text: The exact numbers are not the issue. At issue is team Trump's assertion that the crowd at his inauguration was the largest in history. It was not. Clearly. Aerial photography and ridership numbers on Washington's metro establish that unequivocally. Moreover, it has a lot to do with governing because it shows an administration that is so brittle, defensive and deluded that it is willing to spectacularly throw away its credibility by brazenly lying and then berating the media.