226 years ago, on April 30th, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Contrast his sentiments in that first inaugural address with the disrespectful, self-important, arrogance of our current chief executive ~
 

It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge.
 
In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own… No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.