Donald Trump inauguration: 'The effects will be felt for years' - Redi Tlhabi, now US-based
Donald Trump has been sworn in as President of the United States for the second time.
FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: JOSH EDELSON/AFP
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Redi Tlhabi, a well-known South African journalist and producer in the United States.
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After an attempted insurrection and 34 felony convictions, Donald Trump is back in office in the US.
He has vowed to waste no time stamping his authority on the country.
Tlhabi says that in Washington DC it feels like a funeral as many of the liberal residents are devastated by the outcome of the election.
Trump has previously signed executive orders to pull the US out of the World Health Organisation, and the Paris Climate Accords.
In addition to this, he has pardoned several violent insurrectionists.
“There are real substantive issues that are being felt, and they will be felt for years to come.”
- Redi Tlhabi
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Trump is threatening Canada and Mexico with massive tariffs.
Thlabi thinks he has failed to see the symbiosis between these countries and the US will suffer if he enacts the tariffs.
She also says he has promised to sign numerous orders that the Constitution does not allow such as reversing birthright citizenship.
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