Revolution, ritual and pomp: Donald Trump's inauguration is pure political theatre

By Michael Idato
Updated January 21 2017 - 11:28am, first published 5:11am

With motorcades, pomp and pageantry, and uniformed marines festooned in gold and shiny buttons and bayonets, the purpose of America's presidential inauguration is simple: it is pure political theatre.

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