"America will soon be greater, stronger, and far more exceptional than ever before," said Trump, who at age 78, became the oldest person to ever start a presidential term.
In the half-hour long speech, he vowed that “the golden age of America begins right now” with a ‘revolution of common sense.”
"From this day forward our country will flourish and be respect again all over the world," he said. "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."
Trump said he most wants to be remembered as a peacemaker.
"I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success," he said. "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."
With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris seated just steps away from the lectern, Trump said his victory in the 2024 election was a “mandate to completely reverse a horrible betrayal.”
Trump announced he plans to sign several executive orders and take other actions, including:
- Declaring a national emergency at the southern border, where he set he will send federal troops.
- Designate South American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
- Invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, directing the government to use federal and state law enforcement to "eliminate the presence of foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to US soil."
- He said the Panama Canal is not controlled by Panama, but China, "and we are taking it back."
- Direct all members of Cabinet to use their powers to defeat "what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices."
- Declaring a National Energy Emergency, saying, "We will drill baby, drill."
- End the Green New Deal and revoke the Electric Vehicle Mandate.
- Establish External Revenue Service that could result in taxes on goods from China, Canada, Mexico and other nations.
- Establish brand-new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
- Immediately "stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America."
- "End the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life," saying, "We will forge a society that is color blind 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."
- He said he would reinstate any service members "who were unjustly expelled from the US military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pay."
- Change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
- Restore the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska in honor of former President William McKinley. It had been renamed Mount Denali in 2015.
- Launch astronauts "to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars."
Trump, now the 45th and 47th president, is only the second person to return to the presidency after being voted out of office following a first term since former New York Gov. Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s.
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