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‘I’m a Democrat who will give him a chance’: Lionel Shriver on Trump’s inauguration

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Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. All the former leaders of the free world were there to watch Trump take the oath — again — but how was this inauguration different to the last? And what signs were there of how Trump intends to govern?

Guest hosting for Americano, The Spectator’s Kate Andrews speaks to Freddy Gray, who is on the ground in DC, and Lionel Shriver about Trump’s speech lamenting the Biden administration, Biden’s last minute pardoning of his family and why some Democrats could be willing to give Trump a chance this time round. 

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