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All The Key Moments From Donald Trump’s Inauguration Speech

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Donald Trump has officially been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States with an inauguration speech declaring the “golden age of America begins right now.”

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As he addressed the crowd, made up of government members, past presidents, notable dignitaries, tech titans and celebrities, Trump promised that “from this day forward, our country will flourish.”

The wider Trump family assembled to mark the occasion, including Melania and their son Barron, as well as Ivanka, Donald Jr., Eric and Tiffany.

In line with tradition, former presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton were also there to witness the transfer of power from outgoing president Joe Biden to Trump.

After the oath swearing ceremony, Trump began his second inaugural address, criticising Biden’s last-minute decision to pre-emptively pardon key political allies and family members who could have potentially become a target under the incoming administration.

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But his apparent indignation didn’t stop there. In a statement admonishing the outgoing government, Trump swore to end “the vicious violent and unfair weaponisation of the justice department,” and work to restore the “scales of justice.”

Referring to the assassination attempt during his campaign trail, he noted that the attempt to end his life was a galvanising moment.

“They tried to take my freedom and, indeed, to take my life,” he said. “I felt my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again.”

Below, some of the key takeaways and political promises from Donald Trump during his second inauguration speech.

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Donald Trump Promises To End “Catch And Release”

As the crowd met his vow to declare a “national emergency on the Mexico border” with applause, he went on to announce a slew of hard line executive orders he plans to enact as his first weeks as President.

One of the first executive orders Trump plans on signing includes ending the practice of “catch and release,” which is a vague term that’s generally used to describe the detaining of people who are waiting for a court date, to avoid them being “at large.”

He said “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”

As well as promising to reinstate his “remain in Mexico policy,” he also said that he’d “send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous the disastrous invasion of our country.”

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Trump Pledges To Take Back The Panama Canal

After promising to take back the Panama Canal from the current system that “China is operating,” he stated that “we have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama’s promise to us has been broken.”

He also claimed that 38,000 American lives had been lost in the building of the Panama Canal, despite the official death toll indicating that number was 5600.

He Announced Plans To Repeal Trans Rights

As part of his inauguration speech, Trump announced plans to sign an executive order to recognise only two genders – male and female.”

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Aligned to this is his promise to roll back protections for transgender people and end the country’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs, in order to end what he called efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.”

Trump Will Declare A “National Energy Emergency”

While the exact details surrounding this declaration are current unclear, Trump’s vow to support the growth of the fossil fuel sector was reaffirmed when the President announced: “We will drill, baby, drill.”

“We will be a rich nation again and it is the liquid gold under our feet that will help us do it.”

The sentiment was also extended to electric vehicles, which became the target of his intended repeals, promising to revoke any mandates related to EVs. A peculiar promise given that Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is now a member of his newly-formed cabinet.

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While no such mandates currently exist, it’s assumed that Trump is referring to policies that seek to encourage a general transition – over time – to battery powered cars.



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