Donald Trump sworn in, America braces for a vengeful second term Donald Trump inauguration
The United States is bracing for a new era of chaos and division as Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, promising a series of executive orders that will radically change the global order.
Trump's inauguration has been moved to the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol due to cold weather. The towering sandstone hall at the center of the Capitol was the site of a riot by some of his supporters on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn his election defeat.
At the time, few imagined that Trump, twice impeached and now convicted, would once again step into the White House. But last weekend, the 78-year-old joined supporters of his Maga (Make America Great Again) movement to revel in his improbable political comeback.
On Saturday, Trump hosted a party at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, which featured an Elvis Presley impersonator and a fireworks display that lit up the night sky. As is tradition, he spent Saturday night at Blair House, the president's official guest residence on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the White House.
He held a private breakfast meeting with Republican senators there on Sunday. His agenda for the day included laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and speaking at a campaign-style “Victory for the Magas” rally at a downtown stadium.
“We won,” Trump declared excitedly after taking the stage at Washington’s Capital One Arena to the accompaniment of his signature campaign song, “God Bless America.”
The soon-to-be 47th president vowed to “take back our country,” saying: “Tomorrow at noon, America's four-year decline ends, and we begin a new day that demonstrates America's strength, prosperity, and dignity. and pride.”
“We will stop the invasion of our borders,” Trump promised. “We will unleash the liquid gold beneath our feet… We will restore law and order to our cities… We will purge the radical awakening from our military Ideology.”
Trump pledged Monday that he would “respond to every crisis our country faces with historic speed and force.” He also sought to restore TikTok to U.S. users and take credit for the release of hostages from Gaza on Sunday.
Earlier, at a rally in the Sports District, where basketball and hockey championship banners hung from the roof, Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller promised that Trump would issue “an executive order to end the border incursion on Monday. Send illegal immigrants home and take back America.”
“The border security measures I will outline in my inaugural address tomorrow will be the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to restore the border the world has ever seen,” Trump added.
Trump also said he planned to immediately drop the prosecution of supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to keep him in office. “Everyone on this very big stage tomorrow will be very pleased with my decision regarding the J6 hostages,” he said.
His inauguration at noon on Monday will be the first attended by a foreign leader, including Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Argentinian President Javier Milley and Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni. Trump will then deliver his inaugural address, which he claims will have a unified tone.
“January 20th can't come soon enough!” he wrote on the social media site. “Everyone, even those who initially opposed President Donald J. Trump and the Trump administration’s victory, just want it to happen.”
Trump's opponent in last year's White House battle, Kamala Harris, who was succeeded by J.D. Vance as vice president, will also attend. Harris, who became the Democratic presidential nominee after Biden was forced to drop out of the race in July, sees Trump as a fundamental threat to democracy who will use his renewed power to settle political grievances while ignoring the concerns of ordinary Americans. need.
Trump is expected to issue a series of executive orders immediately following the indoor march attended by 20,000 supporters. He promised that on day one, he would pardon the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, seal the southern border and launch the largest deportation program of undocumented immigrants in history.
Trump's team plans to launch a massive raid in Chicago starting on Tuesday, sending up to 200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to the city to target minor traffic violations, the Wall Street Journal reported Undocumented persons of record.
Among the many invited guests was Michelle Obama, who the former first lady said she would attend after also skipping former President Jimmy Carter's funeral earlier this month. Will not be attending this event. But another prominent former first lady, Hillary Clinton, who eight years ago lost the 2016 presidential race to Trump and attended, will witness Trump's second swearing-in. Trump’s first inauguration.
In his first inaugural address, Trump struck an ominous tone, describing a country teetering on the edge of disaster and vowing to end “American carnage.” Trump's aides said his speech would be more hopeful this time around, a surprise for Trump who during last year's campaign derided the United States as a “declining country” under Biden and Harris. changes.
With Trump taking power, Biden will leave the White House for the last time as president on Monday morning. He leaves office with unusually low approval ratings amid sustained attacks from fellow Democrats, many of whom blame Biden's refusal to withdraw from the presidential race early for Harris' defeat.
In his farewell address on Wednesday, Biden largely sidestepped questions about his legacy, instead bluntly warning that the nation's “concentration of power and wealth” is in the hands of a privileged few and that it is increasingly difficult for the public to understand the truth and facts.
“Today, an oligarchy of extreme wealth, power and influence is taking shape in America that literally threatens our entire democracy, our fundamental rights and freedoms, and a fair opportunity for everyone to succeed,” Biden said.
In marking the end of Biden's political career since he was elected to the Senate in 1972, he concluded: “After 50 years of public service, I assure you that I still believe in what this country stands for – in this The strength of our nation, our institutions and the character of our people are vital and must endure. Now it is your turn to stand guard.”
That responsibility begins on Monday, when the United States begins Trump's four-year term, but they are more uncertain than ever about what they will bring.