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President Elect's Cabinet Picks
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During his address at the 60th presidential inauguration, President Donald Trump said the golden age of America begins right now and that he was, quote, saved by God to make America great again. | |
| He also addresses the challenges facing the U.S., highlighting his policy priorities and the executive orders he plans to implement on day one of his new administration, including border security, tariffs, increased energy production, and the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency. | ||
| As he closes his remarks, the president says his legacy will be as a peacemaker and unifier, and promised to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. | ||
| We'll also show former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they're escorted from the Capitol for their official departure. | ||
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| gentlemen, the president elects cabinet and cabinet-level designees. | ||
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At This Time, Please Seat Yourself
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Presidential Inaugural Committee. | |
| Committee co-chair, Mr. Steve Whitcomb. | ||
| It's pretty neat. | ||
| At this time, please take your seats. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, please be seated. | ||
| Our live | ||
| coverage of President Trump's inauguration continues as we take you live to the Liberty Inaugural Ball. | ||
| But, you know, we're going to turn this country around and fast. | ||
| We have. | ||
| We have assets like nobody else. | ||
| Number one, we have our people. | ||
| That's our greatest asset, the people of our country. | ||
| And I just, and I have a great family. | ||
| I really do. | ||
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I just look around. | |
| My son, Eric, has been so incredible. | ||
| Married to a woman who became the head of the Republican Party. | ||
| I wonder how the hell did that happen. | ||
| And she really, her and Michael Watley from North Carolina did a great job. | ||
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Tonight's Big Announcement
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And then you have, where is my Ivanka? | |
| Have you ever heard of Ivanka? | ||
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And Jarrett. | |
| And we have Tiffany's here someplace. | ||
| There's Tiffany with child, I have to say. | ||
| And Michael, thank you very much. | ||
| And look at that group back there. | ||
| That's Kai, our great golfer. | ||
| She's our great golfer, that one. | ||
| And Don, and Don, and Chloe. | ||
| Chloe, I don't know, Ivanka, she might be as good as this one. | ||
| You have to see her athletic ability. | ||
| You wouldn't believe it. | ||
| You look at her. | ||
| She looks so innocent. | ||
| She's a killer. | ||
| Chloe's a killer. | ||
| And we have a great vice president, I want to tell you, and a fantastic. | ||
| And he's got a fantastic wife and helper. | ||
| And she's done just incredible things for the party and for him. | ||
| And I want to thank you. | ||
| Great job. | ||
| Great job. | ||
| JD Vance, great job. | ||
| So we're going to keep it going. | ||
| We're going to have it turned around quickly. | ||
| This big ship, we've got to turn it a little bit slower than I'd like, but we're going to turn it around. | ||
| We have things that nobody else has. | ||
| You know, we also have something that it's not politically correct to say, but it's becoming very politically correct. | ||
| We have more liquid gold under our feet than any other nation in the world. | ||
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And if you don't mind, we're going to use it, right? | |
| And we just left the Commander-in-Chief ball, which is like a similar size everyone. | ||
| And we're going to another one in a little while. | ||
| We needed three because we have such support. | ||
| There's a longing for competence in this country. | ||
| There's a longing for common sense in this country. | ||
| And I was saying before, we're the party of common sense. | ||
| You know, we don't want to have men playing in women's sports. | ||
| We don't want to have transgender operations for everyone. | ||
| And we just want to have a great country. | ||
| We want education. | ||
| We want houses that don't cost a fortune. | ||
| We want low interest rates. | ||
| We want low taxes. | ||
| We want a strong, powerful military. | ||
| We're going to have that. | ||
| We did it once. | ||
| We did it in 2017. | ||
| We rebuilt our entire military. | ||
| It was giving away a lot of it. | ||
| Can you believe it? | ||
| Given away, so foolishly given away. | ||
| But we'll have it back again very, very soon. | ||
| And we'll be making some announcements. | ||
| You're going to be so thrilled. | ||
| But we love you all. | ||
| We're going to be, you know, I'd like to say we are a great nation. | ||
| We will soon be the greatest we've ever been, and that won't take long. | ||
| So I want to thank you all for being here tonight, special people, and we'll see you soon. | ||
| Just watch what happens. | ||
| It's going to be big progress. | ||
| Thank you, everybody. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Ladies And Gentlemen
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And the world runs in high time. | |
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| Ladies and gentlemen, the 44th President of the United States, the Honorable Barack H. Obama. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, the Chief Justice of the United States, the Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. | ||
