Unless you live in a hole somewhere, you know that we now have a new P.O.T.U.S. That’s right, Donald J. Trump is officially the 45th president of the United States of America.

Here is a bit of background information on this past election season. Trump started as the joke of the Republican Party’s candidates, but then he actually started resonating with a lot of citizens which led him to be the party’s number one candidate. He ran against Hillary Clinton and won the electoral college (but not the popular vote), winning him the presidency. This gave us a Republican president with a Republican-led Congress. Additionally, Trump and Congress will be the ones selecting the new Supreme Court justice, who will likely also be conservative. Yay.

This election brought a lot of questions such as, “Is the electoral college necessary?” (Nope.) and “Did Russia really hack this election?” (Yep.) and most importantly, “Can we delete Trump’s Twitter account, please?” (I wish.)

There has also been lots of news recently about the repealing of Obamacare, which was, in some people’s opinions, one of former President Barack Obama’s greatest legacies. If repealed, millions will lose coverage. A concrete plan hasn’t been released about what will replace Obamacare, so this issue is very controversial.

Now to present day: the Inauguration. It took place this past Friday, and it attracted less people than Obama’s first inauguration. The few famous acts Trump had dropped out. Obama’s first inauguration had Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen, while Trump had a bunch of country singers who I haven’t heard of and 3 Doors Down (essentially a rip-off of Nickelback). The list of people who refused to perform is more well-known than the list of people who accepted.

Am I OK with Trump being president? No. In fact, I’ve made three podcasts complaining about him and criticizing his actions.

He isn’t getting rid of corrupt politicians and outside interests (draining the swamp). He isn’t making detailed plans of how he is going to accomplish his goals, and I can’t talk enough about how troublesome his Twitter is. Even the promises he did make, like building that wall, have no chance of happening.

Despite all these grievances, I have to accept this passing of power, as it plays a big role in how our government works. Tradition is tradition. In fact, there is a tradition of giving an inaugural address.

During his address, Trump spoke about rebuilding our nation, getting our jobs back, and most importantly, “giving [power] back to the people.”

However, he issued a decree that it’s now going to be “only America first.” If we have this attitude when trying to make deals with other countries, no deals will be made. I get his point about being patriotic, but it comes off a tad arrogant. Almost as if the United States doesn’t care about other countries, which I know isn’t the case. What I am worried about with this speech is how other countries will view us. We know that our country is full of open-minded, kind and caring citizens, but someone like Trump is what people see first in headlines about us.

Then, Trump has to end his speech like this: “Together we will make America strong again.” (Oh no.) “We will make America wealthy again.” (Oh please no.) “We will make America proud again.” (I know it’s coming, but I don’t want it to.) “We will make America safe again.” (Someone turn off the television.) “And, yes,” (Dang it.) “Together, we will make America great again.”

There are many other presidents who had memorable inaugural speeches, such as John F. Kennedy when he said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” And what can we do for our country right now, since there is no guessing what our country will do for us these next four years? My answer: believe that everything will turn out fine, because we can persevere through whatever life, in this case Trump, throws at us.