01-21-25 YMS White House Correspondent JON DECKER will have a recap of Inauguration Day – and a look at what we can expect on “Day 2.”

White House Correspondent JON DECKER will have a recap of Inauguration Day – and a look at what we can expect on “Day 2.” 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dil Choonho.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Well, one guy whose job just well, the description stays
the same, but the subject changes. John Decker is the
White House correspondent of the Donald Trump presidency now and
he joins us that was I played your report earlier
in the show as a news report. That was a
pretty remarkable day. That was a lot to cover.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
A lot to cover just with the inaugural address, and
his day was just getting started because after that a
luncheon and the Capitol over to the Capitol One Arena
where he signed a slew of executive orders, signing more
in the Oval Office last night, and then attending three
inaugural balls in which he got back to the White

(00:46):
House around twelve thirty this morning. So very long day
for Donald Trump. Today's his first full day as president,
and he will begin his day with the prayer service
at the National Cathedral, which I just passed by completely
forgot about that service. Bad on me because tremendous traffic
this morning.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Because of that much of our nation's capital blocked off,
fenced off, barricaded off. Most of the inaugural events were
all brought indoors. Your take on that you've You've obviously
covered a lot of presidents and a lot of inaugurations.
Reagan did it indoors for cold weather. I don't know
that if it was for security reasons or not, but

(01:27):
it certainly made security a lot easier. And then some
of the everyday events just I don't know. In some
ways they were more poignant indoors and more intimate indoors,
so kind of you missed the visual of a sea
of people as far as the eye can see. But
I don't know your take on indoor versus outdoor, because

(01:49):
I thought it added in some ways added a lot.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
Well, you know, I think it's disappointing for all of
those who had planned weeks, if not months. Yeah, I
ahead of time to travel to Washington to see Donald
Trump being sworn in to view his inaugural address in person,
and I saw a lot and spoke to a lot
of those people that fall into that category. Yes, it
was brutally cold here in Washington, d C. I understand
why it was moved inside. Made my life a lot

(02:15):
easier than that's been sure, in the sense that I
would have otherwise been outside and what would have felt
like single digits for more than ten hours. That is
not fun. So I'm glad it was indoors and as
you point out, a more intimate setting inside the Capitol rotunda.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
If there was a challenge for President Trump, it would
be well outside with the sea of people in front
of him as far as you can see, talking to
the American people in person and by television, and then
in that intimate setting there might have been a temptation
to speak to the room. It didn't seem to change
his words much. And whatever that speech was assigned for
is how it was delivered.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, that's right. And it was short. You know, inaugural
addresses sometimes go on the long end, and you who's
the attention of the public. This was just about a
half hour in length, and it sounded quite frankly, like
a lot of the things that he says a campaign
rallies in terms of America first foreign policies, America first

(03:15):
domestic policies as well.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Is there any line, you know, whenever we have inaugural addresses,
we expect there to be a JFK type moment. I
thought when he talked about the impossible and this is
all of our impossible journey, because impossible is what America
does best. I think that might be one that lives
for a while.

Speaker 3 (03:33):
Well, we always look for that moment, you know, and
quite frankly, there aren't that many of them. And you know,
to me, I don't think anything leaps out of me,
you know, in the moment when it was delivered, as like, wow,
that's a great line. I think overall it was a
great speech in the sense that he covered all the
ground that he wanted to cover. No surprises, because we've

(03:56):
heard Donald Trump in terms of what he wants to
do now that he's president, and we saw a lot
of that yesterday with the signing of those executive orders.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
Well, as a White House correspondent, you have a president
that likes to meet with the press, he likes to talk,
he's accessible, and he is hitting the ground running. I
see many busy days in your future, John Decker, and
I know you're up for the task. Thanks for joining us.

Speaker 3 (04:18):
Many busy days. Thanks, Michael, Bye bye, you guy.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
It we'll talk again tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Miss a little, miss a lot, miss a lot, and
we'll miss you. It's your Morning Show with Michael Del Churno.