What does the new “golden age”, the one president Donald Trump declared again and again in his inaugural speeches was about to dawn, look like?

For a preview, cast your eye to the trio of official inaugural balls held Monday night (Jan 20).

They were the real-life equivalent of a trailer for a remake of The Gilded Age: a series of champagne celebrations in which the main characters took centre stage in glittering costumes that called to mind eras gone by to create a pastiche of aspiration. One set to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s My Way.