The Dylan movie was excellent; a few of the scenes made me laugh out loud. It and the Ohio State victory did a good job of taking my mind off of the inauguration, which was every bit as bad as I thought it would be. More on that in the coming days.
If there is one theme I would single out immediately, it is the fixation with bullying Mexico, Canada, and Panama. Trump’s focus on the Panama Canal is inexplicable–it didn’t feature in his first term, and it hasn’t changed much–and his repeated attacks on our immediate neighbors are inconsistent with the treaty he negotiated and signed with them, to say nothing of the national interest.
Perhaps he wants to do Putin one better and turn both of our neighbors into bitter enemies.