Tensions were high on the streets of Washington, D.C., on Monday as Americans from across the country gathered in the capital to celebrate the president’s second inauguration trump card.

Fox News Digital Channel interviewed many Trump supporters despite their cold temperatures The biting cold wind expresses optimism and hope for the future of the United States under the new Trump administration.

“It’s a happy day,” said a group of women from South Georgia who stood by the U.S. Capitol wearing giant Stars and Stripes hats and “Make America Great Again” scarves.

“It’s great to be free again,” said one of the women, Tanya Garrett.

“Today is a day of freedom,” another woman named Angela Anderson interjected.

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Supporters gather outside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2025, in preparation for a rally ahead of President-elect Trump’s inauguration for his second term. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)

Anderson said she believed the Trump administration would “regain America’s respect.”

“I think that’s one of the greatest things,” she said. “We will be respected by other countries and we will prosper and bring security to our borders and the respect that the people there deserve.”

Most Trump supporters interviewed by Fox News Digital said the most important thing the new president can do is move quickly to undo the damage done during the Biden administration. Securing the Southern Borderrestore the economy and U.S. energy, and project U.S. power against the nation’s enemies.

“I’m very, very excited,” said Rachel Quy, who traveled from Atlanta and stood outside Union Station. “I’m Vietnamese-American, I don’t like communists, and a lot of us anti-communists are hoping Trump will stop that, or at least make them weaker so we can make America stronger.”

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Capital One Arena is packed before Donald Trump’s victory rally in Washington, DC, January 19, 2025 (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The festivities began as early as 10 a.m. at a bar just blocks from the Capitol. As the TV show shows Trump from St. John’s Anglican Church After the morning service, the crowd in the bar erupted in cheers and applause.

“There’s going to be a lot of changes,” said Jeff, a Trump fan who had traveled from Alaska for the inauguration, sitting at the bar. “We’re going to make immigration a big deal and bring everything, business back to America. It’s a new era and I’m looking forward to it.”

Another Trump supporter named Will, who was sitting nearby, chimed in and said he had never felt the same energy from another president.

“We’re from Oregon, so it’s a blue state, so it’s nice to be around like-minded people,” he said.

Trump supporters gather outside Capital One Arena ahead of victory rally in Washington

President Trump delivers a speech in Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Al Drago/AP Pool Photo)

Outside, supporters lined Pennsylvania Avenue, where Trump and his motorcade were expected to pass. capital one arena.

“We’re doing a lot better under Trump, so we’re excited about the next four years,” said Philip Swinson, a construction business owner from Southern California. Standing with Swinson At his side is his father and business partner Brad Swainson.

“I’m almost 72 years old, and I will remember (Biden) as the worst president by far in my lifetime,” Bullard said. “We take liberty, the Constitution, free enterprise, and all the things they seem to be against very seriously. , at least the Democratic Party (and) the deep state, I think people can see through that.”

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Some said they noticed a shift in the energy of the community, with more people willing to publicly agree with and support Trump and his agenda.

“Everything is better than what we’ve been through the past four years,” Young Levy said from wisconsin. “My friends are liberal, hard-core leftists, and now they’re like, ‘You know what? We’ve got to make some changes here.'”

“The last four years have been embarrassing. We don’t have anyone in charge, no one running the show,” Deanna said, from illinois. “Someone in America is now in charge.”