Trump sworn in as 47th US president, promises 'golden age'
President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office as he is sworn in as president during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan 20, 2025
Donald Trump vowed a new US "golden age" as he took the oath for a historic second presidential term Monday (Jan 20), but focused most of his dark inaugural speech on touting hardline policies to reverse what he called "American decline".
In an often divisive address, the 47th president took aim at illegal immigration and the culture wars as he capped the most remarkable comeback in US political history. "The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world," Trump said in the US Capitol, where his inauguration was held indoors for the first time in decades due to freezing weather.
The Republican also referenced the assassin's bullet that grazed him at a rally during his victorious election campaign, saying: "I was saved by God to make America great again." While promising renewal, Trump harshly denounced what he said had been a "betrayal" of Americans by a "radical and corrupt establishment" under outgoing President Joe Biden. "America's decline is over," said Trump.
Second inauguration of Donald Trump
20 January 2025 at the United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 20, 2025, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The event will be Trump's second inauguration to the presidency and the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration. It will mark the commencement of the second and final term of Donald Trump as president, the term of JD Vance as the 50th vice president, and the only second non-consecutive re-inauguration for a U.S. president after the second inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1893
The preceding ceremony (for the inauguration of Joe Biden in 2021) was largely curtailed due to extraordinary political, public health, economic, and national security crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the January 6 Capitol attack. Trump, the president at the time, did not attend the 2021 inauguration.
In May 2024, both houses of Congress appointed a Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to oversee construction of the platform and other temporary structures that will be necessary for the ceremonies and celebrations. Construction of the inaugural platform began in September 2024.
Thousands protest in Washington against Trump as he prepares for inauguration
Thousands of mostly female demonstrators took to the streets of Washington DC on Saturday to rally against President-elect Donald Trump two days ahead of his inauguration.
The People's March - previously known as the Women's March - has taken place every year since 2017. A coalition of groups organised the movement with the stated aim of confronting "Trumpism", according to its website. Smaller protests against Trump were held in New York City and on the other side of the country in Seattle.
The rallies coincide with Trump's arrival to the nation's capital for a series of weekend events in the lead-up to his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, 20 Jan 2025.
Trump launches cryptocurrency with price rocketing
US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his own cryptocurrency, which quickly soared in market capitalisation to several billion dollars.
His release of the meme coin, $Trump, comes as he prepares to take office on Monday as 47th president of the US. The venture was co-ordinated by CIC Digital LLC - an affiliate of the Trump Organization - which has previously sold Trump-branded shoes and fragrances.
Meme coins are used to build popularity for a viral internet trend or movement, but they lack intrinsic value and are extremely volatile investments. By Saturday afternoon, hours after its launch, the market capitalisation for $Trump reached nearly $5.5bn (£4.5bn), according to CoinMarketCap.com.
Trump begins selling new crypto token $Trump, raising ethical concerns
This newest venture brings Trump and his family directly into the world of selling cryptocurrency
President-elect Donald Trump and his family on Jan 17 started selling a cryptocurrency token featuring an image of Trump drawn from the July assassination attempt, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the office he is about to occupy again.
Disclosed just days before his second inauguration, the venture is the latest in a series of moves by Trump that blur the line between his government role and the continued effort by his family to profit from his power and global fame. It is yet another sign that the Trump family will be much less hesitant in this second term to bend or breach traditional ethical boundaries.
Trump announced the launch of his new business on Jan 17 night on his social media platform, in between announcements about filling key federal government posts. He is calling the token $Trump, selling it with the slogan: “Join the Trump Community. This is History in the Making!”
The 60th quadrennial US presidential election
Donald Trump declared victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday (Nov 6), telling supporters that America had given them an "unprecedented mandate".
Speaking in Florida not long after projections gave him a win in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Trump told a jubilant crowd that he would fight for every citizen.
As it stands, the 78-year-old is still a few electoral votes short of the 270 needed for an outright victory, but he is all set to become only the second person to serve two non-consecutive terms as US president.
Trump inauguration as the 45th president of the US
Trump fumes over inaugural crowd size
President Donald Trump and his team are still fuming over evidence of a relatively small crowd for his inauguration, with his chief of staff claiming the reports are an effort to “de-legitimize” Trump and another senior adviser explaining that the administration is offering “alternative facts.”
It has been an extraordinary start for the newly sworn-in president, in which Trump and his advisers have fixated on the inaugural crowd size and the well-attended protests, while also taking actions to freeze federal regulations and gut Obamacare.
Early Sunday, Trump took to Twitter to lash out at the millions of protesters worldwide who came out for the Women’s March on Washington — before sending a much more conciliatory tweet later in the morning.
Trump launches his own $TRUMP meme coin
This newest venture brings Trump and his family directly into the world of selling cryptocurrency
President-elect Donald Trump and his family on Jan 17 started selling a cryptocurrency token featuring an image of Trump drawn from the July assassination attempt, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the office he is about to occupy again.
Disclosed just days before his second inauguration, the venture is the latest in a series of moves by Trump that blur the line between his government role and the continued effort by his family to profit from his power and global fame. It is yet another sign that the Trump family will be much less hesitant in this second term to bend or breach traditional ethical boundaries.
Trump announced the launch of his new business on Jan 17 night on his social media platform, in between announcements about filling key federal government posts. He is calling the token $Trump, selling it with the slogan: “Join the Trump Community. This is History in the Making!”
