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And this | |
| is live coverage of Donald Trump's inauguration. | ||
| This is the event at the Capitol One Arena, the annotated parade. | ||
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About 20,000 people in there. | |
| We are told that it will be beginning shortly. | ||
| The President and Vice President will be introduced, and they will each have a speaking segment. | ||
| President Trump will also be signing nine executive orders, some dealing with immigration. | ||
| He will sign more tonight at the White House when he gets there. | ||
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It's five o'clock on the East Coast right now. | |
| Donald Trump has been president again for five hours. | ||
| Some of the events that you're going to see this afternoon at Capitol One Arena include the New York Police Department, Palm Beach Police, New York Military Academy, Florida Firefighters, the marching band from Stewart's Creek High School, the Middletown High School marching band from Ohio, JD Vance's hometown, and the Mississippi Valley State University Band. | ||
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We're expecting introductions to begin shortly. | |
| coverage on C-SPAN. | ||
| And you're watching live coverage of the inauguration of Donald Trump, the second time he's been inaugurated. | ||
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This time it was moved indoors. | |
| This is the second event of the day that will be indoors, actually, the third, the inauguration, the parade, and this is a speech and annotated parade that you'll be seeing at Capitol One Arena in downtown Washington. | ||
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It's about a mile from the White House. | |
| But we know that the President and Vice President are in Capitol One Arena and we're waiting on the ceremony to start. | ||
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They will be introduced. | |
| You'll hear some bands. | ||
| And this is the Army band that's playing right now as kind of a warm-up act. | ||
| And the President and Vice President are both expected to speak. | ||
| On top of that, President Trump is due to sign some executive orders. | ||
| They moved a desk out there for him with nine executive orders that he'll be signing. | ||
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He'll be talking about those, I'm sure, in his talk. | |
| And after that, it's off to the White House and then to the inaugural balls tonight. | ||
| All live coverage on C-SPAN throughout inaugural events. | ||
| And on C-SPAN 2, just the sights and sounds of Washington. | ||
| All the different cameras that we have around the city, the Capitol, the White House, the top of the Washington Monument, the motorcades, et cetera, et cetera. | ||
| All those cameras were just showing you all the pictures. | ||
| Without commentary, you can just watch and get a sense of what Washington looks like today. | ||
| We'll be back with you throughout the evening. | ||
| My name is Dan Taylor, and I'm very honored to be requested by our president to be your parade announcer. | ||
| And it's great to be here with you. | ||
| I have to say, it is a bit of a different format for a parade, but of course, our president wanted to keep us safe, wanted to keep us warm. | ||
| And I can tell you something, the talent that's going to be going through these doors into this arena. | ||
| It is going to get hot in here tonight. | ||
| So thank you for joining us as we celebrate this historic occasion. | ||
| On behalf of the Trump Vance Presidential Inaugural Committee, the ceremony is about to begin. | ||
| We're going to get things underway. | ||
| So if you're with family and friends, we're talking in the halls or whatever, get down to your seats, grab a snack. | ||
| We're going to get the show on the road. | ||
| As you could hear, the announcer at the Capital One Arena announced the parade is about to begin. | ||
| That was Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Trump, who just got seated. | ||
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There's some seats for the Trumps. | |
| The Trump family up in the white and blue that you see at the top of your screen. | ||
| There you go. | ||
| And the president and his desk are in front of that. | ||
| The presidential, there's Tiffany Trump coming in. | ||
| Ivanka Trump signing something for a fan. | ||
| Laura Trump, Eric Trump's wife and former co-chair of the National Republican Committee. | ||
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And there's Donald Trump Jr. Baron Trump. | |
| And that is Mrs. Trump's father. | ||
| She lost her mother in the past year, but that is her father from Slovenia. | ||
| And there's Barron Trump. | ||
| It's reported that he is about 6'9", going to college in New York City. | ||
| No Americans Be or National Spirits. | ||
| Next up, the Herald of Lake Monroe. | ||
| Next thing for us is Previo. | ||
| Next thing for us is Bobura. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to welcome the official fanfare music group of the President of the United States. | ||
| Under the direction of Major Aaron Morris, the U.S. Army band Harold Trumpets performing their fanfare that's actually written for the 47th President of the United States. | ||
| Listen to this. | ||
| It's amazing. | ||
| This is Brass and Glory. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 50th Vice President of the United States of America, Vice President JD Vance, accompanied by the second lady, Mrs. Usha Vance. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 47th President of the United States Area, Captain Don Charles, the Commonwealth University, Most people | ||
| For the 2025 Presidential Inaugural. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, the heroes of Butler County are here, and they are here to pay homage to life, selfless community service, and sacrifice of Corey Comperatory. | ||
| Mr. Comperatory, a 10-year U.S. Army Reserve veteran and past fire chief to the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company, who died during the assassination attempt on the life of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13th, 2024. | ||
| Their formation consists of Pennsylvania State Police, local police, county sheriffs, emergency services unit, EMS, 911 radio dispatch, and hospital personnel, who all heroically stepped into action during the horrific attack. | ||
| We are also paying tribute to the courageous service of first responders nationwide. | ||
| Ladies and | ||
| gentlemen, at this very special event, let us now take a moment of silence in honor of Corey Comparatore. | ||
| Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. | ||
| New York Military Academy stands out due to its unique connection to the President himself. | ||
| President Trump is a 1964 graduate and has been enshrined as one of our alumni of distinction. | ||
| This historic academy has been named Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, that's J-R-O-T-C, and are marching with their cadet dress uniforms. | ||
| Look at these, all modeled after post-World War I General Black Jack Pershing's gray uniform. | ||
