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Trump pledges 'golden age' on being sworn in as US president
"From this moment on, America's decline is over," Trump said.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, center, holds the hand of his wife Melania Trump, right, as their son Barron Trump, center, and Vice President JD Vance, look on after taking the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. / Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS
Donald Trump pronounced the start of a "golden age" in the United States after taking the oath for a historic second term as president on Jan. 20, using his inaugural speech to lash out at what he described as a "broken" society that he would rescue.
"The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world," Trump said in the US Capitol, where his inauguration was held indoors due to chilly weather.
While promising renewal, Trump's tone was characteristically dark, denouncing what he said had been a "betrayal" of Americans by a "radical and corrupt establishment."
"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," he said.
"From this moment on, America's decline is over."
The Republican—at 78 now the oldest person ever to take the presidential oath—was set to kickstart his new term with a blitz of immediate orders on immigration and the US culture wars.
"I will declare a national emergency at our southern border" with Mexico, Trump said to loud cheers from supporters inside the ornate Rotunda hall, vowing to deport "millions and millions" of illegal immigrants.
Trump took the oath with one hand raised in the air, using a Bible given to him by his mother, and became the 47th president.
Executive orders
Unusually for an inauguration where foreign leaders are normally not invited, Argentina's hard-right president Javier Milei was attending, along with Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The bitter cold weather has forced Trump's inauguration indoors for the first time since Ronald Reagan's in 1985, missing out on the customary massive crowds along the National Mall.
Behind the pomp and ceremony, the billionaire is kickstarting his nationalist, right-wing agenda with a barrage of around 100 executive orders undoing Biden's legacy.
Trump will give the US military a key role on the frontier, and end birthright citizenship, as he seeks clamp down on undocumented migrants, an official from his incoming administration said.
He will also sign an order for the US government to recognize only two biological sexes and seek to eliminate federal government diversity programs as he takes office.
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