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| Donald Trump inauguration: 'This American carnage stops now' – live | Donald Trump inauguration: 'This American carnage stops now' – live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 7.46pm GMT | |
| 19:46 | |
| 'American carnage': Trump's vision casts shadow over day of pageantry | |
| Ed Pilkington | |
| At the stroke of noon, as is the American way, power passed from one man to another man. And with that passing of the baton from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, made manifest in a 35-word oath, the country was changed beyond recognition as the new president offered a dark vision of his nation and the world. | |
| The new 45th president of the United States coined the sinister phrase “American carnage” to vividly conjure an image of inner cities he said were afflicted by crime, a political elite that had forgotten ordinary people, and a landscape of rusted factories like tombstones. | |
| And with Hillary Clinton watching only a few painful feet away, Trump left no one in any doubt that he intends to unleash what he called a new vision of “America first” on the world, delivering a brutal and unrepentant speech that made little attempt to soothe the world or begin the healing of an agitated and anxious nation. | |
| Trump delivered a 16-minute inaugural speech that more closely resembled his thunderous addresses from the campaign trail than the oratorical heights of his predecessors, berating the Washington elites of both parties for ignoring the American people and allowing inner cities to fester in “crime and gangs and drugs”. | |
| “The American carnage stops right here, right now,” he said. “From this day forward a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward it’s going to be only America first. America first.” | |
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| 7.44pm GMT | |
| 19:44 | |
| Hillary Clinton stands stoic | |
| Amanda Holpuch | |
| If she was thinking it should have been her, she certainly didn’t show it. | |
| Hillary Clinton stood stoic on Friday as the man she defeated by 2.9m votes took the oath of office. She was steadfast, just as she had been in the presidential debates where the soon-to-be victor, Donald J Trump, threatened repeatedly to jail her. | |
| She was not rattled as chants of “lock her up” emanated from the crowd below the inauguration podium, and betrayed no emotion as Trump, who defeated her with an electoral college win, declared an end to the era of politicians who were “all talk and no action”. | |
| The seating arrangements kept Clinton off camera through most of the ceremony, when the focus was instead on Trump, across the aisle, and Barack Obama, who sat one row ahead of her, to the right. | |
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| 7.43pm GMT | |
| 19:43 | |
| “Stingball grenades” | |
| Update: cop says the devices making those loud booms are called stingball grenades | |
| 7.39pm GMT | |
| 19:39 | |
| “Not mayhem in the streets”: | |
| To be clear, confrontations w/police are in narrow set of blocks downtown. Not mayhem in the streets. Nothing on CapHill #Inauguration | |
| but that one is happening: | |
| Fire on K Street growing pic.twitter.com/6rmruyjhVz | |
| Updated | |
| at 7.40pm GMT | |
| 7.38pm GMT | |
| 19:38 | |
| There’s a pretty good fire going now in a pile of trash cans surrounded by protesters and a lot of cameras. | |
| 7.30pm GMT | |
| 19:30 | |
| One flash-bang device after another now. The clash between protesters – it’s unclear how many protesters are sticking with this stage of the clashes – and police – there are hundreds of police – feels a bit hotter. Live stream here. | |
| “Go back to East Germany!” one protester yells. | |
| “You’re gonna feel great under Trump, boys,” yells another. “Fascists!” | |
| 7.19pm GMT | |
| 19:19 | |
| What’s next for the Obamas? Follow the Obama foundation YouTube channel to find out. The first video is already up: | |
| 7.18pm GMT | |
| 19:18 | |
| Lauren Gambino | |
| Amanda Salvage had some advice for the new president: | |
| “Stimulate the economy. Create new jobs and stay off Twitter.” | |
