How Trump’s inauguration speech length compares to previous presidents’ from NPR Rachel Treisman

Presidential Inauguration of William Henry Harrison, in Washington D.C., on March 4, 1841.

Trump’s second inauguration speech came out to 2,885 words — considerably longer than his 2017 address, though shorter than the off-the-cuff remarks he gave to supporters after being sworn in Monday.

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