When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 and took office on Jan. 20, 2017, he was handed a mandate to change Washington, D.C., and the federal government in a dramatic and radical fashion.
In his inaugural address, dubbed the “American Carnage” speech, Trump made clear that he intended to deliver on the mandate for which he had been elected: to change Washington from the inside and repudiate the establishments of the Democratic and Republican parties.
“Today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the American people,” Trump said. “For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped
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