| Tiffany Trump | ||
| and Barron Trump. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, escorting Dr. Biden and Mr. M. Hoff, the Republican Staff Director of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Ms. Emily Leviner, the Senate Secretary for the Minority, the Honorable Gary Myrick, the House of Representatives Chief Administrative Officer, the Honorable Catherine Spindor, and Mr. Bruce Fisher. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Jill Biden and Mr. Douglas Emhoff. | ||
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Hear America Calling
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Ladies and gentlemen, performing O America, please welcome the Armed Forces Chorus and America's Tenor, Christopher D. Macchio. | |
| I can hear you calling me. | ||
| You are calling me to be true to thee, true to thee I will be Oh, America, no weeping there been wounded hearts. | ||
| I will keep you in my care | ||
| love and wait to begin your prayers. | ||
| To the sea, from your mountains, ground and all this land you are. | ||
| Oh I will be as warm. | ||
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Inauguration Day Ceremonies
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Oh, oh, oh. | |
| The Honorable Jackie Barber, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Kevin F. McCumber, Mr. John Bessler, Mrs. Kelly Johnson, Mrs. Iris Weinshaw Schumer, and Mrs. Jennifer Scalise. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, escorting the President of the United States and the Vice President of the United States, ranking member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Honorable Deb Fischer, House Democratic Leader, the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Majority Secretary, the Honorable Robert Duncan. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, the Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Vice President of the United States, the Honorable Kamala Davey Harris. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, escorting the Vice President-elect, the Executive Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Mr. Michael Wagner, Senate Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, Jason Bell, and House Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Sean Keating. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President-elect of the United States, the Honorable JD Vance. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, escorting the President-elect, the Staff Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Elizabeth Farah, House Sergeant-at-Arms, the Honorable William P. McFarland, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, the Honorable Jennifer A. Hemingway, Senate Majority Leader, the Honorable John Thune, and the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, House Democratic Leader, the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries, House Majority Leader, | ||
| the Honorable Steve Scalise, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Mike Johnson, Senate Democratic Leader, the Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Ranking Member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Honorable Deb Fischer, and Chairwoman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Honorable Amy Klobuchar. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, the President-Elect of the United States, the Honorable Donald John Trump. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. | ||
| Please welcome the Chairwoman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Honorable Amy Klobuchar. | ||
| Good morning, everyone. | ||
| Welcome to the 60th presidential inauguration. | ||
| Today, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will take their oaths of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. | ||
| For the past year I've chaired the inaugural ceremony committee, which includes the leadership of Congress from both parties. | ||
| We thank the committee and Capitol staff and law enforcement who worked so hard over the last year and especially the last three days. | ||
| You've done a beautiful job, and you have shown grace under pressure. | ||
| Our theme this year is our enduring democracy. | ||
| The presence of so many presidents and vice presidents here today is truly a testament to that endurance. | ||
| We welcome President Biden and Dr. Biden. | ||
| We welcome Vice President Harris and Doug Emhoff, President Obama, President Clinton and Secretary Clinton, President Bush and Laura Bush, Vice President Pence, Vice President Quayle and Marilyn Quayle. | ||
| The justices of the United States Supreme Court are with us, all nine of them, I counted, and of course the Trump and Vance families. | ||
| This ceremony marks what will soon be 250 years of our democracy. | ||
| It is the moment when leaders, elevated by the will of the people, promise to be faithful to our Constitution, to cherish and defend it. | ||
| It is the moment when they become, as we all should be, the guardians of our country. | ||
| Through war and peace, through adversity and prosperity, we hold this inauguration every four years. | ||
| And today it falls on Martin Luther King Day, a further reminder that we must strive to uphold the values enshrined in our Constitution, the freedoms, the liberties, and, as is inscribed on the entrance of the United States Supreme Court, equal justice under law. | ||
| But what makes this moment more than a passing ceremony is all who are watching it across the country, the people of this nation, the ordinary people doing extraordinary things. | ||
