuts against the desires of much of the Democratic base, which wishes to treat the other side with as much contempt and indifference as the Republicans dished out\u2014and a show of magnanimity has become a good deal less imperative now that Biden\u2019s party holds both the House and (more narrowly) the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>But the cross-partisan spirit has animated Joe Biden throughout his four decades as a senator and vice-president. Though he reliably backed many Democratic causes over the years, he also voted for Republican tax cuts and overseas adventures, while counting conservatives like Mitch McConnell and John McCain as folks with whom he could collaborate across the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>In Wednesday\u2019s address, he twice referred to the Civil War, and how the country prevailed through that existential test. To ensure his nation passes this trial, he pledges a renewed culture of kindness and collaboration that four ugly years had corroded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts. If we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we\u2019re willing to stand in the other person\u2019s shoes. As my mom would say: just for a moment, stand in their shoes. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because here\u2019s the thing about life. There\u2019s no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days, you need a hand. There are other days when we\u2019re called to lend a hand. That\u2019s how it has to be.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden inherits a Washington that prefers tracking wins and losses, that has stopped looking for compromise. To truly accomplish what he\u2019s set out for himself, he will likely have to sacrifice\u2014or at least slow-walk \u2014parts of \u00a0his own agenda. Unity will require him to instil patience on both sides of the partisan divide. Can he?<\/p>\n<p>Well, he\u2019s waited 33 years since his first presidential run to get to this inauguration. Without question, Joe Biden has a lesson or two to offer when it comes to patience.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_firsts_are_foremost\"><\/span>The firsts are foremost<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The problems that are now the Biden administration\u2019s to solve may seem overwhelming, so it\u2019s only fair to let Biden and Harris bask in the symbolism and meaning of their Day 1 before they tackle all the work. Harris made history in a host of ways, starting with the fact no \u201cshe\u201d has been sworn in through more than two centuries of U.S. inaugurations. The intonation of poet Amanda Gorman as she greeted\u00a0<em>Madam <\/em>Vice President said it better than any of the preceding speeches. Harris is the first Asian-American and Black person to serve in her role. She took her oath on the bible owned by Justice Thurgood Marshall, the country\u2019s first Black Supreme Court justice. Former president Barack Obama was so caught up in the moment he was sn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing phone pictures as Harris entered the stage.<\/p>\n<p>For the benefit of a new administration that embraces immigrants and diversity, Jennifer Lopez interrupted her singing to shout in Spanish: \u201cOne nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was the sea of flags along the National Mall, representing all 56 states and territories. But it also represented the space where people could not gather due to the twin scourges of the pandemic and right-wing violent extremism. The mere fact a transition of power took place on the Capitol steps without further violence was poignant, coming two weeks after a crazed attempt there to thwart the handover.<\/p>\n<p>And after four too-noisy years, Biden paused in his speech for a moment of silence. It recalled the 400,000 American dead of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_steps_anti-Trump_and_predictable_in_a_very_un-Trumpian_way\"><\/span>First steps: anti-Trump, and predictable in a very un-Trumpian way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even as he made his appeals to unity, Biden worked swiftly with several first-day executive orders ending some of the worst acts of the outgoing president: the construction of Trump\u2019s wall, the entry ban from Muslim-majority countries, prohibitions on federal diversity and inclusion training. Other orders aim to give \u201cDreamer\u201d immigrants a path to citizenship, and to reunite the U.S. with the rest of the global community in the World Health Organization and Paris climate accords.<\/p>\n<p>While these actions strike at the heart of Trumpism, they are not anathema to traditional Republican doctrine, much of which the former president clumsily disregarded or sought to revise. A notable exception is a policy that has attracted Canadian ire: the cancellation of the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Despite last-minute howls of outrage on both sides of the border, that move, like the others mentioned above, had been telegraphed by Biden\u2019s team for several months. And this lack of surprises\u2014this reassuring return to consistency and predictability\u2014 is itself a notable break from the Trump agenda.