10:06 – The President and Vice-President Elect have arrived at the White House. Mrs. Trump brought Mrs. Obama a small gift, which Mrs. Obama looked at is if it were covered in dog slime.
10:11 – Is it just me, or do all of the Secret Service guys shave their heads? Seriously, it’s like they all want to look like Mister Clean?
10:13 – NBC shows a shot of Marine, Army, and Navy flag officers walking out to the stands, all in their dress uniforms. They were followed by some guy in a faux hawk. Yeah.
10:18 – Wow, LucasFilm let them use Maz Kanata for the color commentary. Oh, never mind, that’s Tom Brokaw. My bad.
10:21 – Lester Holt just asked if Donald Trump was going to have a honeymoon as president. Apparently, Mr. Holt needs his dosage upped a tad.
10:24 – If you’re old enough to reminisce about how cold the 1985 inauguration was, maybe you’ve been doing this too long.
10:32 – What a difference two decades make. I remember when NBC reported on Bob Dole’s alleged involvement in an underground, Satanic, chocolate adulteration ring in 1996.
10:36 – Just saw John McCain. For those of you who said in 2008 that he was too old and wouldn’t survive a term as President, there you go.
10:48 – Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Trump have come out to get in the limos. Neither of them look happy to be there.
10:50 – President Clinton and his wife have arrived at the Capitol. I’ve seen people walking to prison sentences with more mirth in their faces.
10:53 – Mr. Trump and Mrs. Obama are driving to the Capitol. You all have no idea how much I would give to be a fly on that particular wall.
10:57 – Tom Brokaw just reminisced about the Jackson inaugural party/brawl. It’s good that even at such an advanced age, he can still recall events from his youth.
10:59 – The last time I heard commentators throw this much shade on someone, it was in Pompey’s Theater on a beautiful March morning.
11:01 – Mr. Trump and President Obama have arrived at the Capitol. I heard this from the back of some lady’s head.
11:07 – Whatever else happens today, this has been good PR for Apple and Cadillac.
11:18 – Is there a special school for political wives that teaches how to smile when you want to curse at the top of your lungs?
11:23 – Stay classy, Nancy Pelosi. Nothing like making a political statement during a time that’s supposed to bring our country together.
11:25 – Obama descends the stairs with Biden. After a little crowd work, he finds his way to his place.
11:27 – NBC reporters are doing political kabbalah based on everyone’s tie color. Is this what we’ve come to?
11:31 – President Elect Trump comes down the stairs. I’ve never seen anyone make sure they don’t fall down a flight of stairs so much in my life.
11:33 – And here we go.
11:35 – “Willing, but not enthusiastically” – An excellent description of the mood today.
11:36 – They’re invoking Lincoln. Nobody ever got us into trouble without invoking Lincoln.
11:39 – Never heard that version of the Beatitudes before. Interesting selection.
11:47 – Chuck Schumer takes the mic. I wonder if he’s going to reach across the aisle.
11:49 – Huh, Schumer didn’t mention the freedom to bear arms in that little list. Strange.
11:51 – Interesting. Schumer celebrates the words of someone fighting an army of Democrats in the Civil War.
11:52 – Clarence Thomas will now give the oath of office to Vice President Pence. Perhaps this will be the thing that gets him into the African American history museum.
11:57 – It’s OK, Mr. Trump. Not a lot of people know more than the first chorus to “America the Beautiful.”
11:59 – Chief Justice Roberts will now administer the oath of office to Mr. Trump. I wonder if he will get it right this time.
12:00 – President Donald J. Trump. Say it with me.
12:01 – Is anyone watching the skies over North Korea to see if they’ve launched their ICBM yet?
12:02 – President Trump takes the stand to make his speech. Starts off by thanking everyone.
12:03 – Trump acknowledges and thanks President Obama. Nice
12:04 – Then he starts tearing down the Washington power structure.
12:05 – “This moment is your moment. It belongs to you’
12:06 – “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer”
12:09 – “We’ve defended other nation’s borders while refusing to defend our own”
12:10 – “From this day forward, it’s only going to be ‘America First'”
12:11 – “We will get our people off of welfare and back to work”
12:19 – And the reporters remark about how insulting the President’s speech was.
12:21 – “If I forget thee, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.” Now, that’s an interesting choice of words.
12:26 – Oh, good. They found someone who could hit the note at the end of the Star Spangled Banner.
12:28 – And with that, the inauguration is over. Godspeed to President Obama, and good luck to President Trump.
12:32 – Just when I thought I was done, NBC News Godwins the inauguration. Apparently, saying “America First” is anti-semitic. So, there’s that.
12:35 – President Trump is walking with President Obama. I wonder how much Obama wants to punch Trump over that speech.
12:36 – President Obama is about to leave. I hope that Trump supporters have more class as he goes than Obama supporters had watching President Bush leave in 2009.
12:37 – How interesting. Before the ceremony, the reporters were remarking about how the crowd was graciously clapping and cheering for Mrs. Clinton when she came down the stairs and took her seat. Now, they’re talking about how they boo’ed and jeered her.
12:38 – “Hyperbolic” “Dystopian” – Words a historian is using to describe President Trump’s speech. Was Nick Cole his speech writer?
12:40 – Did Mr. Obama look back as he got on the helicopter? I don’t think he did. (EDITED: He did. I just missed it.)
12:45 – Mr. and Mrs. Obama have flown away from the Capitol. Of course, they’re only going to live a few miles away, so perhaps they’ll take this as an opportunity to figure out how they’re going to deal with Washington traffic.
12:47 – Now, NBC is comparing Trump to Huey Long. Anyone got any idea until he’s compared to Pinochet?
12:50 – And I’m done. It’s all done except the jawing, so I’m going to go and do something constructive.