| President Kennedy, who at one point worked as a senator in this building and would often walk through this very rotunda, once said, in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of interest in politics, holds office. | ||
| Every one of us is in a position of responsibility. | ||
| With that responsibility of citizenship comes an obligation not to seek out malice, as President Lincoln once reminded us, but to view others with a generosity of spirit despite our differences. | ||
| With that responsibility of leadership comes an obligation to stand our ground when we must and find common ground when we can. | ||
| With everything swirling around us, the hot mess of division, it is on all of us, to quote an incredible songwriter who just happened to be born in my state, to ensure that our nation's democracy is our shelter from the storm. | ||
| There's a reason this ceremony takes place at the Capitol. | ||
| In other countries, it might be in a presidential palace or a gilded executive office building. | ||
| Here it is traditionally held at the Capitol, the People's House. | ||
| It is a fitting reminder of the system of checks and balances that is the very foundation of our government, three equal branches of government. | ||
| That is how for nearly 250 years our great American experiment, grounded in the rule of law, has endured. | ||
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Presidential Oath Ceremony
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| So, as we inaugurate a new president and vice president, let us remember that the power of those in this room comes from the people, | ||
| the construction workers who build our country, the teachers and health care workers who nurture us, the troops defending our freedoms, and yes, the firefighters in Los Angeles putting themselves on the line for us. | ||
| Our democracy's strength and grit must match theirs. | ||
| May God bless our nation. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Good afternoon. | ||
| Endurance through the years is the ultimate test. | ||
| To persevere through time is the truest measure of an idea, an institution, and a nation. | ||
| Our founders wrote the Constitution so that America could withstand all the twists and turns of time. | ||
| They wrote it to guide us and to preserve forever our right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. | ||
| But as much as the truths and principles enshrined in our Constitution remain the same, our democracy promises the American people the power to change, to chart their own destiny. | ||
| That's the beauty. | ||
| That is the importance of democracy. | ||
| It allows the endurance, the permanence of a nation through change. | ||
| It allows nations like our United States both to avoid the obstacles and to seize the opportunities God has placed before us, all while staying true to our founding principles. | ||
| Today is our country's 60th inauguration ceremony. | ||
| Like all the others before it, it is a celebration of our right to set our uniquely American course. | ||
| The past several years have been trying at times for many, many Americans, and also for the nations of the free world that we humbly strive to lead. | ||
| In November, Americans chose again to steer this nation towards greatness, the secure, safe, and prosperous future that our founders envisioned for all of us. | ||
| And today, we celebrate not only their decision to do so, but also the simple right and wisdom of a free people to make their own choice so that their nation might endure. | ||
| And now, allow me to welcome Archbishop Timothy Dolan and Reverend Franklin Graham, who will deliver our invocation. | ||
| Please rise. | ||
| Be still and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme on the earth. | ||
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Let us pray. | |
| Remembering General George Washington on his knees at Valley Forge, recalling Abraham Lincoln at his second inaugural, with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right. | ||
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Remembering General George Patton's instructions to his soldiers as they began the Battle of the Bulge eight decades ago. | |
| Pray, pray when fighting, pray alone, pray with others, pray by night, pray by day. | ||
| Observing the birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, who warned, without God, our efforts turn to ashes. | ||
| We, blessed citizens of this one nation under God, humbled by our claim that in God we trust, gather indeed this Inauguration Day to pray for our President Donald J. Trump, his family, his advisors, his cabinet, his aspirations, his vice president. | ||
| For the large blessings upon Joseph Biden, for our men and women in uniform, for each other whose hopes are stoked this new year, this inauguration day. | ||
| We cannot err in relying upon that prayer from the Bible, upon which our president will soon place his hand in oath, as we make our own the supplications of King Solomon for wisdom as he began his governance. | ||
| God of our fathers, in your wisdom you set man to govern your creatures, to govern in holiness and justice, to render justice with integrity. | ||
| Give our leader wisdom, for he is your servant, aware of his own weakness and brevity of life. | ||
| If wisdom which comes not from you be not with him, he shall be held in no esteem. | ||
| Send wisdom from heavens that she may be with him, that he may know your designs. | ||
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Please, God, bless America. | |
| Please mend her every flaw. | ||
| You are the God in whom we trust who lives and reigns forever and ever. | ||
| Amen. | ||
