{"id":2393374,"date":"2025-01-21T16:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-issues-objective-praise-of-trump-inauguration-action-and-stamina-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:27:50","slug":"david-axelrod-issues-objective-praise-of-trump-inauguration-action-and-stamina-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-issues-objective-praise-of-trump-inauguration-action-and-stamina-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"David Axelrod issues \u2018objective\u2019 praise of Trump inauguration: \u2018Action and stamina\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdavid-axelrod-issues-objective-praise-of-trump-inauguration-action-and-stamina-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a\u200b recent analysis, Democratic strategist David Axelrod offered positive commentary on President Donald Trump&#8217;s second inauguration, describing it as a successful start for the Republican management. He highlighted the administration&#8217;s focus on projecting an \u200bimage\u2062 of &#8220;action adn\u200d stamina&#8221; during the event, noting \u200cthat they strategically postponed the\u200d proclamation of unpopular pardons related to January 6th to enhance their narrative.Axelrod explained that this approach effectively allowed the White \u200cHouse to create a favorable impression for the new term, with Trump issuing\u2064 a meaningful\u2063 number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-biden-to-make-dueling-southern-border-appearances\/\" title=\"Trump and Biden set for rival border appearances\">executive\u2064 actions aimed<\/a> at priorities such as immigration reform and military policy changes. The inauguration \u200dwas marked by \u200dunusual circumstances, as it took\u200d place indoors at the Capitol Rotunda \u2062due to cold weather. In his inaugural address, Trump expressed optimism about the new era of \u200cnational success unfolding under his leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">David Axelrod issues &lsquo;objective&rsquo; praise of Trump inauguration: &lsquo;Action and stamina&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1474992\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-axelrod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">David Axelrod<\/a> held a favorable report for President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Donald Trump&rsquo;<\/a>s second inauguration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Axelrod suggested that the high-profile event scored a win for Republicans, giving them a running start to the next four years of the Trump administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Objectively, if you were sitting over in the WH this AM, you probably are well satisfied with how yesterday went,&rdquo; Axelrod said in a post to X. &ldquo;They wanted to strike an image of action and stamina, and they did.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod, who once advised former President Barack Obama, said the Trump team was able to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitalism-is-popular-but-woke-big-business-is-not\/\" title=\"Capitalism is Popular But Woke Big Business Is Not\">positive perception<\/a> because the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;broadly unpopular blanket J-6 pardons were deferred until the evening so as not to step on the story.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Objectively, if you were sitting over in the WH this AM, you probably are well satisfied with how yesterday went.<br \/>They wanted to strike an image of action and stamina, and they did.<br \/>The broadly unpopular blanket J-6  pardons were deferred until the evening so as not to step on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1881698126605516948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Inauguration Day turned out to be one of the more unusual ones in recent history. It was also one that the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1881692356006797552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House <\/a>later touted for getting a headstart on accomplishing Trump&rsquo;s agenda, including issuing &ldquo;42 Executive Orders, Memoranda, &amp; Proclamations 115 Personnel Actions, [and] over 200 Executive Actions.&rdquo; During his swearing-in speech, the 47th president announced his slew of executive actions would restrict illegal immigration, tap into the U.S.&rsquo;s oil supply, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reinstate military members axed<\/a> from the service for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccines, among other priorities. <\/p>\n<p>In a historic turn of events, Trump&rsquo;s swearing-in ceremony took place indoors in the Capitol Rotunda due to frigid weather.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I return to the presidency, confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success,&rdquo; Trump said after he took the oath of office. &ldquo;A tide of change is sweeping the country. Sunlight is pouring over the entire world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success,&#8221; President Trump says. &#8220;A tide of change is sweeping the country. Sunlight is pouring over the entire world.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NWkUna6cl1\">pic.twitter.com\/NWkUna6cl1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1881392240507207881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-campaign-garbage-truck-to-ride-in-inaugural-parade\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s campaign garbage truck to ride in inaugural parade\">traditional inaugural parade<\/a> was also held indoors at the Capital One Arena. Packed in the amphitheater were roughly 20,000 of the over 250,000 supporters who bought tickets to attend the originally planned inauguration outdoors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump ended up giving multiple speeches throughout the day, first a traditional address immediately after he was sworn in, then remarks at Emancipation Hall, and finally addressing supporters at the arena.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also signed a host of executive orders, both at the arena and later Monday evening while surrounded by press in the Oval Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Axelrod praising Trump for pulling off the inaugural activities, a host of Democrats joined in the festivities Monday, signaling that the Left&rsquo;s resistance to Trump has considerably softened since he first ran for office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the audience at the Capitol Rotunda were several one-time Democrats who have become firm Trump allies, such as his Cabinet nominees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.<\/p>\n<p>A collection of once left-leaning Big Tech leaders who have increasingly distanced themselves from anti-Trump rhetoric also lined the Capitol Rotunda. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, formerly a vocal Trump critic, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who said in 2016 that the Republican leader was &ldquo;eroding our democracy,&rdquo; were among the converted skeptics applauding the president Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Guests, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, anti-Trump protests surrounding the inauguration were poorly attended compared to when he took office in 2017. The Women&rsquo;s March, rebranded this year as the People&rsquo;s March, attracted far fewer than the expected 50,000 participants this year after the event drew 500,000 progressive demonstrators eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional opposition to Trump was muted, too, compared to resistance at his first inauguration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, scores of House Democrats boycotted the event. This year, that number dwindled to a little more than a handful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), a self-described progressive Democrat, said she attended the inauguration because she believes in a peaceful transfer of power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether I like it or not, Donald Trump won this election, fair and square,&rdquo; she explained in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepSaraJacobs\/status\/1880352117342499229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">video<\/a> announcing her decision. &ldquo; &hellip; Going to the inauguration, showing that I understand that elections matter that what the people want matters is one small step that I can take.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1474992\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1474992\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Axelrod gives &#8216;objective&#8217; praise for Trump&#8217;s inauguration, noting it showcased &#8216;action and stamina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2393375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-inaug-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34750,38975,33017,44805,32076],"class_list":["post-2393374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-david-axelrod","tag-media-commentary","tag-political-analysis","tag-trump-inauguration","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-inaug-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393378,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393374\/revisions\/2393378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}