Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States and from his first speech he reported that he will declare a national emergency and name the Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations; He assured that everyone will respect their country again.
“Thank you very much, justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and citizens. America’s golden age begins right now. From this day forward our country will flourish and be respected again by everyone and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of, ever again, during every day of the Trump administration, I will simply put America first,” he said.
Trump said his sovereignty will be regained, security will be restored and his priority will be to create a proud, prosperous and free nation.
“America will soon be bigger, stronger and more exceptional than ever before,” he said.
The new US president said his government faces a crisis of confidence over a corrupt system that has extracted money and power from its citizens.
“We have a public health system that does not comply in times of disaster, but more money is invested in it than in any country in the world and we have an educational system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases to hate, our country,” he assured.
The president also recalled the attack he suffered during the campaign and that his life “was saved for a reason”: “God saved me to make the United States great again.”
During his speech he recalled that he will rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
Trump intends to sign several executive orders in his first hours as president, incoming White House officials said, including 10 focused on border security and immigration, his top priority.
Trump will declare a national emergency on the southern border, send armed troops to the region and reimpose a policy that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their court dates in the United States, an incoming White House official told reporters.
The inauguration completes a triumphant return for a political disruptor who survived two impeachment trials, a felony conviction, two assassination attempts and an indictment for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.
The ceremony was held inside the Capitol due to the extreme cold, four years after a mob of Trump supporters broke into the symbol of American democracy in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent his defeat against Democrat Joe Biden.
Biden and outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump in November, were present at the event, along with former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump in 2016, arrived with her husband Bill, but Obama’s wife Michelle decided not to attend.
Numerous tech executives who have tried to curry favor with the incoming administration – including the three richest men in the world, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg – were featured prominently, alongside cabinet nominees and members of Trump’s family.
Trump, the first US president since the 19th century to win a second term after losing the White House, has said he will pardon “on day one” many of the more than 1,500 charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 assault.
In one of his final acts, Biden pardoned several people targeted by Trump for retaliation, including White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and former military chief Mark Milley.
Trump will reinstate the death penalty at the federal level, which Biden had suspended, and require that official US documents, such as passports, reflect sex at birth, officials in the incoming administration told reporters.
He will also sign an order ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the federal government on his first day, which is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
However, Trump will not immediately impose new tariffs on Monday, and will instead order federal agencies to evaluate trade relations with Canada, China and Mexico, an incoming administration official confirmed, an unexpected development that caused a wide decline. of the dollar and a rebound in world stock markets on a day when the US financial markets are closed.
Some of the executive orders are likely to face legal challenges.
DISRUPTIVE FORCE
As in 2017, Trump enters office as a chaotic and disruptive force, promising to remake the federal government and expressing deep skepticism about the U.S.-led alliances that have shaped post-World War II global politics.
The former president returns to Washington emboldened after winning the national popular vote over Vice President Kamala Harris by more than 2 million votes thanks to a wave of voter frustration over persistent inflation.
Trump, the oldest president sworn into office, will enjoy a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress, which have been almost completely purged of any intraparty dissidents. His advisers have outlined plans to replace nonpartisan bureaucrats with handpicked loyalists.
Before his inauguration, Trump already established a rival power center, meeting with world leaders and causing consternation by talking about seizing the Panama Canal, taking control of Greenland and imposing tariffs on the United States’ largest trading partners.
His influence was already felt in last week’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Trump, whose envoy joined the negotiations in Qatar, had warned of the “hell” that would break loose if the Palestinian group did not release its hostages before the inauguration.
Unlike in 2017, Trump has prioritized loyalty over experience in nominating a group of controversial Cabinet members, some of whom are outspoken critics of the agencies they have been appointed to lead.
The inauguration will take place amid tight security following a campaign marked by increased political violence that included two assassination attempts on Trump, including one in which a bullet grazed his ear.
POMP AND SIGNATURES
The traditional parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House will now take place at the Capital One Arena, where Trump held his victory rally on Sunday. Trump will also attend three inaugural balls in the evening.
Trump is expected to begin signing his first executive orders in front of his supporters before heading to the White House.
Trump will be the first criminal to occupy the White House, after a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business documents to cover up payments to a porn actress.
Winning the election also cleared Trump of two federal charges — for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and for withholding classified documents — thanks to a Justice Department policy under which presidents cannot be prosecuted while in office.
In a report last week, special counsel Jack Smith said he had enough evidence to convict Trump in the election case if Trump had gone to trial.
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