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Donald Trump was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2017. At his inauguration, Trump gave what is arguably the most famous speach of the MAGA movement, expressing his intent to "make America great again" in front of a crowd of 600,000 people (and another 30.6 million people watching via live [[television]]).<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/how-will-we-know-trumps-inaugural-crowd-size/513938/ How Will We Know Trump’s Inaugural Crowd Size?]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170130101733/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/nielsen-31-million-viewers-saw-trumps-swearing-in/2017/01/21/31c18860-e029-11e6-8902-610fe486791c_story.html Nielsen: 31 million viewers saw Trump’s swearing-in]</ref> Taking heavy inspiration from the inaugural address of [[John F. Kennedy]], his inaurgural speech was 16 minutes long with 1,443 words.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/28/trump-tells-visitors-hes-drafting-his-inaugural-speech-with-reagan-and-kennedy-in-mind/ Trump tells visitors he’s drafting his inaugural speech with Reagan and Kennedy in mind]</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/20/how-short-president-donald-trumps-speech/96830014/ How short was President Donald Trump's speech?]</ref> The speech utilized [[Patriotism|patriotic]] and populist rhetoric, and emphasized the need to end the "American carnage" that was turning the United States into a [[dystopia]] of "abandoned factories, economic angst, rising crime."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRBsJNdK1t0 Trump Inauguration Speech (FULL) | ABC News]</ref>