Washington-Donald Trump departed the president’s oath for the second time during a inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the US capitol.
The swearing -in marked the climax of a four -year journey for Trump, of which many Republicans distanced themselves after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, which he still supported during his third campaign for the White House. Trump’s Vice President, JD Vance from Ohio, was sworn in as Vice President.
“Many people thought it was impossible to get such a historical political comeback,” said Trump in his inaugural speech after the swearing -in. “But as you see today, I am here – the American people spoke.”
Trump spent a gigantic part of his speech to describe the implementing regulations that he later signs on Monday and who deal with immigration, energy and more.
“With these measures, we will initiate the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense,” he said.
He promised Call a national emergency on the southern border, which resulted in the ovation from the audience in the rotunda. He said that every illegal entry into the United States was “stopped immediately” and promised to start immigrants without papers with the deportation of “millions and millions”.
“As a commander -in -chief, I have no greater responsibility than defending our country from threats and invasions, and that’s exactly what I will do,” said Trump.
In the parliamentary elections in November, Trump defeated the democratic presidential candidate, the former Vice President Kamala Harris after receiving 312 votes from Electoral College for 226 votes.
He also won the referendum with 77.3 million votes, 49.9 %, compared to Harris’ 75 million, 48.4 %. Harris took part in the opening ceremony with her husband Doug Emhoff.
The inauguration should take place outside the captain building on the terrace with a view of the National Mall, but Trump announced On Friday he wanted to bring it into the house at polar temperatures.
It was the first time since the inauguration of former President Ronald Reagan that the ceremony took place in the rotunda. In addition to high -ranking government officials, three billionaires watched: Mark Zuckerberg from Meta, Jeff Bezos from Amazon and the technology entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Some of the guests and supporters who did not fit into the rotunda watched on gigantic screens in the Capitol Visitor Center or in the Capital One Arena in the city center of Washington, DC too
It was expected that Trump later returned to the arena in the afternoon, where he gathered with followers on SundayFor the time-honored opening parade that was laid internally.
“The envy of every nation”
Trump’s first speech of the day in the rotunda of the Capitol focused on his vision for the country in which he sharply criticized the current state of the United States, while former President Joe Biden listened.
“The golden age of America begins right now,” said Trump and promised to “put America in the first place in his next four years in the White House.
“From that day on, our country will blossom and be respected all over the world again,” he said, found that the United States “are envied by every nation and that we will no longer be used.”
The president, who said he wanted to be a “peace pier” and “some”, referred to the hostage-taking and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas last week.
Trump said that he would later call for a “national energy emergency” on Monday and confirmed his “drill, baby, drill” approach when it comes to oil and gas production.
He also called for an “external Revenue service” that would collect “all tariffs, tariffs and income”.
Trump said he would sign a implementation regulations to “stop every state censorship immediately and to restore freedom of expression in America”.
He said that he wanted to create a “color blind” and “performance -oriented” society and said: “From now on it will be the official policy of the United States that there will only be two genders: man and woman.”
He too repeated his promise To take control of the Panama Canal, rename the Gulf of Mexico into “Gulf of America” and to convert Alaskas Mount Denali into “Mount McKinley” again.
Back to the campaign rhetoric
Trump said goodbye after the Biden round ceremony and the former First Lady Jill Biden before flowning with a helicopter. Bidens were supposed to travel to California when their life started after the White House.
Trump then gave a freewheel, 35-minute speech In the capitol Visitor Center emancipation, which the organizers used as overflow space to accommodate governors, spouses of MPs, the diplomatic corps and other people who did not fit in the rotunda.
“I just want to say that they are a younger, much nicer audience than I just spoke and I want to keep it secret,” he said, adding later that he gave them the “A+treatment”.
Trump’s second speech was more reminiscent of his campaign events than the official speech he gave during the rotunda ceremony. He repeated his wrong claims on his election defeat against Biden in 2020 and the attack on the Capitol on January 6, which was triggered by these wrong statements.
“I wanted to talk about it. They said: “Please don’t speak that now.” You can bring it up tomorrow. ‘ I said how about it now, ”said Trump. “We give you a little more information than above.”
Trump said that he did not want to “complicated” his first speech, but “beautiful and united”.
“When they said that we had a group of people who are serious Trump fans, I said: ‘This is the time to tell these stories,” he said.
In his second speech, Trump also spoke in detail about border security and immigration and said that they had become a problem during Biden’s term as president.
“I think it was probably the biggest problem for me in 2015 and 2016,” said Trump. “This limit is much worse. We repaired the border. It was completely fixed. There was nothing to discuss. “
Flags with full staff
Trump signed several documents on Monday afternoon in the presidential hall of the US Senate, including a proclamation that the US flag is raised with full line-up in this inauguration and on all future inauguration days.
The then President Biden ordered US flags with half of staff until January 28, the usual 30-day period to remember the former President Jimmy Carter, who died in December.
Last week, spokesman for the US representative house Mike Johnson The state of Louisiana ordered that on the day of inauguration the flags on the US capitol should be raised with full line-up. Some Republican states followed this example.
Senate decides on Trump candidates
The Senate later started confirming Trump’s cabinet candidate on Monday and voted 99-0 for the appointment of the former Senator of Florida, Marco Rubio, the Foreign Minister.
The majority leader in the Senate, John Thune, Rs.d., said he planned to confirm further candidates as soon as possible. Later this week, John Ratcliffe will be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
“Our priority here in the Senate for the next few weeks is to confirm President Trump’s candidates so that he has the team that he needs to deliver,” said Thune.
The minority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, supported Rubio in the vote after he had explained in detail how he and others in the party will address their responsibility for advice and approval for Trump’s second term.
“We will neither appreciate candidates who, in our opinion, are completely unqualified, nor will we reflexively reject nominated people who should be seriously considered,” said Schumer.
The Senate started with hearings for several of Trump’s recommendations last week, including Hedgefonds manager Scott Bessent For the finance minister, Former Attorney General of Florida, Pam Bondi to lead the Ministry of Justice, Former governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum For interior minister, Former Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth lead the pentagon, Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem For the Minister of Homeland, former Texan legislator Eric Scott Turner for the secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and Former budget director of the White House of Russia to lead the Office for Administration and Household again.
Hearing are planned this week for several other nominees.
Last update 6:56 p.m., January 20, 2025
