Donald Trump completed his dramatic political comeback on Monday when he was sworn in as the 47th US president, pledging tariffs, exports and a new approach to race and gender.
In his opening speech inside the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Trump began to issue details about his executive orders for the first day.
First he declared a national emergency at the southern border. He said he would send troops to the border and begin deporting “illegal” immigrants. Trump promised to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and attack the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport the groups as soon as possible.
Trump did not mention the northern border, as Canadian politicians prepare to respond to the president's threat of tariffs on imports. An incoming administration official said the new president would release a broad trade memo later today; it is not expected to include new tariffs on Canada.
Trump hinted at his plan to impose trade penalties but remained vague. “We will tax and tax foreign countries to strengthen our citizens,” he said.
He promised to dismantle Biden's green energy policies, including the electric vehicle mandate, and “Drill, baby, drill” more oil.
Trump said his administration's view is that there are only “two sexes: male and female.” He also vowed to end the effort to “socially engineer race” into every aspect of public and private life and “create a color-blind, merit-based society.”
Promises of world peace, astronauts on Mars
Trump overcame impeachments, criminal charges and two assassination attempts to win his second term in the White House, when 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 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 general public, after being moved inside due to cold weather.
The 78-year-old's speech was more upbeat than his inaugural speech in 2017. He began by saying, “America's golden age is beginning now,” and later said e, “From this moment on, America's decline is over. “
He mentioned the Pennsylvania assassination attempt on him and said that he was saved by God to restore the country.
Trump said he will be a peacemaker and “stop all wars,” while also promising to “bring back the Panama Canal.”
He said he would change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and said the US would continue its pursuit of sending astronauts to Mars – a long-term goal of billionaire Elon Musk, who has aligned himself with Trump and will sit on New Department of Government Efficiency. .
Billionaires were very present inside the Capitol.
Musk, along with Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai – a quartet whose combined GDP exceeds that of a wide range of countries – were closer to some members of Trump's cabinet who ' come in.
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 that Canada and the US have the most successful economic partnership in the world.
“Canada is strengthening this mutually beneficial relationship. We are making significant investments to strengthen cross-border trade, strengthen our supply chains and create jobs on both sides of the border,” he said.
“We are stronger 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 federal levels.” local to deliver wealth to our people – while protecting and protecting their interests. of Canadians.”
