Monday's event recalled pageantry familiar from Trumpov's first term in office, which was punctuated by high-profile announcements of investments.

The usual sober pageantry with which prior artists told the grim story is replaced by a brilliant choreography of chaotic harmonies.

She adds that it also gives us a chance "to laugh at the absurdity of pageantry".

There was no pageantry or grand exposition behind its reason for being.

Robinson was excited about running his own team and returning to the pageantry of college football, which in USC’s case featured Traveler, the Trojans’ equine mascot who sprinted along the sideline.