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[LIVE] 60th Inaugural Ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol - Trump Inauguration
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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 Lord's 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 J.D. 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.
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.
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...
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that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States...
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against all enemies, foreign and domestic...
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against all enemies, foreign and domestic...
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that I will bear true faith...
That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
That I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.
And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.
So help me God.
So help me God.
Congratulations, Mr. Vice President.
Please welcome Chief Justice Roberts to administer the presidential oath of office.
Please raise your right hand and repeat after me.
I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear 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.
So help me God.
Congratulations, Mr. President.
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.
Well, thank you very, very much.
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 During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America...
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.
I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a new year 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 in the United States of America.
As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust from an evangelical and corrupt establishment, has extracted power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly incomplete.
Disrepair. We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time tumbling 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 limited 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 who have been treated so badly.
We're still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago.
Or more recently, Los Angeles, where we're watching fire still magically 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.
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 the whole betrayal.
And all of these many betrayals that have taken place and to give the people 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 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 step up 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 believed even more now that my life was saved for a reason.
I was saved by God to make America great again.
Thank you very much.
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, all seven swing states.
And the popular vote we won by millions of people.
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.
It's all about common sense.
First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border.
The legal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the place 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 Secretary-in-Chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I'm going to do.
We will do it at a level that nobody's ever seen before.
Next, I will direct all members of my Cabinet to marshal 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.
We 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.
We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top.
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 nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago.
And thank you to the autoworkers of our nation for your inspiring vote.
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 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.
We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley.
President McKinley made the 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, 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.
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.
Our nation 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.
Many people thought it was impossible.
...
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,
D.C. 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 are going to win like never before.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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 wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable.
America will be rejected 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.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, performing America the Beautiful, please welcome the Armed Forces Chorus and Carrie Underwood.
You know the words?
Tell me how to do it.
I will now introduce the benediction clergy.
I now call on Rabbi R. Burr, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell, and Reverend Frank Munn to provide prayers of benediction.
Let us pray.
Almighty God, your proud Jeremiah walked the streets of Jerusalem and blessed its inhabitants with the Hebrew words, Baruch HaGever HaGever, blessed is the one who trusts in God.
Thousands of years later, A 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 J.D. Vance with 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, 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 women who...
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 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 has 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 Not 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 sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim 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 Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous hilltops of California.
But we're asking you not only that.
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill 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 you children, black men and white men, Protestant and Catholic, Jew and Gentile, will be able to sing in the meaning of no Negro spiritual.
Free our lives.
Free at last.
Thank you, God Almighty.
Free at last.
If you believe what the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Come on, put your hands together and give your great gift.
Almighty and eternal God, we gather here today in reverence, joined in our shared hopes and dreams for our beloved nation.
In the moment of the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, we turn our hearts to you, seek 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 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.
An environment where dialogue and heartfelt listening will prevail over division or discord.
Each decision made by our president and vice president reflect the values of justice and peace.
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 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 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 promise, prosperity, 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 in 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.
Americans kneel to God and to God alone.
Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for our national anthem.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats while the president and official party depart the platform.
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