Some people in the Northwest are welcoming President Donald Trump鈥檚 second inauguration with an open mind, like Jordan Mitchell from Warm Springs, Oregon.
鈥淚 used to be on the train before where I really disliked him. But I鈥檓 not on that no more. I actually don鈥檛 mind this guy anymore so, we鈥檒l see,鈥� the 21-year-old said while sitting in the cab of his truck outside the Warm Springs Indian Reservation鈥檚 general store.
Making her way into the store on the same frigid January morning, Coleta Macy carried heavier feelings about the president鈥檚 second tenure, and his hardline immigration rhetoric.
鈥淚 have a lot of friends, and friends that have become family, who don鈥檛 have papers and are paying taxes and doing what they need to do to become citizens. A lot of their families are in danger,鈥� said the 37-year-old from Warm Springs.
鈥淭he next four years are going to be a crazy ride, but I鈥檒l do my best to move forward and to continue to use my voice,鈥� she added.
Voters in Oregon and Washington overwhelmingly voted against Trump in November, though the president still received notable support in each state. In some cases, people who view the president as holding some extreme political stances still voted for him due to his positions on the economy or immigration. That鈥檚 left some Northwest residents with mixed feelings as the president takes the oath of office Monday.
In downtown Redmond, Oregon, Joe Anderson said he was inclined to back Trump 鈥� albeit hesitantly.
鈥淚 think Trump鈥檚 personal morals are horrible and I hate it that we have someone leading our nation like that. I think he has some good economic ideas, but that鈥檚 as far as it goes,鈥� Anderson said.
His choice caused friction in his own family, especially among grandkids, he said. But for others walking along the same Central Oregon main street, the choice was more black and white.
鈥淚鈥檓 most excited for the change,鈥� Kim McClure of Culver said. 鈥淭rump says, 鈥業鈥檓 going to do all these things,鈥� and I believe he鈥檚 going to do it.鈥�
She was out running errands at the same time as Katie from Bend, who didn鈥檛 want to give her last name. Both of them, despite voting differently in the election, used similar language to express radically different expectations for the president鈥檚 next term.
鈥淎ll of it feels very overwhelming and important,鈥� Katie said. 鈥淚 think the biggest thing for me is taking care of our people, taking care of us, and us taking care of each other.鈥�
McClure also hoped for less political disagreement locally, but saw the president as being in line with that: 鈥淚 believe that he is for America and he really wants to do a good job for us.鈥�
The women disagreed when asked about Trump鈥檚 proposed policies, including his promise to 鈥渓aunch the largest deportation program in American history.鈥�
鈥淭hat鈥檒l be great,鈥� McClure said. 鈥淧eople have been coming in and they鈥檙e not necessarily the kind of people we wanted to be here. Hopefully, he鈥檒l be very fair about that.鈥�
Katie, though, viewed the administration鈥檚 immigration policy proposals as inherently 鈥渦nfair.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檝e made it so difficult [for people to immigrate legally], so that I get why people come over illegally,鈥� she said. 鈥淣ot to mention just the workforce that鈥檚 being eliminated and how much money it would cost to deport all these people. Who鈥檚 going to pay for that?鈥�
Immigration was among one of the most pressing issues that OPB reporters heard about when fanning out across Oregon and Southwest Washington to ask people about their hopes and fears leading up to Inauguration Day.
In Vancouver, Washington, 68-year-old David Silver worried that the president鈥檚 vow to 鈥渟eal the border鈥� will ruin his life.
鈥淢y partner lives in the Middle East and is Muslim, and we know now that he will not be able to come to the United States,鈥� he said.
Soccoro Hernandez, 54, was out walking her dog in downtown Vancouver around the time Silver was, and she felt his pain: 鈥淎 lot of different groups are in danger,鈥� she said.
Besides immigration, many of Trump鈥檚 critics zeroed in on the president鈥檚 stances toward climate change, deploying tariffs and supporting states鈥� rights to criminalize reproductive health care like abortion.
鈥淗e鈥檚 going to continue to do climate violence, and violence on anybody that鈥檚 not white in this country,鈥� Andrew Wardenaar from Milwaukie,Oregon, said.
In Warm Springs, Harly David, 21, said the president 鈥渕akes me scared as a woman being in my own country鈥nd how that鈥檚 going to affect my health in the future.鈥�
Juniper Yi of Redmond said she鈥檚 鈥渕ost concerned about the tariffs that Trump was talking about and how that would influence the cost of buying things.鈥�
She鈥檚 worried about Trump鈥檚 position on China potentially raising prices, including his plans to downgrade the country鈥檚 trading status with the U.S.
Among some of the president鈥檚 backers, like Redmond鈥檚 Anderson, there was consensus that many of these fears are being overblown.
鈥淚 think sometimes Trump says things that he knows are not true because he鈥檚 jockeying for a negotiating position,鈥� Anderson said.
But other supporters hope Trump follows through on his stump speeches, like Wayne, also from Redmond, who said he voted for the president and didn鈥檛 want to give his last name.
鈥淸Trump] needs to have a way to do it so that it鈥檚 going to perpetuate,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o that the next administration can鈥檛 come in and change it back.鈥�
At the Redmond Senior Center, entitlements like Social Security and Medicare benefits were most top of mind for people with views across the political spectrum. The president said many times on the campaign trail that he would not cut those programs, or raise the retirement age.
鈥淭hat I like,鈥� Chip Horsley, 65, said. He was in his gym clothes, catching a few games of pickleball as others played bingo or perused paperbacks in the senior center library.
鈥淥ne thing I鈥檝e learned,鈥� Horsley said: 鈥淚f you want to keep friends, you don鈥檛 talk politics.鈥�
But even among the Northwest鈥檚 most seasoned and politically diverse residents, the topic is hard to avoid. He said he鈥檚 lost some relationships over his own views on Trump.
鈥淚鈥檓 not excited about him at all,鈥� he said, 鈥淟ike I tell my friends, I said I hope he proves me wrong.鈥�
In the senior center library, Mark, 75, from Powell Butte, Oregon, was enthusiastic about Trump taking office. He declined to give his last name.
鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled because we need some changes in this country. If we don鈥檛 get changes and things straightened out, we鈥檙e going to have more problems down the road,鈥� he said.
Mark agreed with many of the changes Trump has promised, including one frequent campaign talking point to 鈥渟ign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content.鈥�
When Susan heard that statement from Trump, she felt a familiar sense of hopelessness mixed with anger.
鈥淚鈥檓 trans myself and maybe one day somebody鈥檚 going to knock on my door and haul me off,鈥� said the 79-year-old, who declined to give her last name.
At this point, she added, she wouldn鈥檛 mind if she could pick a new country, 鈥渨here I鈥檓 as respected as anyone else.鈥� She pondered Tasmania as one option, 鈥渋f they welcomed me.鈥�
Other education-related claims from Trump also hit home for her, like the president鈥檚 repeated promise to defund any schools that require vaccines.
鈥淚 got polio. My left leg recovered, but my right leg didn鈥檛,鈥� she said, noting she was born before the polio vaccine and has had a lifelong limp. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 love a country that is so blind to facts like that.鈥�
Susan has a hard time empathizing with Trump supporters anymore, even though on this day she was playing bingo with a few of them.
鈥淚 keep my mouth shut,鈥� she said, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think they believe what is happening. The country is afraid and we鈥檙e going to get what we deserve.鈥�
William Robbins contributed reporting from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation; Kathryn Styer Mart铆nez contributed reporting from Redmond, Oregon; Erik Neumann contributed reporting from Vancouver, Washington; and Joni Land contributed reporting from Portland, Oregon.