| Mr. President, the last four years, there are times I'm sure you thought it was pretty dark. | ||
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But look what God has done. | |
| We praise him and give him glory. | ||
| Let us pray. | ||
| Our Father and our God, thou hast said, blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. | ||
| As the prophet Daniel prayed, blessed be the name of God forever and ever. | ||
| For wisdom and might are his. | ||
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He changes the times and the seasons. | |
| He removes kings. | ||
| He raises up kings. | ||
| He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. | ||
| Our Father, today, as President Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office once again, we come to say thank you, O Lord our God. | ||
| Father, when Donald Trump's enemies thought he was down and out, you and you alone saved his life and raised him up with strength and power by your mighty hand. | ||
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We pray for President Trump that you'll watch over, protect, guide, direct him. | |
| Give him your wisdom from your throne on high. | ||
| We ask that you would bless him and that our nation would be blessed through him. | ||
| We also ask that you would bless and protect Melania as First Lady. | ||
| We thank you for the beauty, the warmth, and grace that she shows not only to this nation, but to the whole world. | ||
| We thank you for Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife Usha and their young family. | ||
| May he be a strength to President Trump to stand beside him, to hold up his arms like Aaron held up the arms of Moses in the midst of battle. | ||
| The prophet Samuel reminded the people, it was you that brought them up from the land of Egypt. | ||
| And he said, now stand still that I may reason with you before the Lord. | ||
| So Father, we take this moment to stand still, to remember the great things that you have done for this nation. | ||
| Thank you for the protection, the bounty, the freedoms that we so enjoy. | ||
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We remember to keep our eyes fixed on you. | |
| And may our hearts be inclined to your voice. | ||
| We know that America can never be great again if we turn our backs on you. | ||
| We ask for your help and we pray all of this in the name of the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, your Son, my Savior, and our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. | ||
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Amen. | |
| Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Associate Justice Kavanaugh to administer the vice presidential oath of office. | ||
| Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. | ||
| I, James David Vance, do solemnly swear. | ||
| I, James David Vance, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States. | ||
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That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. | |
| Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. | ||
| That I will bear true faith. | ||
| That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same. | ||
| That I take this obligation freely. | ||
| That I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter on which I am about to enter. | ||
| So help me God. | ||
| So help me God. | ||
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| administer the Presidential Oath of Office. | ||
| Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. | ||
| I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. | ||
| The Constitution of the United States. | ||
| So help me, God. | ||
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So help me God. | |
| Congratulations, Mr. President. | ||
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He hath loosed the faithful mighty of his perilous sword. | |
| He is walking more glory, glory, hallelujah, | ||
| glory, glory, hallelujah, glory, glory, all the more His glory. | ||
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Hallelujah, Truth Marching On
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I have seen Him in the watch tries of hands. | |
| They have built Him and altar in the Kingdom. | ||
| I can read His righteous sentence in the dim and caring lamps. | ||
| His name is Marching. | ||
| Glory, glory, Hallelujah. | ||
| Glory, glory, Hallelujah. | ||
| His truth is marching on. | ||
| In the beauty of the East, Christ was born across the sea with our glory, | ||
| song that had singers to and me as he died to make men holy. | ||
| Let us die to make men free while God is watching all the glory, hallelujah, glory, glory, hallelujah, glory, glory, hallelujah. | ||
| His truth is mighty long. | ||
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Glory, glory, hallelujah. | |
| Holy glory, hallelujah. | ||
| It is my honor and pleasure to introduce to you the 45th and the 47th president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. | ||
| Thank you very much, everybody. | ||
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Well, thank you very, very much. | |
| Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, Justices of the United States Supreme Court, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and my fellow citizens. | ||
| The golden age of America begins right now. | ||
| From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. | ||
| We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. | ||
| during every single day of the trump administration i will very simply put america first our sovereignty will be reclaimed our safety will be restored the scales of justice will be rebalanced | ||
