In Washington, D.C., life in the capital is measured in four-year revolutions

Donald Trump has ordered federal workers to come back to the office on Day One .

Frida Ghitis : It's like this every time power changes hands, and the wheel begins to turn right after the inauguration.

She says D.C. traffic is already worse in the Metro Area than it was before the pandemic.

Ghitis says a full return to office could nudge the city ever closer to an unsought, unenviable status— LA of the East .