A Spirit of Vengeance in Trump’s First Week

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The Washington Roundtable discusses President Trump’s first week in office, during which he broke a record for the most executive orders any modern-day President has signed on Day One. The President’s Inaugural Address and barrage of orders seemed driven by a sense of grievance, accrued in the course of four years out of office, four criminal prosecutions, and a deep desire for revenge. Will an apparatus of rage, taking form as vengeance, ultimately inhibit the government from performing its functions? Plus, the Roundtable discusses the Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s remarks at the interfaith prayer service, and the importance of speaking truth to power.

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