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The Trump Inauguration Thread

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Here is one take:

Donald Trump’s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again
Obama's celebrity obsession paved the way for celebrity President-elect Trump, who could reverse the trend
One case where this can happen is the upcoming inauguration, where a lack of mainstream celebrities could make it a serious event, one more subdued and fitting of a president. This would be the greatest of ironies: the WWE showman teaches us to grow up. He wrests back the Oval Office from the left-leaning circus that is our creative class. Perhaps that’s a great irony many liberal observers have missed: President Obama helped create Trump by egging him on at the glitzy White House Correspondent’s Dinner and engaging with Trump’s hate Tweets. My colleague Gary Legum argues that the Trump White House could actually bring the Dinner back to its noble roots; documentarian Patrick Gavin shows us how the shindig has devolved in “Nerd Prom.”

Was President Obama was so ensconced in pop culture that he debased the office of the presidency by elevating the misogynistic and crass Jay-Z? And remember that time when President Obama sat for interviews with YouTube stars? The Obamas fed the celebrity beast, expanding the social-media fueled, American obsession with celebrity lifestyles.

President Obama dabbled with fire by giving heavy credence to celebrity culture, arguably paving the way for President-elect Trump. Rather than showcasing struggling entrepreneurs or elevating actual heroes like our men and women in the Armed Forces, President Obama spent the last eight years glad-handing with existing, entitled celebrities. Thus President-elect Trump, an entitled celebrity, is President Obama’s natural legacy (for many other policy reasons as well).
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Donald Trump?s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again - Salon.com

I saw elsewhere that the day will be filled to the brim with military and law enforcement, I got the idea that we might hear the most military marching band music anyone has heard in a long time, and I was wondering how that would go over if it happened. I also wondered if Trump was trying to strike fear into the hearts of the snowflakes, that this might be a form of physiological warfare. I heard that it will be the shortest inauguration in living memory because Trump "wants to get right to work"....I do think he intends to do a lot immediately, that he is not going to wait one second for Congress to get their **** together and do the Cabinet confirmations.

I am ok with all this except that I dont think that America wants this to look military, we dont want the soundtrack to be heavy on the Military Marching Music, as that will remind us of Hitler.

What say you?

tyvm
 
I think it's great that all those celebs don't want to participate in President Trump's inauguration. We don't want them trashing the place up.
 
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to be able to 'enjoy' the pomposity and circumstance from afar
 
Here's who's in so far:
1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment -- Fort Hood, Texas
1st Infantry Commanding General's Mounted Color -- Ft. Riley, Kansas
Boone County Elite 4-H Equestrian Drill Team -- Burlington, Kentucky
Caisson Platoon, Fort Myer -- Fort Myer, Virginia
Cleveland Police Mounted Unit -- Cleveland, Ohio
Coastal Florida Police & Fire Pipes & Drums -- Palm Coast, Florida
Columbus North High School Band -- Columbus, Indiana
Culver Academy Equestrian -- Culver, Indiana
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fishburne Military School Army JROTC Caissons Battalion - Fishburne, Virginia
Frankfort High School Band -- Ridgeley, West Virginia
Franklin Regional High School Panther Marching Band -- Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Metro Police Motorcycle Drill Team -- Indianapolis, Indiana
Kids Overseas -- Richmond Hill, Georgia
Lil Wranglers -- College Station, Texas
Marist College Band -- Poughkeepsie, New York
Merced County Sheriff's Posse -- Hilmar, California
Michigan Multi-Jurisdictional Mounted Police Drill Team & Color Guard -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mid America Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team -- New Buffalo, Michigan
Nassau County Firefighters Pipes & Drums -- East Meadow, New York
North Carolina Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association -- Hillsborough, North Carolina
NYPD Emerald Society Pipes & Drums -- East Moriches, New York
Olivet Nazarene University -- Bourbonnais, Illinois
Palmetto Ridge High School Band -- Naples, Florida
Russellville High School Band -- Russellville, Arkansas
Talladega College Band -- Talladega, Alabama
Texas State University Strutters -- San Marcos, Texas
The Citadel Regimental Band & Pipes and Summerall Guards -- Charleston, South Carolina
The Freedom Riders -- Kersey, Colorado
Tragedy Assistance Marching Unit -- Arlington, Virginia
Tupelo High School Band -- Tupelo, Mississippi
University of Tennessee Marching Band -- Knoxville, Tennessee
VMI Corps of Cadets -- Lexington, Virginia
West Monroe High School Marching Band -- West Monroe, Louisiana
American Veterans - National
Boy Scouts of America - National
US Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations - National
Disabled American Veterans - National
US Border Patrol Pipes & Drums -- National
Wounded Warriors - National
Each branch of the United States military will also be represented.

