Guided by his wife Melania, Abraham Lincoln’s bible, and his own, the 45th president Donald J. Trump took to the stage in front of the Nation’s Capitol for the beginning of a long, and seemingly buzzworthy day this past Friday.

Prior to his inaugural address, Trump was sworn in by Chief Justice John G. Roberts who administered the oath of office in front of former presidents and their families such as the Clintons, the Obamas and Jimmy Carter.

His speech drew up mixed reactions, despite highlighting similar themes to that of his campaign speeches that promised prosperity and restoration of America’s glory days, a well-liked sentiment by his supporters. This included statements like, “From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first — America first.”  A powerful statement that generated positive reactions from the crowd.

Yet to some, his remarks seemed off-the-cuff and unsettling as Trump was criticized heavily for his judgement about the administration of the military as he stated, “For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. We defended other nation’s borders while refusing to defend our own.”

This does not coexist with facts and data provided by White House sources, although the statement lacks context and may have been said strictly under President Trump’s interpretation.

When being asked about his thoughts and feelings regarding the inauguration, Riley Cox (Junior) expressed to the Eagle Quill his qualms with the event by saying, “I am personally disappointed with the nationwide reactions to the inauguration. A lot of people seem to assume that because they didn’t vote for President Trump, that no one should have. People refuse to acknowledge the fact that there is another side of the coin.”

Other student reactions to Friday’s happenings included a powerful statement made by  Camren Slaughter (Junior) who said, “I think he did a good job switching his rhetoric to a we and all encompassing [approach] rather than in his campaign where his approach was more like I can do this, I can make America great again… He did have a theme in his speech that made America seem like a way darker place than I feel that it is”

Despite various reactions,  Trump also was under fire for his rumination surrounding his inaugural viewer ratings and data, which he took to social media outlets to address. This inauguration has been the 2nd highest rated inauguration in 36 years, in terms of American viewership, although it received the 2nd lowest attendance in 50 years.

Trump’s Press Secretary, Sean Spicer stated that is was the largest inaugural audience in history; however, these claims haven’t been substantiated. We do know that the spaces between the Presidential platform, 4th street, the media tents and the Washington Monument all appeared to be filled. If this is accurate that means an audience of 720,000 was in attendance and another 420,000 people have been reported to be using D.C. Metro public transit that day. These numbers are still in comparison to the 1.8 million in attendance for former President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009 and 400,000 for former President George W. Bush’s inauguration in 2005.

To either your dismay or pleasure, Trump hit the ground running with his first orders in office over the past few days. Visiting the CIA after the customary national prayer service and signing executive orders seemed to be first on his agenda Friday.

One of the most noteworthy executive orders accomplished ended up being an order to ease the provisions of The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). And shortly following, a re-vamp of the White House’s website. The whitehouse.gov pages on LGBT rights as well as the Obama administration’s plan to combat Climate Change were controversially eliminated.

Saturday morning, Americans were awoken to news of women’s marches around the world that were centered on raising awareness for women’s issues such as accessible reproductive health care, equal pay and sexualization within society. These marches drew a connection with President Trump’s inauguration as it was recorded as the largest post-inauguration march in history and seemingly had a larger attendance than the previous day’s inaugural ceremony. As of yesterday’s estimates, more than 1 in 100 women attended marches Saturday which is the equivalent of around 4.6 million people nationally, a groundbreaking achievement on the path of equal rights.

Although the 45th Presidential Inauguration proved to be very noteworthy, only time will be able to reveal its lasting impact.