Donald J. Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at the Capitol Rotunda, marking a political comeback four years after he lost election to the immediate past President, Joe Biden.
In his inaugural address, Trump vowed “the golden age of America” is starting as he listed his priorities – on trade, immigration and national security – while criticizing President Joe Biden, who sat nearby.
The 47th President said will use his inaugural address to reiterate his grievances against his political opponents, saying he would “liberate” the country from a “radical and corrupt establishment”.
He denounced the administration of Bide/Kamala and vowed to revised policies of his predecessor considered anti America.
During his speech Trump said, “dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions… have illegally entered our country from all over the world”.
He took a moment during his inaugural address to weigh in on one of the more contentious cultural battles in the US today.
He said that it would be the “official policy” of the US government that there are only two genders – male and female.
Trump called his election a reversal of a “horrible betrayal” and proclaimed “America’s decline is over”.
He also set out his own policy priorities, including on immigration and energy production.
He told former presidents and other top officials gathered in the Capitol rotunda that “In America, the impossible is what we do best.” He also said he wants to be a unifying figure amid conflicts around the world.
Still, Trump called Monday “liberation day” in a speech that largely focused on his conservative priorities.
“I stand before you now as proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do in America,” Trump said.
Tech moguls Mark Zuckerberg, Shou Chew and Elon Musk were among dignitaries at the inauguration ceremony.
Shortly after that Donald Trump signed a record number of executive orders publicly, as a huge crowd cheered, less than six hours since he took oath as the 47th President of the United States. He signed many more orders after reaching the White House later in the day.
He followed that up with a second speech after witnessing the presidential parade, where he signed as many as 80 executive orders to reverse actions taken by the Biden administration. “We will sign executive orders first to revoke nearly 80 destructive and radical executive actions of the previous administration,” he said, minutes before signing them.
The first executive order he signed was for ending work from home for federal employees. “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements,” the White House said immediately after the president signed the order. The order requires employees “to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.”
Speaking about fossil fuel production, he said his first day actions will ensure declaration of a “national energy emergency” thereby lifting all restrictions on mining, allowing for to “drill baby drill” for the black gold – as oil is often called. Mr Trump also said, “America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have: the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth – And we are going to use it.”
Another significant order that he signed was to “restore freedom of speech and ending federal censorship.” This comes after Trump and his allies have accused Joe Biden and his administration of suppressing free speech on online platforms.
“Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, de-platform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve,” the White House said.
Trump also pardoned fifteen hundred of his supporters who invaded the capitol protesting his defeat in 2021.