See who's in Trump's inaugural parade - CNNPolitics.com

This sounds very militaristic to me. I love me some military marching music, but we dont hear much of that anynore, this could be jarring.
 
apdst said:
I think it's great that all those celebs don't want to participate in President Trump's inauguration. We don't want them trashing the place up.
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You are right. But we know most liberals are blinded by celebrity and fame.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Here's who's in so far:
1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment -- Fort Hood, Texas
1st Infantry Commanding General's Mounted Color -- Ft. Riley, Kansas
Boone County Elite 4-H Equestrian Drill Team -- Burlington, Kentucky
Caisson Platoon, Fort Myer -- Fort Myer, Virginia
Cleveland Police Mounted Unit -- Cleveland, Ohio
Coastal Florida Police & Fire Pipes & Drums -- Palm Coast, Florida
Columbus North High School Band -- Columbus, Indiana
Culver Academy Equestrian -- Culver, Indiana
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fishburne Military School Army JROTC Caissons Battalion - Fishburne, Virginia
Frankfort High School Band -- Ridgeley, West Virginia
Franklin Regional High School Panther Marching Band -- Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Metro Police Motorcycle Drill Team -- Indianapolis, Indiana
Kids Overseas -- Richmond Hill, Georgia
Lil Wranglers -- College Station, Texas
Marist College Band -- Poughkeepsie, New York
Merced County Sheriff's Posse -- Hilmar, California
Michigan Multi-Jurisdictional Mounted Police Drill Team & Color Guard -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mid America Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team -- New Buffalo, Michigan
Nassau County Firefighters Pipes & Drums -- East Meadow, New York
North Carolina Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association -- Hillsborough, North Carolina
NYPD Emerald Society Pipes & Drums -- East Moriches, New York
Olivet Nazarene University -- Bourbonnais, Illinois
Palmetto Ridge High School Band -- Naples, Florida
Russellville High School Band -- Russellville, Arkansas
Talladega College Band -- Talladega, Alabama
Texas State University Strutters -- San Marcos, Texas
The Citadel Regimental Band & Pipes and Summerall Guards -- Charleston, South Carolina
The Freedom Riders -- Kersey, Colorado
Tragedy Assistance Marching Unit -- Arlington, Virginia
Tupelo High School Band -- Tupelo, Mississippi
University of Tennessee Marching Band -- Knoxville, Tennessee
VMI Corps of Cadets -- Lexington, Virginia
West Monroe High School Marching Band -- West Monroe, Louisiana
American Veterans - National
Boy Scouts of America - National
US Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations - National
Disabled American Veterans - National
US Border Patrol Pipes & Drums -- National
Wounded Warriors - National
Each branch of the United States military will also be represented.

See who's in Trump's inaugural parade - CNNPolitics.com

This sounds very militaristic to me. I love me some military marching music, but we dont hear much of that anynore, this could be jarring.
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Lopks like a list of people who always obey orders, as is fitting.
 
Manc Skipper said:
Lopks like a list of people who always obey orders, as is fitting.
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I am more concerned with the "imposing order" angle. I do worry that we are almost certainly going to see protests against Trump all along the road at least as strong as we saw protests against Nixon while he was in office, and we know that they messed with his head. I wonder if Trump knows this too, and so he is starting off confrontational, which would disappoint me.
 
It's not like they CHOSE to have no high-profile celebs. Didn't they ask Celine Dion and others but they declined?
 
Josie said:
It's not like they CHOSE to have no high-profile celebs. Didn't they ask Celine Dion and others but they declined?
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Politics is the art of the possible, they put out feelers and then decided. There are right pro trump celebs who would have come, but at some point Trump decided to exclude them all.