| The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. | ||
| And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous, and free. | ||
| America will soon be greater, stronger, and far more exceptional than ever before. | ||
| I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. | ||
| A tide of change is sweeping the country. | ||
| Sunlight is pouring over the entire world. | ||
| And America has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before. | ||
| But first, we must be honest about the challenges we face. | ||
| While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing in the United States of America. | ||
| As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust. | ||
| For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair. | ||
| We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad. | ||
| It fails to protect our magnificent law-abiding American citizens, but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world. | ||
| We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders, but refuses to defend American borders or, more importantly, its own people. | ||
| Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina, been treated so badly, and other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago, or more recently, Los Angeles, where we're watching fires still tragically burn. | ||
| From weeks ago, without even a token of defense, they're raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country, some of whom are sitting here right now. | ||
| They don't have a home any longer. | ||
| That's interesting. | ||
| But we can't let this happen. | ||
| Everyone is unable to do anything about it that's going to change. | ||
| We have a public health system that does not deliver in times of disaster, yet more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world. | ||
| And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases, to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. | ||
| All of this will change starting today, and it will change very quickly. | ||
| My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal, and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith. | ||
| their wealth, their democracy, and indeed their freedom. | ||
| From this moment on, America's decline is over. | ||
| Our liberties and our nation's glorious destiny will no longer be denied, and we will immediately restore the integrity, competency, and loyalty of America's government. | ||
| Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history, and I've learned a lot along the way. | ||
| The journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one, that I can tell you. | ||
| Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life. | ||
| Just a few months ago in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin's bullet ripped through my ear. | ||
| But I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. | ||
| I was saved by God to make America great again. | ||
| That is why each day under our administration of American patriots, we will be working to meet every crisis with dignity and power and strength. | ||
| We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety, and peace for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed. | ||
| For American citizens, January 20th, 2025 is Liberation Day. | ||
| It is my hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country. | ||
| As our victory showed, the entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society, young and old, men and women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, urban, suburban, rural. | ||
| And very importantly, we had a powerful win in all seven swing states. | ||
| And the popular vote, we won by millions of people. | ||
| To the black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote. | ||
| We set records, and I will not forget it. | ||
| I've heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come. | ||
| Today is Martin Luther King Day, and his honor, this will be a great honor. | ||
| But in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality. | ||
| We will make his dream come true. | ||
| National unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never before. | ||
| In everything we do, my administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success. | ||
| We will not forget our country. | ||
| We will not forget our Constitution. | ||
| And we will not forget our God. | ||
| Can't do that. | ||
| Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. | ||
| With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. | ||
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Bringing Law and Order Back
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| It's all about common sense. | ||
| First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. | ||
| 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. | ||
| We will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy. | ||
| I will end the practice of catch and release. | ||
| And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. | ||
| Under the orders I signed today, we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. | ||
| Invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks. | ||
| bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities. | ||
| As Commander-in-Chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do. | ||
| We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before. | ||
| Next, I will direct all members of my cabinet to marshal the vast powers at their disposal to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices. | ||
| The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices. | ||
| And that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. | ||
