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Trump Self-Soothes in ‘Better Speech’ Right After First One

UNHINGED AND UNLEASHED

Sore feet, big hats and conspiracy theories.

President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after being sworn in at his inauguration as US First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, look on in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
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Donald Trump went completely off script in a rambling rant just minutes after leaving his swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda.

The new president’s robotic delivery for his official inaugural speech was transformed into an extraordinary off-the-cuff diatribe that was at times jokey, embittered, inaccurate, and even affectionate.

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