There is a whiff of making a virtue out of necessity here for sure though, basic politics which of course Trump does very well.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I am more concerned with the "imposing order" angle. I do worry that we are almost certainly going to see protests against Trump all along the road at least as strong as we saw protests against Nixon while he was in office, and we know that they messed with his head. I wonder if Trump knows this too, and so he is starting off confrontational, which would disappoint me.
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Trump LOVES "yes men" and folks he can order around. Seems fitting for his inauguration of orders instead of free will. Here comes the fascist.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Politics is the art of the possible, they put out feelers and then decided. There are right pro trump celebs who would have come, but at some point Trump decided to exclude them all.

There is a whiff of making a virtue out of necessity here for sure though, basic politics which of course Trump does very well.
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The reason he doesn't have celebrities is noone is dumb enough to ruin their careers over him. Here comes the fascist.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Here is one take:

Donald Trump’s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again
Obama's celebrity obsession paved the way for celebrity President-elect Trump, who could reverse the trend

Donald Trump?s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again - Salon.com

I saw elsewhere that the day will be filled to the brim with military and law enforcement, I got the idea that we might hear the most military marching band music anyone has heard in a long time, and I was wondering how that would go over if it happened. I also wondered if Trump was trying to strike fear into the hearts of the snowflakes, that this might be a form of physiological warfare. I heard that it will be the shortest inauguration in living memory because Trump "wants to get right to work"....I do think he intends to do a lot immediately, that he is not going to wait one second for Congress to get their **** together and do the Cabinet confirmations.

I am ok with all this except that I dont think that America wants this to look military, we dont want the soundtrack to be heavy on the Military Marching Music, as that will remind us of Hitler.

What say you?

tyvm
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It's not like Trump didn't want celebrities -- it's just that no celebrity (besides the pants-****ting Ted Nugent) wanted to be part of the 'celebration.' So not to look like a big-time loser (at least in their small minds), Trump and team are playing the "we wanted it low key, anyway," which is just too ****ing funny. And anyone who believes that Trump does not care is a gullible idiot.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Here is one take:

Donald Trump’s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again
Obama's celebrity obsession paved the way for celebrity President-elect Trump, who could reverse the trend

Donald Trump?s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again - Salon.com

I saw elsewhere that the day will be filled to the brim with military and law enforcement, I got the idea that we might hear the most military marching band music anyone has heard in a long time, and I was wondering how that would go over if it happened. I also wondered if Trump was trying to strike fear into the hearts of the snowflakes, that this might be a form of physiological warfare. I heard that it will be the shortest inauguration in living memory because Trump "wants to get right to work"....I do think he intends to do a lot immediately, that he is not going to wait one second for Congress to get their **** together and do the Cabinet confirmations.

I am ok with all this except that I dont think that America wants this to look military, we dont want the soundtrack to be heavy on the Military Marching Music, as that will remind us of Hitler.

What say you?

tyvm
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Do Trump supporters expect him to tell Obama that he's fired? Honestly, it would be a let down if he didn't, but he seems to be playing nice guy now. So I do not expect it.
 
Middleground said:
It's not like Trump didn't want celebrities -- it's just that no celebrity (besides the pants-****ting Ted Nugent) wanted to be part of the 'celebration.' So not to look like a big-time loser (at least in their small minds), Trump and team are playing the "we wanted it low key, anyway," which is just too ****ing funny. And anyone who believes that Trump does not care is a gullible idiot.
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Trump cared at one point, but now he has this new plan which is probably better. Trump at the end of the day cares about winning, if he thinks he has a better plan now then he is all good.
 
Praxas said:
The reason he doesn't have celebrities is noone is dumb enough to ruin their careers over him. Here comes the fascist.
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Or put another way, the celebs are not that tolerant of the huge chunk of Americans who support the President we have picked. The danger for them of course is that it is a very short walk between that and being anti-American, a truth that Trump and his supporters will be only too happy to highlight..
 