| will drill, baby, drill. | ||
| America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have. | ||
| The largest amount of oil and gas of any country on earth, and we are going to use it. | ||
| Let me use it. | ||
| We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top, and export American energy all over the world. | ||
| We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it. | ||
| With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American auto workers. | ||
| In other words, you'll be able to buy the car of your choice. | ||
| We will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago. | ||
| And thank you to the autoworkers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence. | ||
| We did tremendously with their vote. | ||
| I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. | ||
| Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens. | ||
| For this purpose, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties, and revenues. | ||
| It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury, coming from foreign sources. | ||
| The American dream will soon be back and thriving like never before. | ||
| To restore competence and effectiveness to our federal government, my administration will establish the brand new Department of Government Efficiency. | ||
| After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. | ||
| Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents, something I know something about. | ||
| We will not allow that to happen. | ||
| It will not happen again. | ||
| Under my leadership, we will restore fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law. | ||
| And we are going to bring law and order back to our cities. | ||
| This week, I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. | ||
| We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based. | ||
| As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. | ||
| This week, I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pain. | ||
| And I will sign an order to stop our warriors from being subjected to radical political theories and social experiments while on duty. | ||
| It's going to end immediately. | ||
| Our armed forces will be free to focus on their sole mission, defeating America's enemies. | ||
| Like in 2017, we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen. | ||
| We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. | ||
| My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. | ||
| That's what I want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier. | ||
| I'm pleased to say that as of yesterday, one day before I assumed office, the hostages in the Middle East are coming back home to their families. | ||
| America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world. | ||
| A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and we will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. | ||
| President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent. | ||
| He was a natural businessman and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States. | ||
| The United States, I mean, think of this, spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal. | ||
| 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. | ||
| The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. | ||
| American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape, or form. | ||
| And that includes the United States Navy. | ||
| And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. | ||
| And we didn't give it to China. | ||
| We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back. | ||
| Above all, my message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor, and the vitality of history's greatest civilization. | ||
| So as we liberate our nation, we will lead it to new heights of victory and success. | ||
| We will not be deterred. | ||
| Together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy, and disease-free. | ||
| The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons. | ||
| And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars. | ||
| Ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation. | ||
| And right now, our nation is more ambitious than any other. | ||
| There's no nation like our nation. | ||
| Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneers. | ||
| The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts. | ||
| The call of the next great adventure resounds from within our souls. | ||
| Our American ancestors turned a small group of colonies on the edge of a vast continent into a mighty republic of the most extraordinary citizens on earth. | ||
| No one comes close. | ||
| Americans pushed thousands of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness. | ||
| They crossed deserts, scaled mountains, braved untold dangers, won the wild west, ended slavery, rescued millions from tyranny, lifted billions from poverty, harnessed electricity, split the atom, launched mankind into the heavens, and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand. | ||
| If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve. | ||
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| Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback. | ||
| But as you see today, here I am, the American people have spoken. | ||
| I stand before you now as proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do. | ||
| In America, the impossible is what we do best. | ||
| From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington Dc. | ||
| Our country was forged and built by the generations of patriots who gave everything they had for our rights and for our freedom. | ||