| Salvage, who wore a transparent poncho over a chic blue coat, said she was pleasantly surprised by how calm the event was. Given the tense atmosphere in the rest of the city, she expected more disruptions. | |
| In the end, only a handful of protesters managed to enter the event and their impact was relatively small. Salvage is optimistic that Trump will be able to bring the divided nation together. | |
| “I’m hopeful, I really am,” she said. | |
| 7.16pm GMT | |
| 19:16 | |
| Here’s our coverage of the Washington, DC, street protests, with new files coming soon: | |
| 7.14pm GMT | 7.14pm GMT |
| 19:14 | 19:14 |
| The first tweet from @potus during the Trump administration: | The first tweet from @potus during the Trump administration: |
| #InaugurationDay Speech🇺🇸https://t.co/2h8yWMYQz9 pic.twitter.com/Q9u8n9vez2 | #InaugurationDay Speech🇺🇸https://t.co/2h8yWMYQz9 pic.twitter.com/Q9u8n9vez2 |
| 7.13pm GMT | 7.13pm GMT |
| 19:13 | 19:13 |
| Protesters chant “deescalate, deescalate.” “No more grenades, please,” somebody says. | Protesters chant “deescalate, deescalate.” “No more grenades, please,” somebody says. |
| Multiple flash bangs going off as what looks like rocks or brings are thrown at police pic.twitter.com/qjOJPvkkNa | Multiple flash bangs going off as what looks like rocks or brings are thrown at police pic.twitter.com/qjOJPvkkNa |
| Parade route from Capital to WH. Entire stands empty. Crowd thin. pic.twitter.com/7AcpJkBO8O | Parade route from Capital to WH. Entire stands empty. Crowd thin. pic.twitter.com/7AcpJkBO8O |
| Protesters at the inauguration. Their shirts spell RESIST pic.twitter.com/IrgJkmG8Rx | Protesters at the inauguration. Their shirts spell RESIST pic.twitter.com/IrgJkmG8Rx |
| 7.09pm GMT | 7.09pm GMT |
| 19:09 | 19:09 |
| Protesters are chanting at police, who have now formed a line across a street blocks away from the parade route Trump is to take from the Capitol to the White House, shields drawn, to “get back, get back, get back, get back.” | Protesters are chanting at police, who have now formed a line across a street blocks away from the parade route Trump is to take from the Capitol to the White House, shields drawn, to “get back, get back, get back, get back.” |
| Police set off a flash bang device. “What the fuck,” a protester yells. “What the fuck is wrong with you?” The police occasionally host their shields to block something thrown at them. | Police set off a flash bang device. “What the fuck,” a protester yells. “What the fuck is wrong with you?” The police occasionally host their shields to block something thrown at them. |
| There’s another flash bang. They’re loud. | There’s another flash bang. They’re loud. |
| 7.06pm GMT | 7.06pm GMT |
| 19:06 | 19:06 |
| Clashes between protesters and police resume | Clashes between protesters and police resume |
| Here’s the live stream of inauguration day action, which includes renewed action in the streets, where protesters are clashing with law enforcement. | Here’s the live stream of inauguration day action, which includes renewed action in the streets, where protesters are clashing with law enforcement. |
| A line of law enforcement is facing a line of protesters, separated by about 50 years of pavement downtown. The protesters have knocked over a line of newspaper machines which they’ve placed in the street as a kind of low barricade. The police are on the move. | A line of law enforcement is facing a line of protesters, separated by about 50 years of pavement downtown. The protesters have knocked over a line of newspaper machines which they’ve placed in the street as a kind of low barricade. The police are on the move. |
| 6.59pm GMT | 6.59pm GMT |
| 18:59 | 18:59 |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.00pm GMT | at 7.00pm GMT |
| 6.58pm GMT | 6.58pm GMT |
| 18:58 | 18:58 |
| Voice in the crowd: 'it was so exciting' | Voice in the crowd: 'it was so exciting' |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Military veteran Sarah Lentz said she left the inauguration feeling inspired. | Military veteran Sarah Lentz said she left the inauguration feeling inspired. |
| “I am really looking forward to a complete overhaul of the way things are,” said Lentz, who wore an American flag scarf around her neck. | “I am really looking forward to a complete overhaul of the way things are,” said Lentz, who wore an American flag scarf around her neck. |
