Sean Trende: Real Clear Politics Senior Election Analyst talks what to expect from Donald Trump's presidency

Donald Trump has been inaugurated President for the second time. It's the first time since 1893 a president has been sworn in for a second non-consecutive term, the last being Grover Cleveland.

Trump has promised to to issue multiple executive orders on day one, with immigration and border protection a big focus.

Real Clear Politics Senior Election Analyst Sean Trende says things have changed since his first term.

"He won the most votes this time around, unlike 2016. And so I think there's just a general sense of legitimacy about this presidency that there wasn't in 2016."

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So, as you know, it is an inauguration day and
about well, actually very shortly. I think Donald Trump will
take the oath of office and become the forty seventh
president of the United States. It's the first time since
eighteen ninety three year president has been sworn in for
a second non consecutive term, the last being Grover Cleveland.
Real Clear Political Politics senior election analyst Sean Trendy is

(00:26):
worth me now. Good morning, Sewan. Thank you so much
for being with.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Us, a thanks for having me.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
How will President Trump's second term be different from his first?

Speaker 2 (00:36):
I think the major difference is going to be that
this is not the ragtag band of people who didn't
expect to win in twenty sixteen. He has a much
more professionalized group behind him, and they expected to win,
so there's been planning. It's I think it's going to
be the same Trump, but we're going to see a
very different, more sophisticated administration.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
How does knowing how Washington work change things.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Well, I think it's more of the same. When he
came into office, he didn't really know how to navigate
the very different the various different pitfalls that can befall
a new president. And he didn't really have anyone on
his team that knew much about that. That's different this time.
So again, I think a lot of his goals are
going to be the same. He's not going to be

(01:28):
someone that if he didn't like the first term, you're
going to like this time around. But I also think
it's going to be more a more effective administration the
term of achieving those goals.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
And he's attempting to achieve quite a lot even on
his first day, isn't he.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, we've already received news that he's issuing an executive
order ending what we call birthrights citizenship that if you're
born in the United States, you know, even to people
in the country illegally considered a citizen. That's flying in
the face of one hundred and thirty years as Supreme
Court precedent. But he's definitely hitting the ground running this time.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
We've seen a shift in Trump's close team. What do
they bring to this presidency?

Speaker 2 (02:14):
Well, you know, I think I think we have, like
I said, a more serious and more experienced group of people.
You know, I think we were called back to twenty
sixteen where he needed a Secretary of State and he
for some reason put the president oil in that position,

(02:34):
and now you have Marco Rubio, who's a very different
member of that team. So I think, you know, it's
a different, different approach this.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Time around, and a bit of a different inauguration ceremony
taking place this morning as well.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, that's that's something that has some people kind of
scratching their heads a little bit. You know, it is
going to be cold, but it's not going to be
historically cold, but he's moved it inside. There's been some
speculation that some of this is due to security risks.
You know, he did have the two assassination attempts on him.

(03:10):
But yeah, it's going to be a more sedate inauguration
this time around. At least we won't be fighting about
crowd sizes this time.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
Well, there wasn't. There was sort of a few comments
that maybe that's what he was concerned about as to
why he moved it inside. Is that fair?

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, I mean I think that he was a little
bit concerned about the crowd sizes, that people wouldn't show
up if it was cold, that he would get negative
comparisons to Barack Obama, who you know, was really cold
when he has inaugurated and he filled them all. Look,
I prefer this to what we had in twenty sixteen,
when the first thing he did was send his press
secretary out to lie about the crowd sizes. You know,

(03:54):
But at the end of the day, as long as
his hands on the book and he recites the oath
of office, he is president.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
Sean, are we seeing more celebration around this inaugurration? I
see that an idolor so ago, you know, who's who
of Silicon Valley was in Washington, DC celebrating at a party.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, you know, there's been a little bit of a
vibe shift, as we say here in the states are
surrounding the Silicon Valley. They seem to have moved rightward
over the course of the past decade. I also think,
you know, he won the most votes this time around,
unlike twenty sixteen, and so I think there's just a

(04:34):
general sense of legitimacy about this presidency that there wasn't
in twenty sixteen and is showing up in who supports
it and how they support it.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
Sean Trendy, thank you so much for your time this morning.
Appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
Thank you for more.

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