The second coming of Donald Trump, By Reuben Abati

The most important global event yesterday, 20 January, was the inauguration of Donald J Trump, 45^th president of the United States, now as the 47^th president of the United States in what has been correctly described as his second coming. Trump’s second coming should be taken in this literal sense, the United States allowing for a possible two terms in office as the limit for any President, in line with the 22^nd Amendment (1951) in the United States Constitution. With his landslide victory in the 5 November, 2024 election, in which he defeated Democratic late-comer to the race, Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump was assuredly on his way to serving his second and final term as President and that process reached its climax yesterday. The only president that served more than two terms was Franklin D Roosevelt who ran for the Presidency and won four times (1933-1945), before Americans embraced the wisdom of George Washington (US founding father and first President) that any…