(NewsNation) — For the second time, Donald Trump took the oath of office for the nation’s highest executive seat, becoming the 47th president of the United States. Monday’s ceremony marks only the second inauguration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Trump signed nearly 100 executive orders on his first day. A desk was set up at Capital One Arena where he signed some of those orders in front of an audience Monday evening. A second round of executive order
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Trump photo goes back up in journalists’ cafeteria/lavatory at White House
A photo of President Donald Trump has been put up at the “lavateria,” at the White House. The “lavateria” refers to a break room (a cafeteria and lavatory) where journalists working at the White House eat.
Mount McKinley renaming
One item Trump pledged to accomplish in his inaugural speech was reinstating the name Mt. MicKinely to an Alaskan peak.
The mountain was first christened Mount McKinely in 1896, before William McKinley became the 25th president. It was officially recognized by the government in 1917 and stood as the name until 2015.
In 2015, the Department of the Interior changed the name to Denali. That was the name traditionally used by the Koyukon people and is based on the Koyukan word for “tall.”
The renaming was supported by Republican Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s senior senator, but objected to by other Republicans, especially those from McKinley’s home state of Ohio.
Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated mountain in the world, measuring at 20,310 feet. It is one of the mountains often used by climbers who want to summit Mt. Everest.
Rep. Mike Waltz resigns from House
As the Trump administration begins, former Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., has resigned from the House of Representatives to serve as Trump’s national security adviser. He had previously announced he would resign on Jan. 20. — NewsNation DC Producer Kristen Eskow
Analysis: Trump’s inaugural speech like State of the Union Address and rally
NewsNation’s Chief Washington Correspondent and host of “The Hill” Blake Burman reacts to Trump’s inaugural address:
“We had Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton basically seated right there next to Donald Trump,” Burman said. “The three people that he beat in his presidential campaigns had to sit there and listen to kind of what felt like a state of the union address mixed with a rally.”
Also notable for Burman, the prominence of the tech CEOs:
“Musk, Bezos, Pichai, Zuckerberg. They were seated in basically the same area as some of the cabinet secretaries,” he said. “That’s something that caught my attention.”
Donald, Melania Trump exit Capitol Rotunda
Having been sworn in, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump leave the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Trump spoke twice as long as previous inauguration
President Trump took just shy of 30 minutes to give his speech, compared to 15 minutes during his 2017 inauguration.
The time puts him as the longest in recent history, with former President Joe Biden’s 2021 speech clocking in at 21, former President Barack Obama’s 2009 speech coming just under 20, former President George W. Bush speaking for 14 minutes in 2001 and former President Bill Clinton speaking for just 15 minutes 1993.
It still isn’t the longest in history, with former President William Henry Harrison braving the cold in 1841 to deliver an address with more than 8,400 words and taking 1 hour and 40 minutes to speak.
Harrison might have benefited from a shorter speech given the cold, wet weather. He went on to contract pneumonia and die just weeks after his inauguration.
Religous leaders give benediction
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman,the president of Yeshuva University; senior pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church Detroit and the Reverend Father Frank Mann gave the inauguration’s benediction.
“We pray that you use our president, that we will live in a nation, where we will not be judged by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character,” Sewell said. “Heavenly father in the name of Jesus, we are so grateful today that you will use our 47th president so we can sing with new meaning: ‘My Country ‘tis of Thee.’
New administration launches ‘President Trump’s America First Priorities’
The list includes:
- Make America Safe Again
- Make America Affordable and Energy Dominant Again
- Drain the Swamp
- Bring Back American Values
Carrie Underwood sings ‘America the Beautiful’
Inviting people to sing along with her, singer Carrie Underwood performed “America the Beautiful.” She sang a capella after technical difficulties.
‘Our golden age has just begun’
Trump closed his speech by saying America would not be intimidated or conquered and would be respected again by the world.
‘The American people have spoken’
Trump hailed his political comeback as the will of the American people throughout his speech, calling it proof that nothing is impossible.
“In America, the impossible is what we do best,” Trump said.
He hailed the generations of Americans past who built the country and said that the country was on the verge of the “four greatest years of American history.”
“We are going to win like never before,” Trump said.
