Restored to power, President Trump claimed that God put him there and asserted the right to single-handedly redraw the world map as he sees fit.
By Peter Baker
Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent, is covering his sixth presidency. He reported from Washington.
At a late-night inaugural ball on Monday, His Royal Majesty, flush with his restoration to power, began waving a ceremonial sword he had been given almost as if it were a scepter and he were a king.
Perhaps it is a fitting metaphor as His Royal Majesty takes control in Washington again this week with royal flourishes and monarchical claims to religious legitimacy. His return to the White House has been as much a coronation as an inauguration, a reflection of his own view of power and the fear it has instilled in his adversaries.