| Representing the town of Palm Beach. | ||
| This group consists of police officers and firefighters from the town of Palm Beach, home to some of the most prestigious people in the world, including President Donald J. Trump. | ||
| They have performed internationally in Ireland, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Switzerland. | ||
| And as of this past December, the band has had the distinct honor to perform at the 75th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. | ||
| The band has also played for hospitalized children and military veterans, as well as the 1980 and 2005 Presidential Inaugural Parades. | ||
| And His Holiness Pope John Paul II. | ||
| The NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums formed way back in 1960. | ||
| And you know, they are the oldest, largest police pipe band in the United States comprised of all active and retired police officers of various ranks and assignments. | ||
| Listen to those backpipes. | ||
| Let's hear it for him, folks. | ||
| Here's one that hits close to home for our vice president. | ||
| We now welcome the Middletown High School Marching Band and cheerleaders. | ||
| They're traveling all the way from Middletown, Ohio to proudly represent their school, our nation, and outstanding alumni, including our new Vice President of the United States, J.D. Benz. | ||
| Countless parades, community and sporting events, as well as competitions. | ||
| They have also always qualified for the Ohio Music Educators Association State Finals for 23 years straight. | ||
| How about that? | ||
| And have earned the highest rating in 18 of those appearances. | ||
| Today they performed America's Sweet Land of Liberty. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, entering your arena right now, traveling from Boca Maton, Florida, the Florida Firefighters Pipes and Drums. | ||
| And they are well seasoned when it comes to civic events. | ||
| They've played and participated in parades, memorials, and other ceremonial events across both the United States and Europe. | ||
| Today, they are wearing their most notable uniforms. | ||
| What a great photo opportunity, consisting of the Glengarry headgear and Celts. | ||
| They are proud to honor their fallen brothers and sisters each and every day. | ||
| Please welcome the Stewarts Creek High School Marching Band traveling all the way from Smyrna, Tennessee. | ||
| We are proud to represent the Volunteer State in the 2025 Presidential Inaugural Parade. | ||
| Tennessee's premier high school music programs. | ||
| This band has participated in numerous civic events that honor significant moments in our nation's history, like the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Jeff Cuss, United States Marine Corps Memorial Dedication, Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, and a Lincoln Memorial performance as well. | ||
| The Stewarts Creek High School Marching Band, everybody. | ||
| Begumville, D.C. | ||
| State University FANS. | ||
| They're traveling all the way from Edobita, Mississippi. | ||
| Look at this, gang! | ||
| This is the mean green marching machine. | ||
| We are proud to represent historically black colleges and universities at the 60th Presidential Inauguration. | ||
| You know, since its founding, the band has consistently played a significant role at their university and across the United States. | ||
| They have performed for athletic events, Mardi Gras parades, rose bowl parades, and many, many more. | ||
| The Mississippi Valley State University Band takes great pride in presenting culturally diverse presentations for students, faculty, and the surrounding Mississippi communities. | ||
| Take a look at that brass out there. | ||
| Woo! | ||
| That's just part of the big green marching machine. | ||
| The Mean Green Marching Machine from Edabina, Mississippi, ladies and gentlemen. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our new special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. | ||
| Good evening, everybody. | ||
| I was appointed by President Trump to be the Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East, and I'd like to describe to you some of the things we're doing and how it informs on President Trump's policies. | ||
| First of all, it is an honor to stand before you today. | ||
| As I reflect on the enormity of the role that President Trump has tasked me with, I am constantly reminded of the privilege it is to serve under the leadership of my boss, President Donald J. Trump. | ||
| His presidency has provided a clear, bold vision for the Middle East. | ||
| And it is this vision that guides every step I take in the mission. | ||
| President Trump's leadership has redefined what is possible in the pursuit of progress and stability in the Middle East. | ||
| His decisive, pragmatic approach ensures that even the most entrenched conflicts are met with fresh perspectives and innovative strategies. | ||
| His policies have already delivered remarkable successes, such as yesterday's release of hostages in Gaza. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| This achievement demonstrates the strength of President Trump's leadership and the respect he commands on the global stage. | ||
| It is yet another example of his ability to deliver results in the most complex and challenging situations. | ||
| The Abraham Accords, a testament to his vision and determination, have also brought historic progress to the region, transforming old rivalries into new alliances. | ||
| These agreements are not merely symbolic. | ||
| They represent a practical roadmap for peace, economic cooperation, and mutual respect across nations. | ||
| My role, as President Trump has tasked me, is straightforward yet profoundly challenging, to turn his vision into actionable outcomes. | ||
| He sets the agenda. | ||
| He lays the framework, and he inspires people like me into bold action. | ||
| My responsibility is to implement his vision, engaging with leaders across the region to find pathways towards sustainable peace and stability. | ||
| And let me tell you, having Donald Trump as a boss makes this task not only possible, but far more effective. | ||
| President Trump's reputation as a leader who delivers results resonates far beyond Washington. | ||
| Leaders in the Middle East know he means what he says. | ||
| His ability to cut through bureaucratic gridlock and focus on tangible results is the game changer. | ||
| It allows me to approach delicate negotiations with the confidence that the full weight of the United States is behind me. | ||
| The principles President Trump has laid out for our approach to the Middle East and foreign policy in general are fourfold and they are clear. | ||
| One, respect for sovereignty. | ||
| Every nation deserves the right to determine its own destiny free from the interference of external powers. | ||
| Two, economic prosperity as a bridge to stability. | ||
| Through economic partnerships and investment, we can build a foundation for cooperation that transcends historical grievances. | ||
| Three, courageous diplomacy. | ||
| Real progress requires difficult conversations and bold decisions, and it is through these that trust is built and maintained. | ||
| And finally, four, reciprocity and accountability. | ||
