Breaking: Trump Claims Mandate to Reverse ‘Horrible Betrayal’ of the Biden Years in Combative Inaugural Address
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President-elect Donald Trump touted his mandate to reverse the “horrible betrayal” of the Biden administration in a combative inaugural address delivered moments after he was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, which Trump declared “liberation day.”
“My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and, indeed, their freedom,” Trump said at his second inauguration on Monday, roughly a decade after he first entered politics. That tumultuous period of course included two assassination attempts, the Capitol riot, a criminal conviction and a slew of other since-dropped criminal charges.
“From this moment on, America's decline is over,” Trump declared. “Our liberties and our nation’s glorious destiny will no longer be denied and we will immediately restore the integrity competency and loyalty of America's government.”
Trump will sign executive orders on day one cracking down on illegal immigration, lifting restrictions on firing federal employees, and reversing scores of Biden-era regulatory policies related to energy and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Border security will be a heavy focus of the president's first few days back in the White House. On his first day in office, Trump plans to sign executive orders declaring a national emergency at the U.S.–Mexico border and reinstating his first administration's pandemic-era era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which would require migrants seeking asylum to live in Mexico while their claims are being handled.
On Monday, Trump also said he had been “tested” more than any president in the country’s history.
“I’ve learned a lot along the way,” he said. “The journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one. Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take our freedom and indeed to take my life just a few months ago.”
That long journey has seen Trump develop a strong and lasting relationship with his most ardent supporters, many of whom braved the frigid temperatures in D.C. to support the former and current president, even after the inauguration was moved indoors due to the low temperatures.
Justin Pierce drove ten and a half hours from Jacksonville, Florida to get a glimpse of the week's inaugural festivities.
"I was enthusiastic about him before it was kind of trendy," Pierce told National Review roughly thirty minutes before the president-elect's swearing-in. This longtime Trump supporter is convinced that all the law fare against Trump helped his electoral margins. "The liberals, everything they did to try and get him down, actually made him more popular."
Trump merch abounds in Washington, D.C. today. Rob Lowe, a concessions salesman who sells merch at baseball games, Mardi gras, and pride, flew out to the inauguration from Oregon. Running a Trump merch stand outside the Capital One arena, Lowe estimates he's sold concessions at more than 50 Trump events since Trump's first inauguration in 2017. Concessions have "slowed down" since his first term, he said, joking that "everybody’s pretty much got everything" they need. His most popular item today? "Knit hats."
Today's ceremony comes as especially good news to the millions of Americans who believe Biden's presidency was a failure.
"Joe Biden claims to be from Scranton, Pennsylvania. We’re from Scranton, Pennsylvania. We've seen him six times in probably 30 years," says Scranton native Sean Bingham, a Trump supporter and registered Democrat.
Standing in front of a fenced-in area across from the Supreme Court on Monday morning, Bingham said he's extremely disappointed with Biden's decision to issue preemptive pardons for the Biden family, Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and the lawmakers and staff who served on the January 6 committee.
At 11:59 a.m., David Alcocer of Los Angeles beamed in anticipation of Trump's swearing-in. "He didn’t have to be living this life, being threatened every day of his life," he said. "He's doing it for us." Asked to reflect on Biden's legacy, he laughed: "Legacy? Oh my gosh. I have really nothing to say."
Bingham, meanwhile, is optimistic Trump will bring the country together. "He just seems like that old guy that you can get along with, you know?"
The moment the canons went off after Trump's swearing-in, Trump supporters gathered near the Supreme Court cheered and chanted "USA!"
The streets of Capitol Hill were quieter than usual Monday after police blocked off roads and buildings ahead of the inaugural ceremonies. Helicopters buzzed overhead throughout the district in a sign of beefed up security for the day's events.
Several protests and events were planned at the same time as the inauguration including the People's March on Washington, National Day of Action and Al Sharpton's Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally.
Also in town for the inauguration were tech giants Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. Musk will lead the newly-minted Department of Government Efficiency, while Zuckerberg has worked to gin up favor with Trump in recent weeks, making a series of right-leaning movements at Facebook and Instagram, including promoting a Republican to one of the company's top roles and ending its controversial long standing third-party fact-check system.
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