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1216190\" style=\"width: 4010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1216190 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BIDEN-INAUGURATION-MARKUSOFF-JAN20.jpg\" alt=\"Former U.S. President George W. Bush, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama arrive at the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2668\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. President George W. Bush, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama arrive at the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC.\u00a0 (Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_they_wore_a_very_2021_edition\"><\/span>What they wore, a very 2021 edition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Observant chroniclers may note the striking purple coat by a young Black designer that the vice-president wore. Or the bold burgundies on Michelle Obama. Or the righteous dimple on Biden\u2019s half-windsor necktie knot. But, let\u2019s take what everyone hopes is history\u2019s last opportunity to remark upon Inauguration mask fashions.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the sea of standard black cloth and disposable protectors, some stood out: first lady Jill Biden\u2019s soft-blue mask was off-hue from her ocean-blue tweed coat and dress, but cleverly complemented them. The president\u2019s navy-coloured mask glimmered in the sun. Nancy Pelosi, known for her <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/20\/fashion\/nancy-pelosi-face-masks.html\">fondness of designer face coverings<\/a>, donned the turquoise-accented number she wore to Trump\u2019s latest impeachment vote. Daringly, Senator Amy Klobuchar went for Republican red with a big floral design, while former president George W. Bush opted for royal Democrat blue. Bill Clinton had an array of white stars on black, dude-ishly dangling below his nose.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Pence had a mask with the vice-presidential seal that is no longer on his business card, while Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, displayed West Virginia pride with a flag mask. Bernie Sanders and Mitch McConnell eschewed style with hospital-issue disposables, while ranking fashionista Lady Gaga didn\u2019t walk to her gold microphone in a matching mask, or any mask at all\u2014though she donned a black cloth covering when she took her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly distanced seat.<\/p>\n<p>Masks are now a key part of Washington fashion, as they should have been for 10 months. They might be for about that long again, but ideally no longer than necessary.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trump_to_US_%E2%80%9CHave_a_good_life%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Trump to U.S.: \u201cHave a good life.\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Trump presidency ended at Joint Base Andrews with a final outdoor superspreader gathering of fans, the familiar soundtrack from the Upbeat \u201970s and \u201980s Supermarket Radio Channel, and one last meandering, triumphalist speech. This was not the grand send-off Trump may have fancied, some 1,461 days after his own inauguration. The only trappings of formal pageantry, aside from his slow march with Melania to Air Force One, were the cannon salute and a military band playing \u201cHail to the Chief\u201d as his entrance music, instead of his customary walk-on, the corny country ballad \u201cGod Bless the U.S.A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His address, though brief for Trump, was a valedictory bit of rhetorical whiplash. He predicted \u201cgreat success\u201d for the incoming administration (which he didn\u2019t mention by name), after spending months pre- and post-election forecasting apocalypse if he lost. Trump pre-emptively claimed credit for the anticipated economic and pandemic recovery under Biden\u2014this after Trump himself rode the wave of late-Obama-era growth.<\/p>\n<p>An aide wrote him speech text boasting along themes like greatness and \u201cAmerica first,\u201d but Trump completely ditched the script, instead rhyming off some greatest hits like his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/12\/21\/790492010\/trump-created-the-space-force-heres-what-it-will-do\">establishment of Space Force<\/a> and a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/10\/01\/fact-checking-first-trump-biden-presidential-debate-part-2\/\">false<\/a>\u00a0claim of \u201c91 per cent approval rating\u201d among veterans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be back in some form,\u201d Trump said. And this is verifiable: his presence will be felt in Washington in coming days, if not in person, then in the form of an impeachment trial that will occur in the same Senate chamber that rioters acting in his name ransacked two weeks ago. \u201cHave a good life. We will see you soon. Thank you,\u201d the loser of the last election concluded. Then on came \u201cYMCA\u201d and \u201cMy Way\u201d as he made off for one last presidential jet ride to Palm Beach, Fla.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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