| The United States requires reciprocal actions from our partners. | ||
| We are done carrying the financial burden for nations that are unwilling to fund their own progress. | ||
| The days of blank checks are over. | ||
| Partnerships under President Trump's leadership must be equitable, and contributions must reflect shared commitments to our goals. | ||
| In my work, I've seen firsthand how these principles resonate. | ||
| They provide a foundation that transcends politics and speaks to the shared humanity of all people in a region. | ||
| Leaders across the Middle East recognize that this Trump administration is serious about results, not symbolic gestures, but real, meaningful progress that improves lives. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| It's not always easy. | ||
| There are moments of deep challenge and frustration. | ||
| Decades of mistrust cannot be undone overnight. | ||
| Yet I take comfort in knowing that I am not in this alone. | ||
| President Trump's clarity of vision ensures that I never have to question what success looks like. | ||
| His leadership provides the confidence and direction necessary to navigate these complexities. | ||
| As we move forward, my commitment is to continue the work of advancing President Trump's vision for the Middle East. | ||
| Whether through expanding the Abraham Peace Accords, fostering economic development, or facilitating dialogue between long-standing adversaries, my focus remains on actionable results. | ||
| Let me close by saying this. | ||
| A stable and prosperous Middle East is not an unattainable dream. | ||
| It is a goal within our reach, made possible by strong leadership and unwavering commitment. | ||
| Under President Trump's guidance, we are proving that the impossible can become reality. | ||
| Thank you, but I have one more thing to say. | ||
| We have some special people for me to introduce you to tonight. | ||
| President Trump has been talking to them as well. | ||
| They are the families of hostages from Israel who have been in Gaza for the last year and a half. | ||
| There are many of them here today. | ||
| Several of the families have lost children and loved ones, and they're here because they're part of an effort to retrieve their bodies so they can be buried in a proper way. | ||
| Several have children who are still in captivity. | ||
| There is an American family here whose loved one is scheduled to come out in 14 days, and they're going to be meeting the president tonight. | ||
| So let's give them all some love and a big hand. | ||
| Come on up. | ||
| And now, I get to introduce my dear friend and the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. | ||
| Thank you very much, everybody. | ||
| Appreciate it. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| So now the work begins. | ||
| We won, we won, but now the work begins. | ||
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We have to bring them home. | |
| And you know, tonight, I'm going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out. | ||
| And as soon as I leave, I'm going to the Oval Office, and we'll be signing pardons for a lot of people. | ||
| A lot of people. | ||
| And thank you to Steve Witcoff. | ||
| He's a great guy. | ||
| He's a friend of mine. | ||
| He's been a very successful man. | ||
| He's a great negotiator. | ||
| He's a wonderful guy. | ||
| People love him. | ||
| And he's got a tremendous power of persuasion. | ||
| And that's what we need. | ||
| We don't need stiffs. | ||
| We don't need, we've got a lot of stiffs. | ||
| You just had a whole load of them. | ||
| And to the former hostages with us today, welcome. | ||
| Welcome home. | ||
| Some of the folks are former hostages. | ||
| Not a good situation. | ||
| The three young ladies that came home yesterday, you saw that. | ||
| More coming home every day now. | ||
| They're coming home. | ||
| But they were hurt. | ||
| They were hurt. | ||
| They were hurt. | ||
| One had her head blown off, fingers on her hand, and her hand indeed was blown off. | ||
| She was trying to defend herself from a bullet being fired. | ||
| Do you believe this? | ||
| A bullet knocked off her hand. | ||
| I don't know. | ||
| You look at it, it's a disgrace. | ||
| We never stopped praying for you, and we're so glad that you're reunited with your friends and families. | ||
| And God bless you all. | ||
| And some of them are just saying, no, my son is gone, but please just bring home his body, right, Steve? | ||
| Many of you have told me that. | ||
| That your son is gone, but bring home his body. | ||
| It should have never happened. | ||
| Three years, it's ridiculous. | ||
| Should have never happened. | ||
| Wouldn't have happened. | ||
| I also want to express my tremendous gratitude to the hundreds of thousands of proud American patriots who came from all across the country to join us in this celebration. | ||
| It's a celebration of a big win. | ||
| And you're witnessing the dawn of the golden age of America. | ||
| That's what it's going to be. | ||
| We're bringing it back. | ||
| We're going to bring it back fast. | ||
| We're going to bring it back fast. | ||
| Let us also thank the incredible service members, National Guardsmen, Police, Secret Service, and law enforcement personnel are keeping us all safe. | ||
| Even though they are great people, New York's finest. | ||
| I grew up with New York's finest, and we've got to give them their authority back. | ||
| You won't have any crime. | ||
| There'll be no crime. | ||
| You give them little authority back. | ||
| The whole way they run things in this country now, it's disgraceful, but it's going to change rapidly. | ||
| We're going to make our cities safe again, too. | ||
| Even though we're indoors, we've had a magnificent inaugural parade. | ||
| And let's give a big round of applause. | ||
| They were great to all of the incredible performers and hardworking men and women who made it possible. | ||
| Those people. | ||
| Really talented, amazing people. | ||
| I also want to thank my wonderful family for being here, especially my beautiful wife, our first lady, Melania. | ||
| They love our first lady. | ||
| And also, JD, how good has JD been? | ||
| And his beautiful wife, Usha. | ||
| How good is JB? | ||
| JD has been great. | ||
| He's another good negotiator, Steve. | ||
| He's a great negotiator, too. | ||
| We need negotiators in this country. | ||
| But so many of the people on the stage behind, not only family members, as an example, Lara Trump, the wife of Eric. | ||
| She was the head of the Republican Party along with my friend Michael. | ||
| Stand up, the two of you. | ||
| What a job. | ||
| What a job they did. | ||
| They worked so hard. | ||
| They knew they'd be rigging, but they said, we're going to make it too big to rig, and we did. | ||
| We made it too big to rig. | ||
| We won every swing state by a lot. | ||
| We won the popular vote by millions and millions of votes. | ||
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We won the whole ball of wax. | |
| And now we're going to go and drill, baby, drill, and do all the things that we've wanted to do and bring your costs down, your prices down, and make our country safe. | ||
