President Trump’s inaugural address struck a theme of working together, as a country, to improve.
Remember at the Republican National Convention when Trump was criticized for saying “I alone can fix it?” Opponents claimed Trump was saying he could fix everything by himself, though I always interpreted the remark as Trump saying he was the only person who could fix it as president.
Either way, Trump nixed that tone on Friday and struck a new tone, a tone of “we.”
Trump only said the word “I” three times in his address: “The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans … I will fight for you with every breath in my body. … I will never, ever let you down.”
“We,” on the other hand, came up about 49 times. “We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.”
That kicked off a section of the speech where Trump began 10 straight speeches with the word “we.”
For someone who has concerned many, conservatives and liberals alike, with his ego and how that might affect his actions in the White House, it was good to see Trump at least a little bit humbled, thinking of “we.” Now he just has to follow through on that for four-to-eight years.
Jason Russell is the contributors editor for the Washington Examiner.