| Asked specifically what she wants to change, she said she would like Trump to repeal the president’s healthcare law and expand military spending. | Asked specifically what she wants to change, she said she would like Trump to repeal the president’s healthcare law and expand military spending. |
| Lentz came to DC from North Carolina. Though she had followed his campaign closely, this was the first time she saw Trump speak in person, she said. | Lentz came to DC from North Carolina. Though she had followed his campaign closely, this was the first time she saw Trump speak in person, she said. |
| “It was so exciting, it’s hard to describe,” she said. | “It was so exciting, it’s hard to describe,” she said. |
| As she spoke, a man walked by shouting “fascists!” at a crowd of supporters in red caps who had just filtered out of the inauguration. | As she spoke, a man walked by shouting “fascists!” at a crowd of supporters in red caps who had just filtered out of the inauguration. |
| “I understand that they’re angry. We would have been angry too, if Hillary had won,” she said. “But these protests, they’re not about peace and love and making things better. They’re about ruining people’s day.” | “I understand that they’re angry. We would have been angry too, if Hillary had won,” she said. “But these protests, they’re not about peace and love and making things better. They’re about ruining people’s day.” |
| She cited the protests outside the DeploraBall on Thursday night, organized by a group, DJ20. | She cited the protests outside the DeploraBall on Thursday night, organized by a group, DJ20. |
| “This group - they’re not about change. They’re about ruining someone’s day. There’s no point,” she said. | “This group - they’re not about change. They’re about ruining someone’s day. There’s no point,” she said. |
| 6.50pm GMT | 6.50pm GMT |
| 18:50 | 18:50 |
| The last energy secretary was a nuclear physicist and the one before that was a Nobel laureate in physics. | The last energy secretary was a nuclear physicist and the one before that was a Nobel laureate in physics. |
| Here's Rick Perry blowing a bubble with his gum behind President Trump as the rabbi spoke pic.twitter.com/zrvrINKISs | Here's Rick Perry blowing a bubble with his gum behind President Trump as the rabbi spoke pic.twitter.com/zrvrINKISs |
| 6.47pm GMT | 6.47pm GMT |
| 18:47 | 18:47 |
| Lewandowski blocked from ceremony | Lewandowski blocked from ceremony |
| Corey Lewandowski, the former Trump campaign manager who manhandled a reporter and then told her she was “totally delusional” for thinking he did that, couldn’t get onto the dais today, in spite of this rather desperate call he made: | Corey Lewandowski, the former Trump campaign manager who manhandled a reporter and then told her she was “totally delusional” for thinking he did that, couldn’t get onto the dais today, in spite of this rather desperate call he made: |
| Corey Lewandowski on the phone outside the Crypt right before Obama and Trump walked outside pic.twitter.com/LfcprwtQpI | Corey Lewandowski on the phone outside the Crypt right before Obama and Trump walked outside pic.twitter.com/LfcprwtQpI |
| Read all about it. | Read all about it. |
| 6.41pm GMT | 6.41pm GMT |
| 18:41 | 18:41 |
| Hapless George. | Hapless George. |
| El momento cantinflesco de George W. Bush con un impermeable https://t.co/uzWk0GxfJy #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/ZE4WjL9wI2 | El momento cantinflesco de George W. Bush con un impermeable https://t.co/uzWk0GxfJy #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/ZE4WjL9wI2 |
| 6.40pm GMT | 6.40pm GMT |
| 18:40 | 18:40 |
| Trump and Clinton shake on it | Trump and Clinton shake on it |
| There it is: President Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton shake hands before the inaugural luncheon. Looks like he mouthed "thank you" to her. pic.twitter.com/LBb3k5RJY8 | There it is: President Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton shake hands before the inaugural luncheon. Looks like he mouthed "thank you" to her. pic.twitter.com/LBb3k5RJY8 |