| So thank you very much, Michael. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| What a job you've done, Michael. | ||
| I'm never moving you. | ||
| You know, he was thinking about getting a nice job in the administration. | ||
| I said, no, I'm leaving you right where you are. | ||
| You've done a very good job. | ||
| We're not moving you, Michael. | ||
| I'm sorry. | ||
| Anyway, thank you very much. | ||
| Appreciate it. | ||
| Appreciate it very much. | ||
| Right here with us also in the arena, I'm about to sign some very important executive orders of our new administration. | ||
| Hey, Don, will you stand up, please? | ||
| Don is another one. | ||
| How about Don? | ||
| This guy, he's a popular one. | ||
| He goes out and speaks. | ||
| He gets that big crowd. | ||
| He's a little on the rough side sometimes, but that's what you want. | ||
| He's done a fantastic job, and he loves our country. | ||
| Thanks, Don. | ||
| Great job. | ||
| You've done a great job. | ||
| And Ivanka and, you know, Jared negotiated the Abraham Accords, which are the biggest. | ||
| It's the biggest deal made in the Middle East in many, many years. | ||
| And it's really something. | ||
| Jared, stand up, Jared. | ||
| The Abraham Accord. | ||
| And Tiffany's going to have a little baby. | ||
| And Michael. | ||
| And then I have a very tall son named Baron. | ||
| Has anyone ever heard of him? | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| He knew the youth vote. | ||
| You know, we won the youth vote by 36 points. | ||
| And he was saying, Dad, you got to go out and do this one and that one. | ||
| And we did a lot of them. | ||
| And he respects them all. | ||
| He understood them very well. | ||
| He said, Dad, you got to go out, do Joe Rogan, do all these guys, and we did. | ||
| We did, and Joe Rogan was great. | ||
| They were all great, right? | ||
| Aaron, they were all good. | ||
| He understood the market. | ||
| Another famous one, how about Kai? | ||
| Stand up, guy. | ||
| Is that Byron Donalds back there? | ||
| Stand up, Byron. | ||
| Stand up. | ||
| What a future this one has. | ||
| What a future. | ||
| That's great, Byron. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| And how about Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce? | ||
| He's going to take in more money than any country has ever even thought about. | ||
| He's going to take in some money. | ||
| And we have many others. | ||
| Look, I'm not going to go through it, but we're going to sign some orders right now. | ||
| And that's really what I want to do. | ||
| So we're going to sign executive orders. | ||
| First, I'll revoke nearly 80 destructive and radical executive actions of the previous administration, one of the worst administrations in history. | ||
| Maybe the not one of them, the worst. | ||
| Anybody that would allow millions of people to pour through our borders from jails, prisons, mental institutions, insane asylums, gang members to be taken off the streets of Venezuela and deposited in our country, and many, not just Venezuela. | ||
| You know, crime in Venezuela is down 74% because they took their criminals and gave them to us through an open border policy of the previous administration. | ||
| All over the world, they're emptying their prisons into our country. | ||
| They're emptying their mental institutions into our country. | ||
| It stops as of one o'clock this afternoon. | ||
| OK, so I'm revoking nearly 80 destructive radical executive actions of the previous administration. | ||
| They'll all be dull and void within about, what, five minutes? | ||
| Is that them over there? | ||
| Five minutes. | ||
| And next, to gain immediate control of the vast federal out-of-control bureaucracy, I will implement an immediate regulation freeze which will stop Biden bureaucrats from continuing to regulate. | ||
| Most of those bureaucrats are being fired. | ||
| they're gone. | ||
| Should be all of them, but some sneak through, but we have to live with a couple like us. | ||
| I'll also issue a temporary hiring freeze to ensure that we're only hiring competent people who are faithful to the American public. | ||
| And we will pause the hiring of any new IRS agents. | ||
| We will also require that federal workers must return to the office in person. | ||
| And we're going to take the 88,000 people that they hired to go after you with guns. | ||
| By the way, they're allowed to use guns and harass you like they were so many other people. | ||
| Remember this? | ||
| Okay, remember? | ||
| Do you remember a little statement about tips? | ||
| Does anybody remember that little statement? | ||
| I think we won Nevada because of that statement. | ||
| But they went out and harassed you over the tips. | ||
| In other words, we are restoring control of our government to the people. | ||
| We're going to take those 88,000. | ||
| Let's see if they'd like to work on the border, because that's what we want them, really. | ||
| So we're going to have no tax on tips, right? | ||
| No tax on tips. | ||
| We may have, like the Speaker of the House, is he here? | ||
| He's done such a good job. | ||
| Is Mike here around here someplace? | ||
| I saw him just a little while ago. | ||
| Hello, fellas. | ||
| Look at you guys. | ||
| Yeah, I know it. | ||
| He's great. | ||
| He's doing great. | ||
| They're all doing good. | ||
| The Republican Party has never been unified like it is right now. | ||
| They want to save our country. | ||
| And we're going to more than save it. | ||
| We're going to make it greater than it's ever been before by a lot. | ||
| Next, I'm going to sign a presidential memorandum directory directing every member of my cabinet to marshal every power at their disposal to defeat inflation and rapidly bring down the cost of daily life because your costs have gone through the roof in the last four years. | ||
| Perhaps you didn't notice. | ||
| Does anyone notice their costs are like double, triple, quadruple. | ||
| You can't buy bacon. | ||
| Apples have doubled in price. | ||
| You want an apple, anybody? | ||
| Pay twice what you did two years ago. | ||
| We'll put more money in your pocket and we'll bring back the American dream and to reduce energy costs and liberate our economy. | ||
| So we have more oil and gas than any country in the world and we're going to use it. | ||
| We're not going to do the wind thing, wind here, do big, ugly windmills, they ruin your neighborhood. | ||
| They ruin you. | ||
| If you have a house that's near a windmill, guess what? | ||
| Your house is worth less than half. | ||
| And did you see up in New England with the whales, you see what's happening? | ||
| So they had two whales killed in about 14 years. | ||
| Last year and the year before total, they had 28. | ||
| So if you're into whales, you don't want windmills either. | ||
| And they're the most expensive form of energy that you can have by far. | ||
| And they're all made in China, by the way. | ||
| Practically all of them. | ||
| And they kill your birds and they ruin your beautiful landscapes. | ||
| But other than that, I think they're quite good, right? | ||
| Now, remember when we used to joke and kid when we were kidding, but we don't kid anymore? | ||
| They want to watch the debates on television. | ||
