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Donald John Trump completed a remarkable return to power on Monday as he was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in a midday ceremony. He plans an immediate blitz of orders and actions meant to begin dramatically changing the course of the country.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered the 35-word oath of office to Mr. Trump in the Rotunda of the Capitol in a ceremony that was moved indoors because of cold weather. James David Vance was sworn in moments earlier as the nation’s 50th vice president by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
“The golden age of America begins right now,” Mr. Trump declared as he began a 29-minute Inaugural Address. He added: “My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all these many betrayals that have taken place and give people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom. From this moment on, America’s decline is over.”
Much as he did eight years ago, when he decried “American carnage” in his address, he painted a grim portrait of a country on its knees that only he can revive. But even more than in 2017, he largely dispensed with lofty themes and the broad unifying strokes favored by most presidents in their Inaugural Addresses, and outlined a series of often-divisive policies.
He vowed to immediately declare a national emergency at the border and send the military to guard it. He said he would end government programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. He said he would rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and promised to seize the Panama Canal. “We’re taking it back,” he said.