WASHINGTON, DC— Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, marking his return to the Oval Office with a pledge to return America to a “golden age.”
Trump he addressed the nation after taking the oath of office for the second time and is expected to use his inaugural remarks to call for a “common sense revolution”.
TRUMP TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY ONE
US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump arrive ahead of the 60th Inaugural Ceremony on January 20, 2025 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump becomes the 47th president of the United States in a rare indoor inauguration ceremony. The parade was also moved to Capitol One Arena due to weather. (Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS)
“I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the beginning of an exciting new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the country,” Trump will say. “My message to Americans today is that it is time to act boldly, strongly and vitally again as the greatest civilization in history.”
The president will deliver his remarks from the Capitol Rotunda on Monday amid an arctic blast that has hit the nation’s capital, with freezing temperatures forcing inauguration ceremonies to move indoors for the first time in four decades.
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Trump, who won the electoral college and the election by defeating now-former Vice President Kamala Harris in a landslide, promised that his second administration would usher in a “golden age of America.”
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden greet President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump as they arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, January 20, 2025, before heading to the U.S. Capitol where Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump was running against President Biden, who was seeking re-election, until July 2024. But after the two debated for the first time and after Biden’s disastrous performance, Democratic insiders pressured Biden to suspend his presidential bid.
Biden made the announcement in a social media post and endorsed Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee in his place, moving his vice president to the top of the list.
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The decision to drop Biden from the race came just days after the Republican National Convention (RNC) ended, and after Trump and his opponent, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, officially accepted the GOP nomination.
Barron Trump arrives at the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS)
But Trump, just days before accepting the Republican nomination, survived an assassination attempt at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. During the event, Trump displayed a chart that highlighted how illegal immigration has skyrocketed under the Biden-Harris administration. As he turned to face the map, he was struck by a bullet that pierced the top of his right ear from the now-deceased would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Trump believes the chart saved his life.
But weeks later, in September, another would-be assassin hid in the bushes at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The attacker, Ryan Wesley Routh, had an AK-47-style rifle pointed through a fence at Trump while he was playing golf. Agents of the US Secret Service took Trump unharmed off the golf course.
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On his first day in office, Trump is expected to take more than 200 executive actions — a major, first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for American families, ending the federal government’s DEI program, and more, he exclusively reports Fox News Digital.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose with President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump as they arrive at the White House. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)
Trump will also make good on his campaign promise to reverse policies from the administration of his predecessor, President Biden, on his first day in office. Trump to end “catch and release,” pause all offshore wind leases; terminate the mandate of the electric vehicle; repeal the Green New Deal; withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement; and take several major steps to establish presidential control over the federal bureaucracy.