| They want to watch your favorite president on television. | ||
| But the wind isn't blowing, so we can't watch television at night, Lattice. | ||
| Remember? | ||
| Lattice, I'm sorry, the wind is just not blowing. | ||
| We're not watching Trump tonight. | ||
| But I'm immediately withdrawing from the unfair, one-sided Paris Climate Accord ripoff. | ||
| The United States will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity. | ||
| You know, China, I mean, look, they use a lot of dirty energy, but they produce a lot of energy. | ||
| And when that stuff goes up in the air, you know, it doesn't stay there. | ||
| It's not like you got a wall. | ||
| We love walls, don't we? | ||
| Not like you have a wall around and it just, it doesn't. | ||
| It floats into the United States of America after three and a half to five and a half days. | ||
| It floats across the oceans and it comes right over your neighborhood and it falls into your neighborhood. | ||
| So they all say, we have to fight for cleaner air, but the other dirty airs drop it all over us. | ||
| So what the hell are they talking about? | ||
| Unless everybody does it, it just doesn't work. | ||
| You know, we had the cleanest air and the cleanest water that this country's ever had under the Trump administration. | ||
| And we didn't do anything to stop jobs and stop production, believe me. | ||
| You're going to see a lot of companies come pouring back because tariffs, I always say tariffs is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary. | ||
| And I was reprimanded by the fake news. | ||
| They said, what about love, religion, and God? | ||
| I said, I agree. | ||
| Let's put God number one. | ||
| Let's put religion number two. | ||
| Love, I don't know. | ||
| We got to put that number three, I guess, right? | ||
| And then it's tariff. | ||
| Because tariffs are going to make us rich as hell. | ||
| It's going to bring our country's businesses back that left us. | ||
| And I'll also sign an executive order to immediately end federal government censorship of the American people. | ||
| In America, we believe in free speech. | ||
| And we're bringing it back starting today to stop the weaponization. | ||
| No, do I know about that? | ||
| These creeps. | ||
| Deranged Jack Smith. | ||
| You ever hear of him? | ||
| Deranged. | ||
| He's a deranged prosecutor. | ||
| He's sick. | ||
| They suck him on me. | ||
| He's now been reduced to getting on an airplane, going back to The Hague or wherever the hell he came from. | ||
| We got to get rid of that guy. | ||
| Hey, was he one of the many people that got a pardon today? | ||
| Did they pardon Jack Smith? | ||
| You know, did you know that Biden, while I was making my speech, pardoned his whole family? | ||
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The brother, the whole deal was pardoned. | |
| Can you imagine that? | ||
| While I was making my speech, did everybody hear my speech? | ||
| Did you like my speech? Thank you. | ||
| I mean, the only thing wrong with it is I had a lot of tough things to say, and I have some great people that work for me. | ||
| Sir, this is such a great speech. | ||
| It's so unifying. | ||
| Don't talk about Biden with his pardons of his family. | ||
| We want a unified country. | ||
| They said, don't talk about the J6 hostages that you're going to be releasing today. | ||
| Sir, don't put that in your speech, please. | ||
| I said, but really, I want to put it in my speech. | ||
| They said, sir, it won't be unified like it is. | ||
| It's so beautiful the way it is. | ||
| And it is getting great reviews. | ||
| You know, if I put things like that in, I'll get terrible reviews. | ||
| One little paragraph that's a little bit wrong, the fake news goes crazy, right? | ||
| So I said, all right, I won't put it in my speech, but you know what? | ||
| I'm speaking in front of a hell of a lot of people at a place called Capital One Arena, and I'll talk about it there. | ||
| So we're going to be going over that beautiful Oval Office, one of the great offices in history. | ||
| Even if it wasn't beautiful, it's the Oval Office, but it is beautiful. | ||
| And we love the Oval Office. | ||
| It all starts with the Oval. | ||
| The wars start and end there. | ||
| Everything starts and ends at the Oval Office. | ||
| We love it. | ||
| But we're going to go to the Oval Office. | ||
| We're going to decide we're going to release our great hostages that didn't do, for the most part, they didn't do stuff wrong. | ||
| You take a look at what went on. | ||
| And look what happens in other parts of the country. | ||
| In Portland, where they kill people, they destroy the city. | ||
| Nothing happens to them. | ||
| In Seattle, where they took over a big chunk of the city, nothing happened. | ||
| Minneapolis, where they burned down the city, nothing happened. | ||
| Essentially, nothing happened. | ||
| All they want to do is go after the J6 hostages. | ||
| A 76-year-old grandmother was arrested the other day because she was looking, I think because she was looking at the Capitol or something like that. | ||
| No, we're not going to put up with that crap anymore. | ||
| And to stop the weaponization of law enforcement, I've been investigated more than any human being in the world. | ||
| I believe I have the all-time record. | ||
| Every day, a subpoena. | ||
| Every single day would get subpoenas. | ||
| I was more than any person. | ||
| Alphonse Capone, remember I used to talk about it? | ||
| Now, Alphonse Capone Scarface, he was a pretty rough guy. | ||
| He was investigated about 1/100th what Trump was invested. | ||
| My father's looking down at me, my mother, how the hell did this happen? | ||
| You know what it is? | ||
| They investigated their political opponent, the opponent of Biden, and then ultimately, Kamala. | ||
| Has anyone ever heard of Kamala? | ||
| We had to beat two opponents. | ||
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You know, we had to beat Biden and we beat him. | |
| Now he goes on to talk, the guy was like 39 points down. | ||
| I think I could have beaten Trump. | ||
| They should have left me in. | ||
| I would have beaten. | ||
| Now, his debate performance wasn't the best, right? | ||
| That's what killed him. | ||
| And then they had a change, and they, it's like you get into a fight. | ||
| The great Dana White spoke last night. | ||
| We love Dana White, right? | ||
| UFC. | ||
| That's like he puts in two fighters, one of them's getting creamed, getting really beaten. | ||
| And they say, all right, take him out. | ||
| Let's put somebody else in to finish up the fight. | ||
| That's what they did to us. | ||
| They gave us somebody new, but we took care of both of them. | ||
| So we beat actually two. | ||
| We beat actually two opponents. | ||
| But to stop the weaponization of law enforcement and our government, I will also sign an order directing every federal agency to preserve all records pertaining to political persecutions under the last administration, of which there were many, and beginning the process of exposing any and all abuses of power, even though he's pardoned many of these people. | ||
| Can you believe it? | ||
| He's pardoned them. | ||
