At noon Monday inside the US Capitol, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States.
Two and a half months after his landslide election victory over Vice President Harris, the president-elect returns to office in what will symbolize his reinvention and redemption four years after the American electorate kicked him out of the White House.
“We’re putting America first and it all starts tomorrow,” Trump told thousands of supporters packed into Washington, DC’s Capitol One Arena. at his inauguration on the eve of the meeting. “We are beginning a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride.”
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President-elect Trump takes the stage during a rally on Sunday, a day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term in the White House. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
president biden, Harris, former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Republican and Democratic members of Congress, foreign dignitaries, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos – three of the richest people in the world – other tech and business executives and some high-profile celebrities will gather in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for Trump’s inauguration, which will be held indoors for the first time in four decades because of the Arctic blast that has engulfed much of the nation.
Trump’s inaugural address will be followed by a quick succession of events, including an official farewell for Biden and Harris as they leave the Capitol. Minutes later, members of Congress will watch as Trump and JD Vance, the nation’s new vice president, participate in a signing ceremony followed by an inaugural luncheon followed by a troop review.
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Trump then returns to Washington, DCarena in the center of the city for a shortened parade, which was moved indoors due to the cold weather, in front of thousands of fans. Afterwards, the new president heads to the White House for a ceremony in the Oval Office before heading to the traditional inaugural balls in the evening.
Trump is also expected to get down to business immediately, signing more than 200 executive actions on his first day in office, as Fox News Digital first reported on Sunday.
“I will act with historic speed and strength to resolve every crisis facing our country,” Trump promised at a rally ahead of his inauguration. “You’re going to see executive orders that will make you extremely happy, lots of them, lots of them. We have to get our country on the right track.”
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Trump’s first wave of policy priorities will focus on issues he highlighted during his presidential campaign, including border security, energy, reining in inflation and ending the federal government’s DEI program.
A senior administration official familiar with the executive actions and authorized to report to Fox News Digital said Trump would end the “catch and release” of illegal immigrants on Day One; pause all offshore wind power rental contracts; terminate the mandate of the electric vehicle; abolish the so-called Green New Deal; withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement; and take several major steps to establish presidential control over the federal bureaucracy.
President-elect Trump speaks at a rally Sunday ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)
“By sundown tomorrow night, the invasion of our borders will stop and all illegal border crossers will, one way or another, come home,” Trump promised.
And “we will end Biden’s war on American energy and free up our energy resources to quickly beat inflation and achieve the lowest cost of energy and electricity on Earth.”
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Monday’s inauguration stands in stark contrast to President Biden’s inauguration four years ago, which took place two weeks after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent congressional confirmation of Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.
Trump, who disputed the results, refused to attend the inauguration or acknowledge Biden’s victory in the White House.
Four years ago, Trump left Washington in an extremely weakened position with much of the nation, including many Republicans, angered by riots at the Capitol that forced members of Congress to flee for safety.
But four years later, after a two-year presidential campaign and a landslide victory in the election and the conquest of all key battleground states, Trump returns as a conquering hero.
President-elect Trump gestures during a rally on Sunday, a day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term in the White House. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
“On this day, the US will witness the return of President Trump to the zenith of his political power,” noted veteran political scientist Wayne Lesperance.
As Trump retakes control of the presidency, the latest Fox News national poll shows him with the highest approval rating — 50% compared to just 42% when he first entered the White House in 2017 — with half of registered voters approving of his handling of the presidential transition. .
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“Trump’s path from defeat in the 2020 election has been nothing short of remarkable. His refusal to accept the election results, his support for the January 6 rebellion, and subsequent legal challenges, including indictments and convictions, would historically end any future political ambitions,” Lesperance said.
But Lesperance, president of New England College, noted that “voters in 2024 have taken a different path. Trump’s path to redemption and his return to the Oval Office comes as a result of the unwavering commitment of his supporters and widespread American dissatisfaction with the direction Democrats have taken the country. For Trump’s inauguration day is a day of redemption.”
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Pointing to his victory in the White House, as well as Republicans regaining control of the Senate and defending their slim majority in the House of Representatives, Trump said that “not only did we win the mandate, but we built a new American majority to lead our country to unparalleled success for generations to come.”
