Trump sworn in as 47th US president
The inauguration ceremony was held inside the Capitol Rotunda, for the first time in the past 40 years
Minutes before Trump’s oath, James David Vance, 40, was sworn in as vice president. Thereafter Donald Trump was sworn in as the United States’ 47th president.
The inauguration ceremony was held inside the Capitol Rotunda, for the first time in the past 40 years.”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,” he pronounced the presidential oath.
Trump has become the second US president after Grover Cleveland (the 22nd and 24th US president in 1885-1889 and 1893-1897), to take office with a four-year break.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by foreign leaders, Argentinian President Xavier Milei, Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
China was represented by Vice President Han Zheng, India – by Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan – by Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya.
Russian officials did not take part.Trump has promised to fight inflation and ramp up production of energy resources in his inauguration address.
“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 president said.
“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,” Trump continued.
“We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top, and export American energy all over the world,” he added.
He also announced the intention to revamp the country’s trade system in his inauguration address.”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,” Trump stressed.
“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,” he added.
Donald Trump as the USA President had signed off on his first executive orders, while still in Congress, to make appointments to his administration.
He also signed an order that flags over government buildings never fly at half-staff during presidential inaugurations. It mean that flags will no longer be at half-staff on Monday.
The orders concerned, among other things, appointments of acting heads of various government agencies. According to the White House, Trump signed about half a dozen documents, as an aide explained to him what he was signing.
Also, Trump was asked about his meeting with former US leader Joe Biden on Monday morning at the White House, and the current president described it as very nice and a great tradition.
Asked about his predecessor’s decision to pardon a slate of individuals, the new president declined to discuss the matter.
Earlier, Biden ordered that flags fly at half-staff over government buildings for 30 days in memory of former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on December 30 at the age of 100.
House Speaker Mike Johnson pledged that flags over the Capitol will not be lowered on Inauguration Day.
