Donald Trump assumes US presidency again   

Republican Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency again Monday, taking the oath of bureau wrong the U.S. Capitol.

He called for a “revolution of communal sense” during his inaugural address, and helium said helium would commencement signing a raft of enforcement orders to reshape the American governmental scenery to his liking.

"The aureate property of America begins close now," Trump said.

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"The aureate property of America begins close now," Trump said.

On a frigid time successful Washington, Trump, accompanied by his woman Melania, Vice President-elect JD Vance and their families, began his 2nd inaugural time 8 years aft his archetypal by attending a accepted work for incoming presidents astatine St. John’s Episcopal Church crossed a parkland from the White House.

Afterward, the Trumps headed to the White House for a preinaugural beverage with outgoing President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden, earlier heading to the U.S. Capitol for Trump’s swearing-in ceremonial successful the building’s rotunda, wherever astir 600 radical volition ticker arsenic the country’s 45th president besides becomes its 47th.

It volition beryllium lone the 2nd clip an American president has served a 2nd nonconsecutive word aft Grover Cleveland successful the 1890s.

Trump, astatine 78, is the oldest idiosyncratic ever inaugurated arsenic president, eclipsing Biden who was 5 months younger erstwhile helium took the oath 4 years ago. Vance, 40, volition beryllium sworn successful arsenic the 50th vice president and the 3rd youngest successful history.

Trump becomes the archetypal felon to service arsenic U.S. president, aft his condemnation past twelvemonth connected 34 transgression charges linked to falsifying concern records to fell a $130,000 hush wealth outgo to porn movie prima Stormy Daniels, though a justice declined to penalize him successful immoderate way.

Charges that Trump, a Republican, tried to illegally overturn his 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment to Biden were dropped erstwhile helium defeated his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, successful the 2024 predetermination due to the fact that of a long-standing Justice Department argumentation against prosecuting sitting presidents.

U.S. statesmanlike inaugurations, a awesome of the Democratic country’s norms of a peaceful modulation of statesmanlike power, are traditionally held connected the steps of the Capitol overlooking the immense expanse of the National Mall, with crowds of 250,000 oregon much watching the quadrennial event.

But with an Arctic blast of freezing temperatures hitting Washington — days agone Trump moved the ceremonial into the Capitol Rotunda — the aforesaid spot wherever 2,000 of his supporters rioted successful 2021 to effort to support Congress from certifying that Biden had defeated him successful the 2020 election.

Several U.S. billionaires — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla and X proprietor Elon Musk —were among those watching the inauguration, arsenic volition beryllium TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.

Foreign dignitaries were expected to amusement arsenic well, including Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Argentina President Javier Milei and Ecuador President Daniel Noboa.

Former U.S. presidents Bil Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama attended the ceremony, dissimilar Trump who skipped Biden’s swearing-in 4 years agone and continues to this time to falsely assertion that helium was cheated retired of reelection successful the 2020 predetermination by voting irregularities.

After the swearing-in ceremony, Trump could astir instantly statesman to reshape U.S. policies, either to undo Biden’s edicts and instrumentality his own. He has agelong promised a sweeping deportation of arsenic galore arsenic 11 cardinal undocumented migrants surviving successful the U.S. and a caller choky borderline closure on the Mexican introduction constituent into the southwestern U.S.

"By the clip the prima sets tomorrow, the penetration of our state volition person travel to a halt," helium told supporters Sunday.

Trump besides has promised to pardon galore of the much than 1,500 of his supporters who rampaged done the Capitol connected January 6, 2021, though helium has not divulged the scope of his expected order. He has characterized those arrested arsenic “patriots” who were wrongly prosecuted.

Trump has besides promised to rapidly enforce stiff caller tariffs connected Canadian, Mexican and Chinese exports to the U.S. and different argumentation changes.

During a rally successful Washington up of the inauguration, helium told cheering supporters Sunday, helium would “act with historical velocity and spot and hole each azygous situation facing our country.”

“Tomorrow astatine noon, the curtain closes connected 4 agelong years of American decline, and we statesman a brand-new time of American spot and prosperity," Trump said.

The accepted inaugural parade on Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House has been canceled due to the fact that of the weather, with bands, marching units, drill teams and the similar present parading past Trump, his woman and different officials successful his caller medication astatine the adjacent 20,000-seat Capital One Arena. Lavish black-tie balls are inactive planned for Monday evening.