# Ya gonna watch Trump's Presidential Inauguration on Friday, January 20? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133 "2017-01-02T10:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/61 "2017-01-03T17:59:47Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > … Or Stephen Miller, the speechwriter who wrote his speech for the Convention is writing it. He says he that he is anyway. Trump said that he was as of Dec 26. Guess this is something else that flips. Color me shocked. :eek: There may not BE any speech. Or it may not be anything near what’s expected. To explain: I’m the ‘other’ vote up there, because I suspect that Steve Bannon and Mike Flynn are working as hard as they can to make Something a reality. They will be “go” only if they have things lined up well enough to pull the Something off. To wit: we know Trump doesn’t much care for being criticized. We know, too, that he’d basically be fine with not having to think about pleasing Congress or pleasing voters. We know how deep is his admiration for dictators–this is the guy, after all, who is reported to keep a book of Hitler’s speeches in his nightstand.\* He’s be fine with being President-for-Life. So if Bannon and Flynn can pull it off–can make sure that all the ex-military guys hired by Trump are ready and willing to fly around the nation to see that National Guardsmen and police and all levels of law enforcement will come on board–it may well be that there will be a Major Terrorist Attack one minute after Trump is sworn in. The timing would accomplish several things: [ul] [li]Trump would be President, and could declare martial law.[/li][li]Trump would escape all blame–the attack would be 100% Obama’s fault! [/li][li]Trump would avoid the humiliation of the Inauguration Ball No Name-Performers Will Play. (He’s not much on dancing in public anyway, these days.)[/li][/ul] So obviously the media would cut in to report that Salt Lake City is now a radioactive crater. Trump would feign surprise, then say a few words along the lines of “we will not fail to catch the perpetrator and to punish all who wish to do us harm” and then the event will be over–all will evacuate, probably. The only danger is that Trump will have to make his post-attack remarks genuinely off the cuff. They can’t very well load the Post-Attack remarks into the Teleprompter ahead of time! - [Donald Trump kept book of Hitler speeches on his nightstand, ex-wife claims - Raw Story](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/donald-trump-kept-book-of-hitler-speeches-on-his-nightstand-ex-wife-claims/) ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/62 "2017-01-03T23:10:59Z")
Interestingly, it looks like Bill and Hillary will be attending Trump’s inauguration: [Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to attend Trump inauguration](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/03/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-inauguration/96117260/) ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/63 "2017-01-04T00:32:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever watched one, so not sure why I would start now. Yeah, this was my first thought when I saw the thread title too. I may catch the speech on replay but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/64 "2017-01-04T00:36:54Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Interestingly, it looks like Bill and Hillary will be attending Trump’s inauguration: [Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to attend Trump inauguration](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/03/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-inauguration/96117260/) Doesn’t surprise me. Mrs. Clinton is very gracious. I think it’s pretty traditional for the losing candidate to show up. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/65 "2017-01-04T12:32:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I honestly don’t know whether you’d be pleased or disturbed if Trump came out and said, _yeah, foreign policy, Pence will basically handle that; and domestic policy, too._ I’m pretty sure he did say that. But I don’t see how this follows from what I said. I was merely differentiating between the two terms. And the answer to your statement is “a mix of both”: pleased that there will be a hand on the tiller less likely to run the country aground than Trump’s would, disturbed that the hand belongs to a bigoted theocrat like Pence, and _really_ disturbed not only that Trump basically admitted that he would be abdicating the bulk of his job responsibilities but also that the people who voted for him were fine with that. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/66 "2017-01-04T12:35:50Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Doesn’t surprise me. Mrs. Clinton is very gracious. I think it’s pretty traditional for the losing candidate to show up. …and if Trump is busy tweeting on his phone and they swear her in instead, I don’t think anyone would mind… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/67 "2017-01-04T12:45:54Z")
Well, this holiday weight isn’t going to come off by itself, ya’ know. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/68 "2017-01-04T13:16:05Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Interestingly, it looks like Bill and Hillary will be attending Trump’s inauguration: [Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to attend Trump inauguration](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/03/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-inauguration/96117260/) Excellent. The “lock her up” chants will underscore the solemn dignity of the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/69 "2017-01-04T13:20:15Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Excellent. The “lock her up” chants will underscore the solemn dignity of the occasion. Perhaps when he’s swearing to uphold the Constitution someone could shout out “YOU LIE!”. That’s always a popular move. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133.md?page=3)