US President Donald Trump and Melania Trump depart the 2017 Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jack Gruber/Pool
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump took over as U.S. president on Friday in the same way he conducted his upstart campaign, with a mixture of blustery salesmanship and naked contempt for the established political order.
In doing so, he sent a clear signal to the country and the world: He plans to govern as he campaigned, refusing to align himself even with his own Republican Party and taking his message directly to the American people.
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