Middleground said:
It's not like Trump didn't want celebrities -- it's just that no celebrity (besides the pants-****ting Ted Nugent) wanted to be part of the 'celebration.' So not to look like a big-time loser (at least in their small minds), Trump and team are playing the "we wanted it low key, anyway," which is just too ****ing funny. And anyone who believes that Trump does not care is a gullible idiot.
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Yeah Trump is probably having nightmares at night, because yeah he won the Presidency, but he sold his soul to the right wing arm of the Republican Party. He thought all of hollywood liked him, but now they don't. He certainly hung around them all enough during his career as reality tv star. Seems the hollywood types have more principles than politicians lolz. I'm sure he wanted and would have liked his inauguration to outshine Obama's in every way imaginable, but now it's just looking like a party for Nazis.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Here is one take:

Donald Trump’s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again
Obama's celebrity obsession paved the way for celebrity President-elect Trump, who could reverse the trend

Donald Trump?s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again - Salon.com

I saw elsewhere that the day will be filled to the brim with military and law enforcement, I got the idea that we might hear the most military marching band music anyone has heard in a long time, and I was wondering how that would go over if it happened. I also wondered if Trump was trying to strike fear into the hearts of the snowflakes, that this might be a form of physiological warfare. I heard that it will be the shortest inauguration in living memory because Trump "wants to get right to work"....I do think he intends to do a lot immediately, that he is not going to wait one second for Congress to get their **** together and do the Cabinet confirmations.

I am ok with all this except that I dont think that America wants this to look military, we dont want the soundtrack to be heavy on the Military Marching Music, as that will remind us of Hitler.

What say you?

tyvm
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One of Obama's greatest flaws was his celebrity obsession. But, celebrities turning down Trump that doesn't mean Trump is not celebrity obsessed. I just thought that was an important point worth making.
 
calamity said:
One of Obama's greatest flaws was his celebrity obsession. But, celebrities turning down Trump that doesn't mean Trump is not celebrity obsessed. I just thought that was an important point worth making.
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Sure, but see Trump is also Little People obsessed, has been probably forever but the last 20 years for sure.

Trump likes everyone, he simply hopes to have everyone love him back.

He is not at all like THE PRICK EXTRAORDINAIRE.

He the one who expects to get told that he is the smartest of all.

Of the two it is Obama who has the ego problem.

See Trump actually values the little people.

He does not think celebs are better.

Unlike Obama.




Edit: Obama miscalculated, because miscalculating is what Obama does generally.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
Here is one take:

Donald Trump’s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again
Obama's celebrity obsession paved the way for celebrity President-elect Trump, who could reverse the trend

Donald Trump?s celebrity-free inauguration could make the White House great again - Salon.com

I saw elsewhere that the day will be filled to the brim with military and law enforcement, I got the idea that we might hear the most military marching band music anyone has heard in a long time, and I was wondering how that would go over if it happened. I also wondered if Trump was trying to strike fear into the hearts of the snowflakes, that this might be a form of physiological warfare. I heard that it will be the shortest inauguration in living memory because Trump "wants to get right to work"....I do think he intends to do a lot immediately, that he is not going to wait one second for Congress to get their **** together and do the Cabinet confirmations.

I am ok with all this except that I dont think that America wants this to look military, we dont want the soundtrack to be heavy on the Military Marching Music, as that will remind us of Hitler.

What say you?

tyvm
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Military bands play a lot of stuff in addition to the traditional military marching band stuff. I've been to a few concerts and they are quite diverse in their musical presentations. I think it would be a good thing to feature military bands that don't get nearly enough credit.

Maybe have Gene Simmons do his tribute to the troops:

Gene Simmons Military Tribute - Bing video
 
AlbqOwl said:
Military bands play a lot of stuff in addition to the traditional military marching band stuff. I've been to a few concerts and they are quite diverse in their musical presentations. I think it would be a good thing to feature military bands that don't get nearly enough credit.

Maybe have Gene Simmons do his tribute to the troops:

Gene Simmons Military Tribute - Bing video
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Ya, you make a good point...

The people running this surely know enough to play the right tunes.

Trump does not suffer from the normal DC INCOMPETENCE.

He has the right people in charge.

He almost always does.

Thank You!
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Or put another way, the celebs are not that tolerant of the huge chunk of Americans who support the President we have picked. The danger for them of course is that it is a very short walk between that and being anti-American, a truth that Trump and his supporters will be only too happy to highlight..
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The anti-Americans ARE the Trump supporters. Here comes the fascist.
 
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