Vice President J.D. Vance was sworn in as secretary of state on Tuesday morning after the Senate voted 99-0 to confirm Rubio as vice president on Monday night.
Rubio said Trump "gave us a very clear mandate" and said "everything we do has to be justified" by whether it makes the country stronger, more secure or more prosperous. Rubio said that's a promise his administration will help him fulfill.
The secretary of state said "this is a moment of change," adding that the United States is "entering a new era that I think will make the world a safer place."
"Yesterday, President Trump made clear in his inaugural address that one of the primary goals of U.S. foreign policy is to promote peace," Rubio said, adding that this includes "peace through strength" and doing so without "abandoning our promoting peace in the context of values”. "
President Trump on Monday extended clemency to some 1,500 defendants convicted on January 6, 2021, making good on his long-standing promise to pardon those involved in the case. Attack on the U.S. Capitol of inappropriate behavior.
The president's actions depend on his First day back at the White House Just hours after he was killed sworn in Re-elected to a second term. Trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the events of Jan. 6, when a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from reaffirming Joe Biden's victory over him in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump has granted clemency to those convicted of violent and serious crimes, including assaulting police officers and sedition. He also ordered the attorney general to dismiss all pending prosecutions related to the Capitol riot, essentially eliminating a massive effort by the Biden Justice Department to hold those involved in the attack accountable.
"These are hostages, approximately 1,500 hostages who need pardon, full pardon," Trump said in remarks in the Oval Office. "This is a big deal."
Learn more about the January 6 pardon here.
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President Trump delivered his second inaugural speech On Monday, he vowed a "common sense revolution" and declared that "we are at the beginning of an exciting new era of national success."
exist 30 minutes speech In the Capitol Rotunda, he promised to unleash a "wave of change" and rescue what he said was the "decline" brought about by the policies of former President Joe Biden.
To this end, he is expected to sign about 200 executive orders, actions and proclamations after his speech.
"America's golden age begins now," Mr. Trump said. "Starting today, our country will once again thrive and be respected around the world."
Read full transcript here Mr. Trump's second inaugural address, courtesy of The Associated Press, and watch the full speech in the player below.
Mr Trump sign Biden issued approximately 200 executive actions, memos and announcements on his first day in office, rescinding the Biden administration's authorizations and implementing his "America First" policies.
Trump signed executive actions related to immigration, including invoking presidential authority to initiate an immigration bill. Comprehensive crackdown on immigrationtasking the military with border enforcement, designating cartels and gangs as terrorist organizations and closing asylum and refugee admissions, declaring a national emergency on the southern border, ordering the Defense Department to commit more military resources there, and instructing officials to deploy more troops To the border.
Trump also moved to repeal birthright citizenship, the U.S. government's long-held interpretation of the Constitution that a person born on U.S. soil is a citizen at birth, regardless of the immigration status of his or her parents, meaning executive action Legal challenges are possible.
Trump also signed executive orders ordering federal workers to return to their offices, ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the federal government, and telling the Justice Department not to enforce the TikTok ban for 90 days.