Donald Trump assumes office with promise to be the very bestest best | John Crace
God spared him to make America great again. Rejoice oilmen and climate change deniers, but immigrants watch out
They came in dribs and drabs, the unwanted, the uninvited and the unloved. First to arrive in Washington was Liz Truss, wearing a red Maga hat and a bright blue coat looking like an extra in a Paddington Bear film.
Lizzie could be found standing on a street corner in downtown DC, screaming: “I used to be prime minister of the United Kingdom.”
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