| You know why he did it while I was speaking? | ||
| Because that way I couldn't speak about it. | ||
| I was speaking. | ||
| I didn't know he did it. | ||
| I finished my speech, and they said, sir, he pardoned his whole family. | ||
| I said, oh, can I go back out there and talk about it? | ||
| Somehow that wouldn't be very elegant. | ||
| Our first lady would say, please don't do that. | ||
| But we have plenty of time to talk about it. | ||
| And we will. | ||
| We're doing all of this on our very first day in office. | ||
| You know, don't forget, we've been in this position, really, where we won the primaries in record time. | ||
| We were the fastest win of a primary ever in political history, which is a very nice thing. | ||
| It's nice to know. | ||
| Well, the second election was rigged, so we knew we were doing well. | ||
| And if it wasn't, you know what? | ||
| If it wasn't, I would have never run. | ||
| But the third one was just a monster. | ||
| Boy, was that a big one, huh? | ||
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That was a big one. | |
| On the second one, we got like 10 or 12 million votes more than the first one. | ||
| How about that? | ||
| We did great on the first one. | ||
| We did much better on the second one. | ||
| But man, did we do well on the third one? | ||
| So we're going to have some fun. | ||
| It's very simple. | ||
| We're going to make our country great. | ||
| We're going to make our country great again. | ||
| We're going to make America great again. | ||
| How good a name is MAGA, though, right? | ||
| You know? | ||
| I was going to say keep America great, but unfortunately it wasn't great. | ||
| Can't say keep it great. | ||
| It will be great again. | ||
| But CAG, Keep America Great. | ||
| CAG, I don't think it's ever going to replace MAGA. | ||
| Does anybody like CAG? | ||
| I don't think so. | ||
| Never replacing MAGA. | ||
| Nothing will ever replace MAGA. | ||
| MAGA was the most successful political operation, political movement in the history of our country, maybe in the history of the world. | ||
| Let's see what happens. | ||
| Because we're not finished yet. | ||
| We're not finished yet. | ||
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We got a long way to go. | |
| But we're doing this on the very first day in office. | ||
| And in just a few moments, I'm not only signing the release of the J6 hostages, I'm signing other things that you're going to love. | ||
| Oh, you're going to be happy reading newspapers tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day. | ||
| So I just want to thank, I mean, look at this place. | ||
| It's full to the rafters. | ||
| You don't have any. | ||
| Look at those people up there. | ||
| You don't have any empty seats. | ||
| And by the way, the Capital One owners, they are so good. | ||
| We've got to root for their teams because they have been so great to MAGA, to us. | ||
| And I just want to thank Ted and everybody. | ||
| You guys have been fantastic. | ||
| And the ice hockey team's doing great. | ||
| Ovechkin. | ||
| Ovechkin's pretty good, right? | ||
| They're doing great. | ||
| So I want to thank them, Capital One arena owners. | ||
| They have been absolutely fantastic. | ||
| And thank you once again to everyone. | ||
| And I can only tell you, you're going to be very happy. | ||
| You're going to watch a lot of good things happen. | ||
| We've got to stop some wars that are happening and going on. | ||
| Some stupid things are happening. | ||
| The war with Ukraine would have never happened. | ||
| And it has. | ||
| As you know, Israel would have never been hit on October 7th. | ||
| And none of you would be up here. | ||
| None of you would even know anything about this tragedy that you're going through right now. | ||
| But Iran was broke. | ||
| Anybody that bought oil from Iran, they couldn't do any business with us. | ||
| You're not going to do business with America. | ||
| China passed. | ||
| Everybody passed. | ||
| They were broke. | ||
| They didn't have money for Hamas. | ||
| They didn't have money for Hezbollah. | ||
| And your sons would be alive. | ||
| And they certainly wouldn't be incarcerated like they are. | ||
| It's a shame. | ||
| But we're getting a lot of people out in a short period of time. | ||
| So I'm going to go right over to here and I'm going to sign in front of you. | ||
| Is that okay? | ||
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That's good. | |
| You have that other one to sell? | ||
| You have the other one to sign. | ||
| We don't have it over here yet, sir. | ||
| We'll have it for you back in the morning. | ||
| The first is the rescissions of 78 Biden-era EOs and presidential memorandum. | ||
| What a call of that. | ||
| Sir, if you want to say it? | ||
| Oh, if you want me to, sir. | ||
| Why don't you say what I'm saying? | ||
| Sure, the first item that President Trump is signing is the rescission of 78 Biden-era executive actions, executive orders, presidential memoranda, and others. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| The second item, President Trump, is a regulatory freeze, as you announced in your speech, preventing bureaucrats from issuing any more regulations until we have full control of the government and this administration. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| The next item, sir, is a freeze on all federal hiring, excepting the military and a number of other excluded categories. | ||
| again, until full control of the government is achieved and we understand the objectives of government going forward. | ||
| Could you imagine Biden doing this? | ||
| I don't think so. | ||
| I don't think so. | ||
| Sir, the next item, as you announced in your speech, is a requirement that federal workers return to full-time in-person work immediately. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| Next, we have a directive to every department and agency in the federal government to address the cost of living crisis that has cost Americans so dearly. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| The next item here is the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty. | ||
| Yes, sir. | ||
| We're going to save over a trillion dollars by withdrawing from that treaty. | ||
| And the next item, sir, is a letter that will be transmitted to the United Nations explaining that we are withdrawing from the Paris Climate Treaty. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| This next item is a directive to the federal government ordering the restoration of freedom of speech and preventing government censorship of free speech going forward. | ||
| Lastly, sir, before we go back to the Oval Office to sign a large number of other items, is a directive to the federal government ending the weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration as we've seen. | ||
| Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate it. | ||
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Young man, there's no need to feel down. | |
| I'll say young man. | ||
| Pick yourself off the ground. | ||
| I'll say young man. | ||
| Cause you're in a new town. | ||
| There's no need to be unhappy. | ||
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Young man. | |
