(BCN) — From planting an American flag on Mars, to denying the existence of trans folks to signaling attainable navy intervention in Panama and Mexico, President Donald Trump on Monday promised swift motion to “make America great again” throughout his second presidency.
Reactions from Bay Space political leaders included vows to hunt widespread floor for the sake of fine governance and criticisms of Trump’s “whining” and his “dark” imaginative and prescient for the nation. On the day he was sworn in because the nation’s forty seventh president, Trump’s crew despatched out a one-page doc itemizing a number of of his priorities which, when mixed together with his Inauguration Day speech, included a number of themes which were widespread all through his profitable marketing campaign to regain the White Home.
In entrance of an viewers that included three of the richest folks on this planet — Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk — Trump railed towards “a radical and corrupt establishment” that has “extracted power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.”
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He stated he would signal a number of government orders, together with a declaration of a state of emergency on the southern border, and can ship navy models to the area to assist “the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
Whereas referring to himself as a “peacemaker,” Trump stated he would broaden American territory and “take back” the Panama Canal, which he falsely claimed is operated by China.
He additionally stated he would declare Mexican drug cartels international terrorist organizations, which may enable him to provoke navy motion with out congressional approval or oversight. Trump, the primary convicted felon to function president, repeated his criticism of the U.S. Justice Division and the federal authorities typically and in addition stated that it’s now the federal government’s official coverage that solely two genders exist — female and male.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley, identified the ironic juxtaposition of Trump’s marketing campaign statements portray himself as an anti-war candidate together with his expansionist Inauguration Day rhetoric.
“In the same sentence that Trump says ‘no more wars’ and ‘I’m a peacemaker,’ he promises to ‘expand our territory.’ Tell me more!” Swalwell stated on social media Monday.
Swalwell additionally stated that as an alternative of proffering a vison of bipartisan governance, Trump was “whining like a man-baby” and may “put your big boy pants on and let’s help people.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Santa Cruz, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, all stated they’ll work to seek out widespread floor with the brand new administration.
“There is progress to be made on housing, environmental stewardship, public safety, immigration reform, national security, and more,” Panetta stated. “I will work with anybody and any administration to pursue areas of agreement and aggressively deliver for the people I serve.”
Thompson stated, “Rest assured, in the years ahead I plan to work with the president and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on issues where we can find common ground, and to stand against policies and rhetoric that harm the American people and our great country.”
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Newsom stated that within the wake of the devastating Los Angeles fires and in anticipation of Trump’s go to to Southern California, the nation wants a renewed dedication to cooperation, details and mutual respect.
“Where our shared principles are aligned, my administration stands ready to work with the Trump-Vance administration to deliver solutions and serve the nearly 40 million Californians we jointly represent,” Newsom stated.
San Francisco Metropolis Lawyer David Chiu stated Trump’s speech was “dark, dangerous, and authoritarian” and stated the president is “more hatful and vengeful than ever.”
“It is clear he will make good on his campaign promises of dividing our country, attacking our most vulnerable, clamping down on our freedoms of expression and bodily autonomy, weaponizing law enforcement, and intentionally doing further damage to our ailing planet,” Chiu stated, partly in response to Trump’s “drill baby, drill” vitality coverage.
Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Oakland, did not handle Trump’s speech straight, however thanked outgoing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for his or her service Monday.
“We will continue your work of lifting up and fighting for better possibilities for all, not just the few,” Simon stated, together with posting messages celebrating Martin Luthor King Jr. Day.
“From voting and civil rights to economic justice and international peace — Dr. King fought tirelessly to bring America closer to the promise of our founding ideals,” she stated.
Whereas no Bay Space county voted for Trump within the November election and the reliably liberal bastion is bracing to endure or resist a lot of his domestically unpopular insurance policies, the area appeared largely subdued within the face of his second four-year time period.
There have been a smattering of protests — notably in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and Alameda — over the weekend within the run-up to the inauguration and just some small actions deliberate for Monday itself, maybe because of the massive variety of MLK Day occasions deliberate for the day.
One inauguration-related occasion concerned a Berkeley march deliberate by Revcom Corps for the Emancipation of Humanity, and one other in Castro Valley that features anti-Trump artist Andrew Kong Knight displaying his work on the nook of Castro Valley Boulevard and Redwood Street.
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