BREAKING: Donald Trump's Inauguration Ratings Tanked

He will not be happy learning about these numbers.

It’s official: Donald Trump’s inauguration was one of the lowest viewed inaugurations in recent American history. According to latest numbers, approximately 26.05 million Americans viewed his inauguration on mainstream media channels. That’s down more than 30% from President Biden’s inauguration ceremony in 2021 and even down from Trump’s own inauguration in 2017. In 2021, Biden had 39.87 million tune in to watch him be sworn in and in 2017, Trump had 38.35 million viewers, on average, watch his swearing in ceremony. To make matters worse for Trump, because of the extreme cold, there was no crowd in Washington, D.C. to watch his inauguration.

This will almost definitely be a topic of conversation in the coming days. If you recall, back in 2017, Donald Trump made it a point to talk about how large his crowd was on inauguration day, even though his crowd was objectively smaller than that of President Obama’s in 2008 and 2012. Now, given the fact that the inauguration was held indoors, he does not have a crowd to complain about (even though his in-person crowd was the smallest in decades), but he does have terrible ratings to discuss. But, the truth remains that his ratings fell far short of President Biden’s, who, if you recall, also did not have a crowd given the ongoing pandemic.

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With that, here is a quick mid-day update about all the news you need to know about.

• The Fraternal Order of the Police, one of Donald Trump's largest endorsees, has blasted his decision to pardon January 6th insurrectionists.

• The Trump Administration has officially cancelled all travel plans for refugees who had already been cleared to resettle in the United States.

• The Trump Justice Department has ordered its prosecutors to begin investigating local jurisdictions that try to obstruct immigration enforcement across the country.

• The Trump Administration has ordered a complete communications blackout for the nation’s health agencies.

• All federal employees in any role related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, will be forced to be on paid leave by 5 PM EST today.

• Netflix has announced that it will be raising its prices for all subscriptions.

• The United States Military has ordered the deployment of thousands of troops to the southern border.

• Donald Trump rolled back the Equal Employment Opportunity Act which prohibited discrimination in federal hiring practices.

It’s going to be a very busy day, and a very long week. I will continue providing you updates, in realtime, as quickly as possible. I will be doing an evening news update around 5:30 PM EST today, so stay tuned. If you enjoy this content, let me know, and please consider becoming a paid subscriber today to support my independent journalism:

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Aaron