We got to see every gesture, every laugh or grimace previous presidents and their First Ladies were making. We got to name the tech bros individually as they lined up just one row behind the action, the new aristocracy in the second court of Trump.
Inaugurations are by their very nature the days that history is made. The ushering in of the new president, the passing of the baton from loser to winner. But this inauguration has both written history, and, crucially rewritten history.
The second era of Trump began, in other words, with pardons and commutations for those convicted of assault and of seditious conspiracy. The men and women who were incited to violence to “do right” by Trump who claimed the election had been stolen from him.
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Read MoreHundreds of others will receive “full, complete and unconditional” pardons – wiping their records clean – and making them heroes in the eyes of those who’ve stood vigil outside the DC detention facility where they’ve been held, demanding their release. These are the men and women Donald Trump has referred to as “hostages”.
Because ultimately this is not about the convicted, it’s not about the rioters, the individual men and women many of whom have served time for their actions already. It’s about Trump himself.
The Trump who once tried to distance himself from this mob, calling them intruders “defiling the seat of American democracy” and referring to the riot as “a heinous attack” is dead and buried. The newly installed president will now recast all those involved in this shameful act as victims – and he, the biggest amongst them.
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Read MoreBut this would be to create a false equivalence. Biden’s actions are a response to Trump’s threats. A kind of future-proofing against a man he calls the biggest threat to democracy. When Trump promises to pursue political vendettas, he believes him.
Trump’s greatest skill has always been in knowing how to manipulate a crowd to believe him. And on day one of this new administration this is perhaps what we must all get used to.
Emily Maitlis is a journalist, broadcaster and host of the podcast The News Agents
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