Is President Trump running roughshod over the Constitution while scaring the bejesus out of businesses and corporations with impending tariffs and threats of factory, warehouse and farm immigration raids, or is he simply keeping the promises he made that earned him the popular vote and Electoral College victory last November?

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Meanwhile, scroll down with the trackbar on the far right to read …

Pundit-at-Large Stephen Macaulay’s comments on Trump’s inauguration, “The Return of the Gilded Age?”, with comments by Hugh Hansen in the left column, lauding Michelle Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for skipping the event.

Scroll down further to read Macaulay’s comments on the inauguration balls’ musical acts, “That’s Entertainment,” with a counterpoint by Kate McLeod in the left column.

Scroll down yet further to Rich Corbett’s right-column commentary from before the inauguration on how this is a chance for political animals to “start with a clean slate” with the second Trump term. Sharon Lintner’s counterpoint is in the left column.