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There's a divide in American politics between those who think democracy is in peril and those who think it's already been subverted, hollowed out from the inside.
As President Trump returns to the White House, we go through the looking glass into a world where nothing is as it seems.
The coming storm from BBC Radio 4.
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There are people walking around Washington who've got Daddy's Home T shirts on, and that is because he is back.
He's not quite yet back in the White House, but that hasn't stopped him appearing at an inaugural rally in which he was pretty plain about what he intends to do.
Tomorrow at noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline.
And we begin a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride.
That was Donald Trump talking to his supporters in D.C.
as he prepares to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
He, Elon Musk, was there, of course.
Donald Trump set out his plans, his plans for his first day, for his first week, for his first hundred days.
All manner of plans, which most of which I suppose we knew were coming, but one or two of which were a surprise as well.
The big question about Donald Trump now, how much of this is he actually going to do?
How much of it can he achieve?
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