Trump’s dour encouragement, uplifting scowl

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Here are some adjectives used in an inaugural address not so long ago: “crisis,” “ordeal,” “suffering,” “tyranny,” “dark,” “crime.”

It sounds pretty gloomy, no? Not uplifting? Surely an inaugural speech from a politician taking charge of a new administration should make his rhetoric more uplifting and inspiring?

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