It was meant to be a day of global reconciliation, when the new leader of the free world put all the rancour of the past eight years behind him and heralded an era of unity.

• 这本应是一个全球和解的日子。在这一天，美国这个“自由国度”的新领袖可以将过去八年的积怨一笔勾销，宣告世界团结新纪元的来临。