The Pueblo Chieftain editorial: President Trump
“It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American flag.
“And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.”
So said President Donald Trump in his inaugural address last Friday. His focus then as it was throughout his campaign was, as he put it, “transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the American people.”
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