WASHINGTON – Donald Trump took his second presidential oath on Monday at his inauguration ceremony inside the US Capitol.

The oath marked the culmination of Trump’s four-year journey. Trump kept his distance from following the attack on Capitol on January 6th, but still supported it in the White House’s third campaign. Trump’s running mate, Ohio’s JD Vance, has been sworn in as vice president.

“Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback,” Trump said in his inaugural address after oath. “But as you see today, I’m here – the Americans spoke.”

Trump spent much of his speech detailing an executive order scheduled to deal with immigration, energy and more late Monday.

“Those actions will launch a full recovery and a revolution in common sense in America,” he said.

He pledged Decide a national emergency At the southern border, we elicited a standing ovation from the Rotunda audience. He said he vowed to launch a process of deporting “millions” of undocumented immigrants to the United States “quickly halt” and deporting “millions” of undocumented immigrants.

“As Commander-in-Chief, I have no higher responsibility than protecting our country from threats and invasions. That’s exactly what I’m trying to do,” Trump said.

Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate, in the November general election after winning 226 people with 312 election college votes.

He also won the popularity vote with 49.9% of 77.3 million votes, compared to Harris’ 75 million, 48.4%. Harris attended the inauguration ceremony with her husband Doug Emov.

The inauguration ceremony was to be held outside the Capitol Building, a terrace overlooking the National Mall. Trump announced On Friday, he wanted to move indoors in the extreme waters.

It was the first time since the inauguration of former President Ronald Reagan since the ceremony was held in Rotunda. Looking at it with the top government officials, there was a trio of billionaires. Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Elon Musk, a high-tech entrepreneur.

Some of the guests and supporters who were unable to fit in the Rotunda were watching at the big screen inside the Capitol Visitor Center and at the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, DC.

It was expected that Trump would return to the arena in the late afternoon. He joined supporters on SundayFor the first traditional parade moved inside.

“VY hopes of all countries”

Trump’s first speech at Capitol Rotunda was a broad focus on his vision for the country while former President Joe Biden listened, and he sharply criticised the current state of the United States.

“The golden age of America begins now,” Trump said.

“From this day on, our country will flourish all over the world and be respected once again,” he said. . ”

The president said he wanted to be a “peacemaker” and “unification” who pointed to the hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas last week.

Trump said he would declare a “national energy emergency” later Monday, and repeated a “drill, babe, drill” approach when it comes to oil and gas production.

He also sought “external revenue services” that collected “all tariffs, duties, and income.”

Trump said he would sign an executive order to “stop all government censorship and bring free speech back to America.”

He said he wanted to create a society based on “color brands” and “merit” and “from now on it will be the official US government policy of only two genders: male and female.”

He too Reflecting his pledge To control the Panama Canal, the Gulf of Mexico was renamed “American Gulf” and to bring Mount Denali in Alaska back to “Mount McKinley.”

Return to campaign rhetoric

Trump bid farewell to Biden and former Ladygil Biden before departing for the helicopter after the Rotunda ceremony. The Bidens were planning to travel to California when they began their lives after the White House.

After that, Trump gave him a freewheel, 35 minute speech In the Capitol Visitor Centre’s Liberation Hall, event organizers used it as an overflow room to accommodate other people who could not fit in the Rotunda, such as the governor, the spouse of a lawmaker, and the diplomatic corps.

“I just want to say you’re a much more beautiful audience than I just spoke about, and I want to take it off the record,” he said.

Trump’s second speech was more reminiscent of his campaign rally than his official speech he gave at the Rotunda ceremony. He repeated false claims spurred by these false statements about his 2020 election defeat and his election to Biden and his attack on the Capitol on January 6th.

“I was going to talk about it. They said, ‘Don’t raise it now, we can raise it tomorrow too,” Trump said. “We’re giving you a little more information than we’ve given up on the second floor.”

Trump said he didn’t want his first speech to be “complicated”, he wanted it to be “beautiful” and “unified”.

“Then when they told us there was a group of people who were serious Trump fans, I said, ‘This is the time to tell those stories,” he said.

Trump also spoke at length about border security and immigration during his second speech, saying it was a problem during Biden’s term as president.

“I think that was probably the biggest problem for me in 2016, 2015,” Trump said. “This boundary is much worse. We fixed the border. It was completely fixed. There was nothing to talk about.”

Full Staff Flag

Trump signed several documents in the president’s room by a US senator on Monday afternoon. declaration The US flag will fly with full staff for this inauguration and all future inauguration dates.

President Biden then ordered half staff to fly the US flag until January 28th, a customary 30-day day, to commemorate former president Jimmy Carter, who passed away in December. .

Last week, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson Louisiana ordered the flag of the Capitol to fly with full staff on in office. Some Republican-led states Followed in the suit.

Senate moves to Trump’s candidate

The Senate began to confirm Trump’s cabinet candidate later Monday, winning 99-0 votes to make former Florida Sen. Marco Rubio the secretary of state.

Senate majority leader John Tune, Rs.D. said he plans to check out other candidates as soon as possible and expects a vote to be expected later this week when John Ratcliffe becomes the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

“Our priority in the Senate these past few weeks is that President Trump’s candidate has been confirmed and he has the team he needs to deliver,” Thune said. .

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat in New York, supported Rubio during the floor vote, and how he and others within the party were responsible for advice and consent for Trump’s second term. We have explained in detail whether to approach the

“We don’t feel that rubber stamp candidates are so unqualified, nor reflexively oppose candidates who deserve serious consideration,” Schumer said.

The Senate began holding hearings last week on some of Trump’s choices. Scott Bescent, hedge fund manager For the Secretary of the Treasury, Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondy To run the Department of Justice, Former North Dakota Governor Dougbergham For the Secretary of the Interior, Former Fox News commentator Pete Hegses To operate the pentagon, South Dakota Governor Christy Noem For the Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Texas Senator Eric Scott TurnDirector of Housing and Urban Development Former White House budget director Russ Vert Run the Management and Budget Office once again.

Public hearing It’s scheduled for this week For some other candidates.

Last updated at 5:56pm, January 20, 2025