pitchfork
トランプ氏が，米国の第45代大統領に就任しました。就任式で，トランプ大統領は20分程度のスピーチを行いました。スピーチの中でも，これまで同様米国第一主義を掲げております。
記事の中で気になった単語は"pitchfork"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）を調べると「<干し草など> をフォークでかき[投げ]上げる，《地位などに》 <人> を無理に付ける」などという意味がありました。Oxford Dictionaries.comには" Thrust (someone) suddenly into an unexpected and difficult situation"と定義されております。就任式では，トランプ大統領を支持するサポーターが駆けつけた一方で，共和党議員60名が欠席するなど，異例の出来事も起きております。(Ume)
Trump inauguration: President vows to end 'American carnage'
If Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention was billed as "midnight in America" - a pessimistic view of the current conditions in the US - then his message on inauguration day was that it's always darkest before the dawn.
In an address that was tonally consistent with candidate Trump's campaign rhetoric, the president railed against a Washington elite that flourished while the American people suffered.
Early reports were that Mr Trump would offer a non-ideological appeal for national unity - and there were motions in that direction at times toward the end of his speech. This address, however, was very much aimed at his supporters - uniting the people with pitchforks against an out-of-touch establishment.
