Washington DC steels itself for Trump’s ‘takeover’: ‘We’re in for a bumpy ride’

Trump has vowed to usurp authority of the city, which he has openly disparaged – and the feeling is generally mutual

Both a senator and a pastor, Raphael Warnock reflected on being asked to give closing remarks at an annual congressional dinner in Washington. “Since we are meeting in what used to be the Trump International Hotel,” he mused, “perhaps it is an exorcism.”

That was last year, when the ghost of Donald Trump had seemingly been banished for good from the nation’s capital. But like all the best horror movies, there is going to be a sequel. Next month, Trump will return to a city that he has openly disparaged – the feeling is generally mutual – when he is inaugurated as the 47th US president.

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