Washington, D.C. — Donald Trump He was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, marking his return to the Oval Office vowing to return America to a “gilded age.”
Trump He addressed the nation after being sworn in for the second time, and is expected to use his remarks in his inaugural address to call for a “common sense revolution.”
Trump will 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 became the 47th president of the United States in a rare indoor inauguration. The show was also moved inside Capitol One Arena due to weather. (Melina Mara/Pool via Reuters)
Trump said: “I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the beginning of an exciting new era of national success. The wave of change is sweeping the country.” “My message to Americans today is that it is time for us to act once again with the courage, strength, and vitality of the greatest civilization in history.”
The president will deliver his remarks from the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to the arctic blast that struck the nation's capital, where frigid temperatures forced the inauguration to be moved indoors for the first time in four decades.
Trump, who won the Electoral College and the popular vote, defeating former Vice President Kamala Harris by a landslide, pledged that his second administration would bring “a golden age to America.”
US 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 on January 20, 2025, before leaving for the US Capitol where Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States. The 47th US President. (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 a disastrous performance by Biden, Biden was pressured by Democratic insiders 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 running mate to the top of the ticket.
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Biden's decision to withdraw from the race came just days after the end of the Republican National Convention, and after Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, formally accepted the Republican nomination.
Barron Trump arrives at the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol 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 during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. During the event, Trump was showing a graph highlighting how illegal immigration has risen under the Biden-Harris administration. As he headed toward the chart, he was shot through the top of his right ear by the now deceased would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crookes. Trump credits the chart with saving his life.
But weeks later, in September, another would-be killer hid himself in the bushes at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The gunman, Ryan Wesley Roth, had an AK-47 rifle pointed through a fence at Trump as he played golf. Trump was taken off the golf course by US Secret Service agents unharmed.
On his first day in office, Trump is expected to take more than 200 executive actions — a massive first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, lowering the cost of living for American families, and ending DEI programs across the federal government. And more, Fox News Digital exclusively reported.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stand alongside President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump as they arrive at the White House. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump will also fulfill his campaign promise to undo the policies of his predecessor, President Biden's administration, on his first day in office. Trump will end “catch-and-release” policy, halting all offshore wind leases; Ending the electric vehicle mandate; Repeal the Green New Deal; Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement; and take several key steps to assert presidential control over the federal bureaucracy.
