Silke Jasso
[protected-iframe id=”284179d725ed6de650d51abd468bab28-46934866-20476120″ info=”http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/tv/2017/01/20/exp-van-jones-on-trumps-speech-cnntv.cnn” width=”416″ height=”234″ frameborder=”0″]
Videos by Rare
Donald Trump’s inaugural speech is already being analyzed and a lot of Twitter is having a bit of a laugh pointing out that the nation’s new president channeled his inner Batman villain during his address.
Donald Trump accidentally quoted Bain, the Batman villain, during his Inaugural speech. pic.twitter.com/NC3RyPJipZ
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) January 20, 2017
It seems like every candidate has their inaugural speech compared to John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” sermon and this year’s speech was no different. The CNN commentators discussed the future of America as the city on the hill and considered how that might be different
RELATED: Van Jones says that the Clinton-era moderate Democrat “is over”
CNN pundit Van Jones had a much more serious take on the address. The left-leaning commentator stated, “I think it’s a very patriotic speech but to the world it says that the United States is now a radically ordinary country.” He continued by saying, “I don’t know where it leads us–I don’t know who leads the world now.”
RELATED: Van Jones says he foresaw the Trump victory and the “data dummies'” failure
Jones has been very critical of Donald Trump in the past–when Trump was elected, Jones called the election a “whitelash.” He hosts “The Messy Truth” on CNN every week where he talks about the issues facing the nation.