| There's a place you can go. | ||
| I'll say the young man. | ||
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When you're short on your dough, you can't say it. | |
| And I'm sure you will find many ways to have a good time. | ||
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It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | |
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
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They have everything fundamental and joy. | |
| You can hang out with all the boys. | ||
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It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | |
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
| You can get to settling, you can have a good meal. | ||
| You can do whatever you feel. | ||
| Young man, are you listening to me? | ||
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I say, young man. | |
| What do you want to be? | ||
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I say, young man. | |
| You can make million dreams, but you've got to know this won't be no man. | ||
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Does it all by himself? | |
| I said, young man. | ||
| Put your pride on the shelf and just go there to the YMCA. | ||
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I'm sure they can help you today. | |
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
| They have everything fundamental enjoy. | ||
| You can hang out with all my boys. | ||
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
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It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | |
| You can get to settling, you can have a good meal. | ||
| You can do whatever you feel. | ||
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Young man. | |
| I was once in your shoes. | ||
| I said I was down and out with the blues. | ||
| I felt numerous. | ||
| Did it out alive? | ||
| I felt the whole world was so tired. | ||
| That's when someone came up to me and said, young man. | ||
| Take a walk up the street in some place there. | ||
| Call the YMCA. | ||
| They can't stop you back all the way. | ||
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It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | |
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
| They have everything fundamental enjoy. | ||
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You can hang out with all the boys. | |
| YMCA. | ||
| It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | ||
| Young man, no man, there's no need to feel down. | ||
| Young man, no man, pick yourself off the ground. | ||
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It's fun to stay at the YMCA. | |
| And you're watching live coverage of Donald Trump's 2025 inaugural, his second time he's been inaugurated. | ||
| This is his third speech of the day. | ||
| And this is at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., about a mile from the White House. | ||
| That's the next stop. | ||
| This rally had a bit of a campaign feel to it, I think. | ||
| But we're going to be here until President Trump gets back to the White House and then we'll join him and Mrs. Trump at the balls tonight. | ||
| He's scheduled to go to at least two and possibly three balls where he may speak and he may dance. | ||
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But we will be live with all of that tonight. | |
| In the meantime, we want to hear your voices, what you saw today, what you heard today, how you feel about it. | ||
| 202 is the area code 748-8000 for Democrats. | ||
| Republicans, 202-748-8001. | ||
| And Independent, 748-8002. | ||
| Samuel's in Weatherford, Texas, a Republican. | ||
| Samuel, good evening to you. | ||
| What are your thoughts about today? | ||
| I think it was a wonderful day. | ||
| I'll openly admit on national television. | ||
| I was watching it while I was at work. | ||
| And I wanted to ask, do you think come tomorrow morning, once the market's open, do we see bull market from here on out, or is there a little bit more steady growth? | ||
| And if I could, one more question. | ||
| What do you think? | ||
| Samuel, you tell us what you think. | ||
| Slow start, but an eventual bull market from here. | ||
| I don't want to say it's going to go sky high the first day, but. | ||
| What did you think of the president's speeches today? | ||
| It was a wonderful speech. | ||
| I wasn't able to pay complete attention because I was in the middle of doing my job for the day, but what I was able to listen to, I think we're headed in a good direction for the next four years. | ||
| What kind of work do you do? | ||
| I work behind the counter at a pet store just in Weatherford, just west of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. | ||
| Thank you, sir. | ||
| Thanks for calling in as well. | ||
| Anna in Cookville, Tennessee, Republican. | ||
| Hi, Anna. | ||
| Hi, how are you? | ||
| What are your thoughts about today? | ||
| We've been watching this. | ||
| My husband and I have been watching this all day ever since it started. | ||
| And we have been praying and we're Christians and all the Christians bind together and prayed him in there. | ||
| And he's the God. | ||
| He's the one that God wanted for this time of the season. | ||
| And I think that he's going to help usher in Jesus Christ because God put him there. | ||
| And after the Bible says that once Med declare peace, he will come back. | ||
| And I'm thinking after he leaves office, gets his time over with, I think that Jesus is going to come back. | ||
| And I'm so proud of him. | ||
| And we're praying that the Democrats will go along with him on everything. | ||
| They're supposed to help each other instead of fighting against each other. | ||
| But the Democrats seem like they want to control everything. | ||
| And this United States has been the worst shape that it's ever been in. | ||
| And it's because of the Democrats. | ||
| That's Anna in Cookville, Tennessee. | ||
| Pardon me. | ||
| I should note that the Senate has been in session this afternoon and, in fact, has confirmed the first of President Trump's appointees, Marco Rubio, is the new Secretary of State. | ||
| Matthew, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, another Republican. | ||
| Hi, Matthew. | ||
| Hey there. | ||
| Thank you for taking our call. | ||
| I'm really impressed that today has been an interesting day. | ||
| And I understand there are some people that are probably not happy about Trump getting into office, but the majority of the people have spoken. | ||
| And now we have him in office. | ||
| And I think that we need to all try to come together as best as we can and try to start talking with each other and not at each other. | ||
| And do our best in doing that. | ||
| And I really believe that he's being blessed. | ||
| And It's been an amazing day just to watch. | ||
| I really want to say that seeing the parade this time in the arena was kind of different compared to being outside. | ||
| And I kind of like that. | ||
| I think it may change that we do this now from now on that way. | ||
| That's just my opinion. | ||
| Of course, it was an annotated parade. | ||
