Jan 20,Monday 2025: The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States took place on Monday, January 20, 2025. It is the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and the second inauguration of Trump as U.S. president, marking the commencement of his second and final non-consecutive term as U.S. president, the first term of JD Vance as the vice president, and the second ever non-consecutive re-inauguration for a U.S. president, after the second inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1893. Trump’s first inauguration was eight years earlier, in January 2017.
The event included a swearing-in ceremony, a signing ceremony, an inaugural luncheon, a first honors ceremony, and then a procession and parade at Capital One Arena. Inaugural balls are held at various venues before and after the inaugural ceremonies.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh administered the vice presidential oath of office to JD Vance. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the presidential oath of office to Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s full inauguration speech
In his inaugural address, President Trump stated a new “golden era” had begun. He decried the attempts of the Justice Department under Merrick Garland to prosecute him over the events of January 6, 2021, arguing that his political enemies had weaponized the agency. He announced executive actions to fight illegal immigration, including implementation of Alien and Sedition Acts, increase energy production by facilitating oil extraction, boost American manufacturing through tariffs on foreign goods, restores to their posts (with full back pay) all soldiers and federal employers who were discharged for not taking the COVID vaccine, recognize the existence of two genders only, establish a Department of Government Efficiency, and rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”. He also showed interest in returning the Panama Canal under U.S. control. Trump also said that cartels will be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. He asserted that he wanted to be known as a peacemaker and that the strength of a nation should be measured by how many wars it puts an end to or prevents altogether rather than by those it wins. He expressed solidarity for the victims of natural disasters which had recently taken place in several states, and praised civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., while criticizing the supposedly excessive focus political progressives put on race and gender issues. He stated that the U.S. would send astronauts to Mars under his presidency. He said nothing is impossible for those who put in the effort, citing his own unexpected political comeback as an example.
Chinese president Xi Jinping was invited to the ceremony, but sent vice president Han Zheng as his special representative instead. This marked the first time a senior official of China’s government was sent to a US presidential inauguration.
Trump’s inaugural day orders include exiting the WHO, overturning diversity programmes and LGBTQ protections, ending birthright citizenship, pardoning 1,500 who stormed the U.S. Capitol, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and rescinding 78 Biden-era executive actions, among others
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