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Donald Trump completed his stunning political comeback on Monday when he was sworn in as America’s 47th president, during which he promised tariffs, deportations and a new approach to race and gender.
In his inaugural address inside the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Trump began detailing his executive orders on the first day.
The first was the declaration of a state of emergency on the southern border. He said he would send troops to the border and begin deporting “illegal” immigrants. Trump has vowed to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and invoke the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 to oust the gangs as soon as possible.
Trump did not mention the northern border, as Canadian politicians prepare to respond to the president’s threats of tariffs on imports. A new administration official said the new president would issue a comprehensive trade memorandum later today; it is not expected to include new tariffs on Canada.
Trump mentioned his plan to impose trade penalties in passing, but remained vague. “We will impose customs duties and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” he said.
He promised to reverse Biden’s green energy policies, including the electric vehicle mandate, and “Drill, baby, drill” for more oil.
Trump said his government’s position would be that there are only “two sexes: male and female.” He also vowed to end efforts to “socially inject race” into every aspect of public and private life and “create a color-blind, merit-based society.”
Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, becoming the 47th president of the United States.
Promises of world peace, astronauts on Mars
Trump overcame impeachment, criminal indictments and two assassination attempts to win his second term in the White House, during which his Republican Party will take control of Washington.
Trump is only the second president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms and the first criminal to hold the most powerful political office in the world. He took the oath in an unusually small ceremony in the rotunda away from the public, after it was moved indoors due to the cold weather.
The 78-year-old’s speech was more upbeat than the one he gave during his inauguration in 2017. He began by saying, “America’s golden age begins right now,” and later added, “From this moment forward, the decline of America is complete.”
US President Donald Trump, speaking after being inaugurated for a second term, promised a ‘golden age’ for Americans and pledged to overhaul state institutions. “As of this moment, the decline of America is complete,” said Trump, who outlined a series of executive orders that will touch on everything from trade and border issues to energy and place names.
He referred to the assassination attempt on him in Pennsylvania and said that God saved him to restore the country.
Trump said he would be a peacemaker and “stop all wars,” while also promising to “bring back” the Panama Canal.
He said he would rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico and said the U.S. would continue to send astronauts to Mars — a longtime goal of billionaire Elon Musk, who has sided with Trump and will sit in the new Department of Government Efficiency.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, speaking to Adrienne Arsenault after several U.S. media outlets reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs would not be imposed on Monday, said Canada is ready no matter what.
Billionaires were prominent among those present inside the Capitol.
Musk, along with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai – a quartet whose combined GDP exceeds that of a wide range of countries – had prime seats, sitting closer than some members of Trump’s incoming cabinet.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was also inside the Rotunda, sitting in an area usually reserved for former presidents, family members and other distinguished guests. The US banned the social media app over the weekend only for Trump to reverse the ban hours later.
Trudeau congratulates Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement congratulating Trump on his inauguration, saying Canada and the US have the most successful economic partnership in the world.
“Canada is strengthening this mutually beneficial relationship. We are investing heavily to strengthen cross-border trade, strengthen our supply chains and create jobs on both sides of the border,” he said.
“We are strongest when we work together and I look forward to working with President Trump, his administration, members of the United States Congress and officials at the state and local levels to ensure prosperity for our people – while protecting and defending the interests of Canadians.”