| They were farmers and soldiers, cowboys and factory workers, steelworkers and coal miners, police officers and pioneers who pushed onward, marched forward, and let no obstacle defeat their spirit or their pride. | ||
| Together they laid down the railroads, raised up the skyscrapers, built great highways, won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and triumphed over every single challenge that they faced. | ||
| After all we have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. | ||
| With your help, we will restore America's promise and we will rebuild the nation that we love and we love it so much. | ||
| We are one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God. | ||
| So to every parent who dreams for their child and every child who dreams for their future, I am with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you. | ||
| We're going to win like never before. | ||
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| In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly, but we are going to bring it back and make it great again, greater than ever before. | ||
| We will be a nation like no other, full of compassion, courage, and exceptionalism. | ||
| Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable. | ||
| America will be respected again and admired again, including by people of religion, faith, and goodwill. | ||
| We will be prosperous. | ||
| We will be proud. | ||
| We will be strong and we will win like never before. | ||
| We will not be conquered. | ||
| We will not be intimidated. | ||
| We will not be broken. | ||
| And we will not fail. | ||
| From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign, and independent nation. | ||
| We will stand bravely, we will live proudly, we will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans, the future is ours, and our golden age has just begun. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| God bless America. | ||
| Thank you all. | ||
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| You know the words, help me out here. | ||
| Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, Oh, mountain majesties above. | ||
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| I now call on Rabbi Ari Berman, Pastor Lorenzo Suo, and Reverend Frank Mund to provide prayers of benediction. | ||
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| Almighty God, your prophet Jeremiah walked the streets of Jerusalem and blessed its inhabitants with the Hebrew words, Baracha Gever Eshayiftach Bahashem. | ||
| Blessed is the one who trusts in God. | ||
| Thousands of years later, this great nation, which adopted these words as its motto, in God we trust, stands at a moment of historic opportunity. | ||
| Americans are searching for meaning. | ||
| Our merciful Father, help us rise to meet this moment. | ||
| Bless President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance with the strength and courage to choose the right and the good. | ||
| Unite us around our foundational biblical values of life and liberty, of service and sacrifice, and especially of faith and morality, which George Washington called the indispensable supports of American prosperity. | ||
| Guide our schools and college campuses, which have been experiencing such unrest, to inspire the next generation to pair progress with purpose, knowledge with wisdom, and truth with virtue. | ||
| Hear the cry of the hostages, both American and Israeli, whose pain our president so acutely feels. | ||
| We are so thankful for the three young women who yesterday returned home and pray that the next four years brings peace to Israel and throughout the Middle East. | ||
| Almighty God, grant all Americans the opportunity to realize our shared dream of a life filled with peace and plenty, health and happiness, compassion and contribution. | ||
| Stir within us the confidence to rise to this moment. | ||
| For while we trust in God, God's trust is in us, the American people. | ||
| America is called to greatness to be a beacon of light and a mover of history. | ||
| May our nation merit the fulfillment of Jeremiah's blessing that like a tree planted by water, we shall not cease to bear fruit. | ||
| May all of humanity experience your love and your blessing. | ||
| May it be thy will and let us say, Amen. | ||
| Let us pray for our 47th president. | ||
| Heavenly Father, we're so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle. | ||
| We are grateful that you are the one that have called him for such a time as this, that America would begin to dream again. | ||
| We pray that we would fulfill the true meaning of our creed, that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. | ||
| We pray that you use our president, that we will live in a nation where we will not be judged by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character. | ||
| Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we are so grateful today that you will use our 47th president so we would sing with new meaning, my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty of thee, I seen land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride from every mountainside. | ||
| Let freedom ring. | ||
| And because America is called to be a great nation, we believe that you will make this come true. | ||
| So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. | ||
| Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. | ||
| Let freedom ring from the heightening allegedies of Pennsylvania. | ||
| Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. | ||
| Let freedom ring from the curvaceous hilltops of California. | ||
| But God, we're asking you not only that, let freedom ring from Stone Mountain, Georgia. | ||
| Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. | ||
| Let freedom ring from every hill and every mohill in Mississippi, from every state, every city, every village, and every hamlet. | ||
| And when we let freedom ring, we will be able to speed up that day. | ||
| All of your children, black men and white men, Protestant and Catholic, Jew and Gentile, will be able to sing in the meaning of that old Negro spiritual. | ||
| Free at last, free at last. | ||
| Thank you, God Almighty. | ||
| We are free at last. | ||
| If you believe where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. | ||
| Come on, put your hands together and give your grace. | ||
| Almighty and eternal God, we gather here today in reverence, joined in our shared hopes and dreams for our beloved nation. | ||
| In this sacred moment of the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance, we turn our hearts to you, seeking your divine assistance and abundant blessings upon this pivotal moment in history. | ||
| We come before you with profound gratitude for the many gifts you have bestowed upon our land. | ||
| Thank you for the freedoms we cherish, for the strength of our communities, and for the resilience of our spirit. | ||
| As our President and Vice President embrace their newly appointed roles, we humbly implore that your everlasting love and wisdom will envelop them. | ||
| Grant them the clarity of mind to navigate the challenges that lie ahead and the compassion to serve all citizens with fairness and integrity. | ||
| May their hearts be filled with a giving spirit and sincere understanding for those whom they represent. | ||
| May they be beacons of hope in times of uncertainty and prophetic voices in defending the dignity of all created life. | ||
| We pray for a spirit of collaboration to flourish in our government and across our nation, fostering an environment where dialogue and heartfelt listening will prevail over division or discord. | ||
| May each decision made by our President and Vice President reflect the values of justice and peace. | ||
| As we embark on this new chapter, we also seek your comfort, O God, for those who feel lost or disheartened. | ||
| In this time of transition, may your light shine upon them, reaffirming their belief in a brighter tomorrow. | ||
| May we all strive to lift one another, supporting our fellow citizens with kindness and empathy, recognizing that together we can overcome any adversity. | ||
| Grant us the strength to endure, the courage to face our fears, and the clarity to see the light that remains, even when clouds of uncertainty may gather. | ||
| Inspire our new leaders to be champions for the vulnerable and advocates for those whose voices are often silenced. | ||
| May they pursue policies that promote the well-being of all, seeking to build bridges that will foster unity and belonging. | ||
| As we stand witness to this inauguration, we hold fast to the faith, to our faith in the goodness of each of us and the possibility of change. | ||
| We trust that with your guidance, O God, our nation can move forward to a future filled with promise, prosperity, and understanding. | ||
| And finally, we lift our hearts in gratitude for the beloved parents of President Trump. | ||
| Without Mary and Fred Trump, this day would never be the miracle that has just begun. | ||
| From their place in heaven, may they shield their son from all harm by their loving protection and give him the strength to guide our nation along the path that will make America great again. | ||
| Let us go forth now with these words of President Trump's emblazoned on our hearts. | ||
| As long as we have pride in our beliefs, courage in our convictions, and faith in our God, then we will not fail. | ||
| We stand tall. | ||
| We stand proud because we are Americans and Americans kneel to God and to God alone. | ||
| Amen. | ||
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| What provided we have at the twilight's worst fears, and bright stars o'er. | ||
| The parallels fly for the ramparts where God wished, and the girl, heaven besting ever, gave proof to the Lord that the blood | ||
| I'm still home. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, be seated. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats while the president and official party depart The platform is a very important part of the city of the city. | ||
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Washington Journal, a live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy from Washington, D.C., and across the Country. | |
| Coming up Tuesday morning, we'll look at President Trump's day one executive orders and policy priorities related to immigration and border policy with the America First Policy Institute's Chad Wolf and Kerry Talbot of Immigration Hub. | ||
| C-SPAN's Washington Journal. | ||
| Join the conversation live at 7 Eastern on Tuesday morning on C-SPAN, C-SPAN now, or online at c-span.org. | ||
| Live Tuesday on C-SPAN. | ||
| At 10 a.m. Eastern, President Trump's pick for VA Secretary Doug Collins testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. | ||
| And the House gavels in at noon Eastern and will consider several bills, including a measure authorizing the Washington, D.C. location for the National Medal of Honor Monument. | ||
| On C-SPAN 2, the Senate will debate a bill on requiring medical care for a child born after a failed abortion. | ||
| And over on C-SPAN 3 at 10 a.m. Eastern, New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who's President Trump's pick to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, takes questions at her confirmation hearing from members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. | ||