President Donald J. Trump’s astonishing inaugural address was a short one, only 16 minutes or so in the rain. It wasn’t a symphony. He used the pronoun “I” only three times. And there were no baroque flourishes to send tingles up the legs. This wasn’t a smooth-talking politician inviting us to climb aboard his fancy word ship for a voyage beyond the stars. He did not call upon the angels. Instead, he spoke in dark tones to the forgotten man.
President Trump and the forgotten man
