Donald J. Trump, once a twice-impeached political pariah navigating the stormy seas of legal battles, made history Monday by becoming the 47th president of the United States.
Taking the oath of office on the hallowed grounds of the Capitol, Trump cemented his return as the ultimate political phoenix, delivering a fiery inaugural address that promised a “Golden Age” for America.
“It’s been a long journey,” Trump declared before a packed Rotunda. “But today, we prove that nothing is impossible in this great nation. The American people have spoken—and they have chosen greatness.”
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The ceremony took place inside the Capitol Hill Rotunda, a last-minute venue change that was officially attributed to the weather but was reportedly based on security concerns.
But the smaller venue did little to alter the Trumpian spectacle, as the president announced bold proclamations surrounded by all living former U.S. presidents and a cadre of influential tech billioniares, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos.
Minutes before the clock struck noon, Trump emerged, flanked by his children and Vice President J.D. Vance. In the nearby Capital One Arena, where Trump’s supporters had gathered in lieu of the Washington mall, chants of “USA! USA!” erupted.
Confirming pre-inauguration media reports, Trump said in his address that he would deliver a sweeping slate of executive orders, including measures to end birthright citizenship and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in federal agencies. Trump also said he would issue pardons and commutations for all Jan. 6, 2021, protesters, rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, and reclaim the Panama Canal.
From the podium, Trump laid out his audacious vision, which was both nostalgic for prior eras of American greatness on the national stage and forward-looking with calls to rebuild American industry and restore law and order at home. He also revived his 2017 rallying cry of “America First,” promising an era of energy independence, a strengthened border, and “a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”
As it emerged that former President Joe Biden had issued rare preemptive pardons for a coterie of political elites and left-wing political operatives, including his entire immediate family, Trump vowed to “restore fair, equal, and impartial justice” and end the “weaponization” of government against political opponents.
Trump drew standing ovations from the crowd as he announced new and severe measures to restore order to America’s border with Mexico and stop the record levels of illegal immigration into the country Biden presided over. In a comment that may have implications for the Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations that have inundated Maine since 2019, Trump vowed to “eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks.”
On domestic policy, Trump served up a harsh rebuke to supporters of far left gender ideology, proclaiming that the official policy of the United States is that there are only two genders, rather than the myriad “gender identities” progressive activists have invented in recent years.
Trump, who has given his Education Secretary nominee that goal of eliminating the federal Department of Education, promised that the American public education system would no longer teach American students anti-American sentiments.
In perhaps the least celebrated proclamation of the speech, Trump vowed to send American astronauts to Mars — a wild promise that elicited enthusiastic support from Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, and only a few others.
Outside the venue on the day of the inauguration and the days leading up to it, a scattering of demonstrators protested against Trump and his policies. But the gatherings both in Washington, D.C., and in other American cities lacked the size and vigor of similar protests in 2017.
Biden, looking on with glazed stare and slack-jawed expression, hardly reacted as Trump condemned the state of the country he was inheriting and pledged to reverse key policies of his presidency.
Trump concluded his address with a promise: “We will dream boldly, live proudly, and win like never before. This is our moment—our golden age begins now.”
Thank God that the plurality of the American public understood just how destructive the Biden regime had become .
Hopefully the population of Maine will come to understand how destructive the Mills regime has become .
She is spending us into financial ruin with her crazy windmill, heat pump, EV nonsense, and attempting to burden the tax payers with thousands of deadbeat illegal aliens that we must forever feed and house .
Save Maine ……defeat Janet Mills and the democrat cabal that controls Augusta .
Now to get free of Janit!
I hope Pam Bondi sues the State of Maine over it’s unconstitutional use of the Ranked Choice Voting scam . If Maine won’t save itself from this , maybe the new sheriff will .
If American Patriots can take back the country,
Maine Patriots can take back the state!
A wonderful day. Who could have believed after all the deep state threw at Donald Trump that he would be elected again and still have the same intensity.
Trump promises to cut energy costs in half by this time next year. That means we will be paying $1.53 for a gallon of gas, $1.75 for a gallon of heating oil, and $0.085 per kWh for power.
Mike , why don’t you go out and spray paint those numbers on the side of your house so you can remind us all next year if he’s a few cents off !
Did Jill get a pardon?
I’m calling the next four years “Trump GT” for making America Greater Than ever.
Did everyone rap along with Snoop Dog? (so much for his wanting vaxdaddy dead, I guess?)
Did you buddy up and give killGates hugs?
Perhaps you dawned your leather chaps and danced with the YMCA village people?
Surely, you celebrated the most abhorrent cabinet this country has ever known?
MAGA is a cult. Full stop. Far worse than the (p)antifa morons at this point… To still be a member is to consciously ignore reality to a degree that defies description.
…and it’s also an action that throws Americans, and this country as a whole, straight under the bus.
Hope all you cult members like a technocratic police State centered on digitally controlled money/lives, social credit scores, and open-air prisons/asylums… Because that’s what’s coming down the pike. Mark my words.
Thanks vaxdaddy itty bitty weeny riders… you’ve effectively screwed us all.
I wouldn’t put my hand on the Bible when being sworn in either, if I were acting in antichrist accordance….
Wake the fug up already people.
Aaahh… smell that fresh Maine air… It’s going to be GREAT!
Goodbye to the most dishonest and corrupt president in American history! The J6 committee members must be pissed at Pelosi for putting them in need of a pardon from a known liar, Biden has no legacy! Not only the worst in history but also the most ineffective horrible vice president in history!! C’mon man !