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Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how's-your-day dept.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, succeeding Barack Obama and taking control of a divided country in a transition of power that he has declared will lead to "America First" policies at home and abroad. Reuters reports: As scattered protests erupted elsewhere in Washington, Trump raised his right hand and put his left on a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln and repeated a 35-word oath of office from the U.S. Constitution, with U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts presiding.

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  1. Not a single time traveler? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody rushing the stage shouting "You are the greatest monster in human history!" while blasting away?

    1. Re:Not a single time traveler? by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well wouldn't it be late to stop Obama at this point?
      Those time travelers need to check their clocks.

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    2. Re:Not a single time traveler? by Pfhorrest · · Score: 5, Funny

      Time travelers already learned their lesson with Hitler. With no Trump presidency, there's no WWIII, and the technology that leads to time travel never gets invented, so using time travel to prevent America from getting trumped is pointless because paradox. Just like with Hitler and WWII, so since we already learned our lesson about how futile such things are there, none of us bother trying to run face first into paradox over Trump. Sad.

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    3. Re:Not a single time traveler? by Donald+J.+Trump · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey buddy, I am President of the United States now, you can't talk to me that way! So knock it the hell off or I'll have the Secret Service grab you right by the pussy!

    4. Re:Not a single time traveler? by spiritplumber · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dolores Umbridge, I think.

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  2. already exceeding expectations by PackMan97 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's been sworn in for almost an hour now and no nuclear war....exceeding expectations.

  3. Re:News for Nazis by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 5, Funny

    The United States is three times the size of India.

    If you're talking about population. India is by far the world's largest democracy.
    If you're talking about land size. Canada is the world's largest democracy. (unless you consider Russia democratic- then it is).
    If you're talking about weight of the average person then... yes... in that scenario, the US is the largest democracy.

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