Irish Examiner view: An agent of destructive change

Internationally, the consensus is that rather than making America great again, Trump’s plans will destroy its international credibility

US president Donald Trump gives his inaugural address during the 60th presidential inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington on Monday. Picture: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

The ability of US president Donald J Trump to cause shock and awe across the globe was evident just minutes into his second term of presidency yesterday.

Mr Trump promised he will reverse four years of American decline and, in doing so, coldly outlined how he would make “a new golden age” for the country and its people.