Trump announces plan to go to Mars
Trump said the U.S. would be sending astronauts to plant the U.S. flag on Mars as part of the country’s “manifest destiny.”
Trump made border national emergency in 2019
During his inauguration speech, newly sworn-in President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order declaring a national emergency regarding the border.
This was something he did in 2019 as well. Trump used this national emergency declaration to fund his border wall construction.
Trump announces he will ‘take back’ Panama Canal.
Trump said U.S. ships were not being treated fairly and claimed China has been controlling the Panama Canal and said the U.S. would be taking back the shipping channel it previously leased from Panama.
Trump vows to be ‘peacemaker and unifier’
The president took credit for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, with hostages released to Israel following months of negotiation by the Biden administration.
Trump also said America would inspire the “awe and admiration” of the entire world and said he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
He also announced he would restore the name of Mt. McKinnley.
Trump: Official government policy will not recognize transgender people
Trump said the government tried to “socially engineer” race and gender into society.
He said he would create a society that is color-blind and merit-based. He also announced it would be official government policy that there are only two genders, male and female.
He also announced he would reinstate members of the military who were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine, with full back pay and would sign an order against “radical political theories” while on duty.
‘Bring back free speech to America’
Trump announced an executive order that would end all government censorship and “bring back free speech to America.”
He also said he would reestablish impartial justice and bring law and order back to American cities.
Trump to establish External Revenue Service, Department of Government Efficiency
Trump pledged to create an External Revenue Service for the purpose of collecting tariffs and taxes from foreign companies.
He also announced he was creating the Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump to direct cabinet to bring down inflation
Trump said he would sign orders for his cabinet to right against inflation and also sign a declaration of emergency regarding energy.
“Drill, baby, drill,” Trump said.
Trump pledges to begin deportations
Trump announced his intent to sign an executive order declaring a national emergency regarding the border and vowed to halt all illegal entries and begin the process of deporting millions of people.
Trump said he would be rolling back several Biden-era policies on immigration and deploying U.S. troops to the border as well as designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
‘National unity is now returning to America’
Trump said the country would not forget “our God” and pledged to bring “unrelenting success” to America.
He pledged to sign a series of executive orders bringing the “restoration of America.”
I ‘was saved by God to make America great again’: Trump
The 47th president said he was “saved by God to make America great again.”
There were two assassination attempts on Trump during his campaign for presidency, including one where two rally attendees were killed.
‘America’s decline is over’
Trump promised to “give people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and, indeed, their freedom.”
“From this moment on, America’s decline is over,” he said.
White House website updates seconds after swearing-in ceremony
The official White House website has been updated to reflect President Donald Trump’s administration.
Trump touches on familiar themes in speech
Following his oath of office, President Donald Trump gave a speech repeating themes from his campaign, including his claims that the Justice Department was weaponized and attacking the previous administration’s immigration policies.
He referred to his second term as part of a tide of change sweeping the nation and said “sunlight is pouring over the entire world.”
Trump takes oath of office
Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to President Donald Trump, with wife Melania Trump standing by him along with several of their children.
Vance takes oath of office
Justice Brett Kavanaugh administered the oath of office to Vice President J.D. Vance, who took the oath surrounded by his wife and children.
Trump, Melania launch meme coins before Inauguration Day
President-elect Donald Trump’s newly created cryptocurrency token has soared to more than $10 billion in market value on his second Inauguration Day.
Trump announced the new $TRUMP meme coin Friday, writing on Truth Social: “It’s time to celebrate everything we stand for: WINNING! Join my very special Trump Community.”
Cardinal Dolan, Rev. Graman give opening prayers in Capitol
Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and Rev. Franklin Graham, give the invocation on inauguration day.
Buzzer-beating pardons from Biden
Just before the start of Trump’s swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden announced that he is preemptively pardoning his brother, James Biden and his wife, and his sister Valerie Biden Owens and her husband.
“My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics,” President Biden said in a statement. “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end. I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics.”
Biden continued: “But baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families. Even when individuals have done nothing wrong and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage their reputations and finances.”
Also pardoned were Gerald G. Lundergan and Ernest William Cromartie. Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, had his sentence commuted to home confinement.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.