One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal tokens of unity.'

Eight years after giving his first inaugural address, President Donald Trump offered a second one that, like the first, heavily emphasized grievance. MAGA Republicans are applauding his return to the White House,

Will Trump take the opportunity this time, in his second inaugural speech, to talk of unity? Or will it be more 'American carnage'?

President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural address inside the Rotunda. During his address, he promised a "revolution of common sense" as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.