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Its officially time to say ta ta to Trump... its inauguration day (trump #122)

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ArrrMeHearties · 19/01/2021 21:41

And so the end is neigh its final curtains for the orange one and I for one am going to celebrate. Heres to 🍾 all over the world tomorrow
Link to previous thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4136877-Biden-our-time-until-Inauguration-Day-Trump-121?msgid=103819311#103819311

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RedToothBrush · 20/01/2021 15:49

Is Bill Clinton wearing a blue or purple tie?
Hillary is in a purple trouser suit.

Purple.

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 20/01/2021 15:49

@Roussette

I wonder if it's like a wedding where you try and find out what the mother of the bride is wearing?! Hillary is wearing same colour as Kamala!
Northwestern Purple.
RedToothBrush · 20/01/2021 15:50

Is George W Bush wearing a blue or purple tie?

pointythings · 20/01/2021 15:50

cycling to be fair perhaps I was making my point in too abstract a way. Let me try again.

It is possible to love someone without agreeing with everything they do and think.

Will that do, or should I make an attempt using only words of one syllable or less?

Roussette · 20/01/2021 15:50

Laura Bush looks fab.
I wonder if George W has sweets in his pockets like normal!

DuncinToffee · 20/01/2021 15:51

Michelle Obama, wow!

RedToothBrush · 20/01/2021 15:51

Michelle Obama in purple.

This is deliberate I think.

Purple.

Cheguevarahamster · 20/01/2021 15:52

Michelle looks amazing!

user127819 · 20/01/2021 15:52

@RedToothBrush

Michelle Obama in purple.

This is deliberate I think.

Purple.

What do you mean?
StatisticallyChallenged · 20/01/2021 15:53

Michelle O looks fabulous.

DuncinToffee · 20/01/2021 15:53

And yes Laura Bush looked fab too, George with a blue tie.

CaveMum · 20/01/2021 15:53

Didn't one President catch pneumonia and die only a few weeks after his inauguration? Pretty sure and outdoor ceremony in Washington in mid-January can't have helped!

SanFranBear · 20/01/2021 15:53

Michelle Obama looks beautiful!

RedToothBrush · 20/01/2021 15:54

Barack Obama looks like he's got the exact same shade and colour tie as Bill and George...

maggiethecat · 20/01/2021 15:54

Love the 44th!!

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 20/01/2021 15:54

I'm watching this in the room next to DH's office, and shouting the updates through to him. I wish my kids could be here too - they're at school.

gwenneh · 20/01/2021 15:54

@Hatstrategicallydipped

Trump aside, if you were American citizens, would you naturally be a Republican or a Democrat? Or indeed, if you are American - what 'side' are you on? I'd be a strong Democrat I think. Can't say I follow US politics too closely though tbh.
I'm American as well as British, and I tend to vote Democrat. The time I've spent living in America has all been in a strongly Democrat area, though, and the US is very regionalised so this has certainly coloured my views.
RedToothBrush · 20/01/2021 15:55

Purple. Not Red not Blue.

I'm willing to bet its a symbolic statement about it being time to heal America and the red/blue divide.

CaveMum · 20/01/2021 15:55

@CaveMum

Didn't one President catch pneumonia and die only a few weeks after his inauguration? Pretty sure and outdoor ceremony in Washington in mid-January can't have helped!
Should have gone to Wiki first really!

"William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841. He died of either typhoid, pneumonia, or paratyphoid fever 31 days into his term, becoming the first president to die in office and the shortest-serving U.S. president in history."

cyclingmad · 20/01/2021 15:55

@Roussette

cycling why do you have to be so rude? This is a special important day for lots of us on here. One day. Let's not spoil it, eh?

I wouldn't dream of going on someone's thread and throwing my weight about like this. On a momentous day

Oh that's surprising your talking to me again. Guess you flip flopping like Biden, one minute you make a big announcement your going to ignore me, bow you've changed your mind

I asked a specific question to a poster, if others then pile on why don't you speak to then about not being so rude and spoiling it for you

BruceAndNosh · 20/01/2021 15:57

Some muppet commentator on CNN has just said "4 years ago Trump ran against Obama to win presidency"

RedToothBrush · 20/01/2021 15:57

I am intrigued to know what colour tie Pence will wear. Will he stick with his traditional party red?

CaveMum · 20/01/2021 15:58

Doh, I should have read the whole Wiki page. Harrison was inaugurated in March, not January but I think my point (kind of) still stands with this:

"When Harrison came to Washington, he wanted to show that he was still the steadfast hero of Tippecanoe and that he was a better educated and more thoughtful man than the backwoods caricature portrayed in the campaign. He took the oath of office on Thursday, March 4, 1841, a cold and wet day.[102] He braved the cold weather and chose not to wear an overcoat or a hat, rode on horseback to the ceremony rather than in the closed carriage that had been offered him, and delivered the longest inaugural address in American history[102] at 8,445 words. It took him nearly two hours to read, although his friend and fellow Whig Daniel Webster had edited it for length. He rode through the streets in the inaugural parade[103] and attended three inaugural balls that evening,[104] including one at Carusi's Saloon entitled the "Tippecanoe" ball with 1,000 guests who had paid $10 per person (equal to $297 in 2020).[105]"

PumpkinWitch · 20/01/2021 15:58

@NotaRealLawyer

I wonder if they've brought the Ghostbusters into the WH? Need to make sure that all of the slime is removed.
Apparently they deep clean the WH in between presidents. I read it in Michelle Obama’s book. I don’t think there is a deep enough clean to get rid of the Trumps though. 😱
Roussette · 20/01/2021 15:59

Lovely to see the Biden family arriving. Children and grandchildren. One of the little ones being carried is wrapped up and looks like furry teddy bear Grin

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