| It only had a few of the marchers that a normal parade down Pennsylvania Avenue would have. | ||
| They weren't able to use the presidential reviewing stand that they set up outside the White House and all the stands along Pennsylvania Avenue because we moved inside or they moved inside. | ||
| This happened on Friday. | ||
| So, Matthew, what did you think about the swearing in inside the rotunda? | ||
| President Trump seemed to like that, but what do you think about the fact that it didn't allow people to see it on the outside? | ||
| Yeah, I think that was kind of disappointing. | ||
| And I understand the temperature situation, but there's also a security issue element to it, too. | ||
| And I kind of understand the reasoning for doing that. | ||
| I know I probably wouldn't want to spent that time out in the cold. | ||
| And I mean, we've had a president, I can't remember the guy's president's name, but had taken an oath and was sworn in and all that and then died a few, what was it, a month or so later? | ||
| William Henry Harrison, 8,000-plus words in his inaugural dress. | ||
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He took ill after that. | |
| And a month after being sworn in, he was deceased. | ||
| As you can see, the president's motorcade is now heading from Capitol One Arena, which is on between 7th and 9th Streets, heading to 1600, Pennsylvania, about a mile from where he is. | ||
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So we'll watch this as we take your calls. | |
| This is the presidential motorcade heading to the White House. | ||
| The president started his day at Blair House, went to St. John's Church, and then to the White House to have tea with the Bidens. | ||
| That's all within walking distance of each other down there. | ||
| And then, of course, the Bidens and the Trumps rode together to the Capitol, spent the majority of the day at the Capitol inside, and then now just leaving Capitol One Arena, the basketball and hockey stadium in downtown D.C. Tessa, Cookville, Tennessee, Independent. | ||
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Tessa, good evening to you. | |
| Hi, thank you for having me. | ||
| What's on your mind? | ||
| Well, I guess like, so I listened to the inauguration address and things like that, and I'm a little frustrated to hear some of the things because a lot of it's like the inauguration is supposed to be, okay, bringing the party, bringing everyone together, making America great, that sort of thing. | ||
| Everyone's supposed to be unified. | ||
| And during that time, he chose to specifically say negative things about my demographic. | ||
| And I don't think that that's really a good way to try to unify the country. | ||
| I think it's a very dangerous game to start using words to target people just because they don't, or just because they're not part of the in-group that he thinks represents everyone. | ||
| This is a free country and everyone's supposed to be represented fairly. | ||
| Hey, Tessa, what do you identify as your demographic? | ||
| I'm a transgender person, and he specifically said things targeting my demographic. | ||
| And so that makes me rather concerned. | ||
| And so I don't know. | ||
| But to be honest with you, neither party really gives two hoots about us. | ||
| So it is what it is. | ||
| But yeah, anyways, I really appreciate you letting me speak and things. | ||
| Tessa, thank you for calling in. | ||
| Thanks for watching. | ||
| By the way, if you don't want to hear people talking, you can always turn to C-SPAN 2. | ||
| Once the Senate is out, we go back to Sights and Sounds of Washington, D.C. on inaugural day. | ||
| We've had that on all day. | ||
| Not one word is spoken. | ||
| We just show the cameras that we have around the city, and you can just watch and see what's going on. | ||
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Jake, Portland, Maine, Democrat. | |
| Hi, Jake. | ||
| Hey, how are you doing? | ||
| How are you? | ||
| Oh, I'm doing all right. | ||
| Thanks for having me on. | ||
| What's on your mind? | ||
| I mean, I echo the thoughts of the previous caller that you just spoke to. | ||
| You know, I watched a lot of the coverage today and was eager to hear Trump speak just now at the Capitol One Arena. | ||
| And, you know, I'm a Democrat, obviously, and I was just hoping that maybe the way he was speaking was going to be a little bit more unifying than it turned out being. | ||
| But in typical Trump fashion, he kind of chose the time to rip up some of his, you know, typical typical way of speaking, kind of going up the rails a little bit. | ||
| Hey, don't leave us yet, Jake. | ||
| I just want to point out that the motorcade is now on 15th Street. | ||
| He's going to be making a left turn onto Pennsylvania Avenue. | ||
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They'll be pulling into the White House in two seconds. | |
| You can see all the fences that have been set up in this city for this inaugural. | ||
| Jake, is it a tough day as a Democrat to watch the opposite party being sworn in and feted like this? | ||
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You know, it is tough. | |
| And I think it's important to note that it's not just because of the opposite party. | ||
| You know, I think sometimes when I'm watching this type of coverage, especially on a day like today, it's hard to look and see it as Democrat versus Republican. | ||
| And Trump even said it just now in his speech. | ||
| You know, he keeps calling on the Maja, the Maja group, MAGA group, whatever. | ||
| And it just, it feels like a totally separate entity than the Republican Party. | ||
| And I think that's what scares me the most when looking at this transition of power is that are we really handing the power off to the Republican Party or are we handing the power off to this MAGA run thing that just is, you know, I think it's, I think it's scary. | ||
| I think it's scary, but unprecedented times ahead. | ||
| So. | ||
| Jake, what do you do in Portland? | ||
| I am actually an entertainer. | ||
| I work as a queer entertainer in Portland full-time. | ||
| And what's a queer entertainer? | ||
| I'm actually a drag queen. | ||
| What's your drag name? | ||
| I'd rather, I don't know if I want to share that right now. | ||
| All right. | ||
| I appreciate you asking. | ||
| All right. | ||
| Let's hear from Ray in Longmont, Colorado, Democrat. | ||
| Hello. | ||
| How are you doing? | ||
| How are you? | ||
| Good. | ||
| Cold. | ||
| It's cold as Texas here in Colorado. | ||
| Well, give us your impressions of today. | ||
| I really enjoyed this speech. | ||
| I think it's good. | ||
| I think we need to get America back to being great again. | ||
| And I was in Washington when Obama was going to be president, and I'm glad that we got a new president. | ||
| Get rid of the Biden administration. | ||
| That's Ray in Longmont, Colorado. | ||
| The Trumps, after four years, have returned to the White House. | ||
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Glad. | |
| I hope we get the Venezuela title in Aurora, Colorado. | ||
| And that's going to end our live coverage today for now. | ||
| We will be live again tonight for the inaugural balls. |