Trump was sworn in Monday at noon during his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington.
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Donald Trump is now the 47th president of the United States.
Trump was sworn in Monday at noon during his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington.
Trump, who previously served as the 45th president from 2017-2021, delivered a speech that lasted a little more than 30 minutes. He addressed a range of issues that were at the heart of his campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris, including immigration, health care, the economy and oil and gas.
Declaring that government faces a “crisis of trust,” Trump said in his inaugural address that under his administration “our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced.”
You can watch Trump’s full speech here:
The executive orders are the first step in what Trump will call “the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.”
Frigid weather is rewriting the pageantry of the day. Trump’s swearing-in was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda — the first time that has happened in 40 years — and the inaugural parade was replaced by an event at a downtown arena. Throngs of Trump supporters who descended on the city to watch the inaugural ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol from the National Mall were left to find somewhere else to view the festivities.
At the Capitol, Vice President JD Vance was sworn-in first, taking the oath read by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a bible given to him by his great-grandmother. Trump followed moments after noon, using both a family bible and the one used by President Abraham Lincoln at his 1861 inauguration as Chief Justice John Roberts administered his oath.
The Associated Press contributed to this report