Spirits were precocious successful the streets of Washington, D.C., this Monday arsenic Americans from crossed the state converged connected the nation’s superior to observe the 2nd inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Fox News Digital spoke to galore Trump supporters, who, contempt frigid temperatures and a biting upwind chill, expressed optimism and anticipation for the aboriginal of America nether the caller Trump administration.
"It’s a blessed day," said a radical of women from South Georgia, who were wearing immense star-spangled hats and "Make America Great Again" scarves and were lasting by the Capitol building.
"It’s astonishing to person state again," said 1 of the women named Tanya Garrett.
"Today is simply a time of freedom," chimed successful different pistillate named Angela Anderson.
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Supporters stitchery extracurricular Capital One Arena, up of a rally for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump the time earlier helium is scheduled to beryllium inaugurated for a 2nd term, successful Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
Anderson said she believes the Trump medication volition bring "the respect of America back."
"I deliberation that’s 1 of the top things," she said. "We’re going to person respect from different countries, and we’re going to prosper and bring information connected our borders and the respect for the radical that determination should be."
Most of the Trump supporters who spoke with Fox News Digital said that the astir important happening the caller president could bash is determination rapidly to undo the harm done during the the Biden medication by securing the border, restoring the system and American vigor and projecting American spot against the nation’s enemies.
"I americium very, precise excited," said Rachel Quy, who traveled from Atlanta and was lasting extracurricular Union Station. "I’m Vietnamese American and I bash not similar communists and a batch of america who are anti-communist we anticipation that Trump tin halt that oregon astatine slightest marque them weaker truthful we tin marque America stronger."
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Capital One Arena fills up up of a Donald Trump's triumph rally connected January 19, 2025 successful Washington, DC. U.S. President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance volition beryllium sworn successful connected January 20. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
In a pub conscionable blocks distant from the Capitol, the celebrations began arsenic aboriginal arsenic 10 successful the morning. As televisions showed Trump emerging from St. John’s Episcopal Church aft greeting services, crowds successful the barroom broke into cheers and applause.
"A batch of changes are going to happen," said Jeff, a Trump instrumentality sitting by the barroom who traveled for the inauguration from Alaska. "We’re going to marque migration a large deal, bringing things backmost to America, businesses. It’s a caller era, I’m looking guardant to it."
Another Trump protagonist named Will, who was sitting nearby, chimed successful saying helium had ne'er felt the aforesaid benignant of vigor for different president.
"We’re from Oregon, truthful it’s a bluish state, truthful it's bully to beryllium astir like-minded people," helium said.
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President Donald Trump speaks successful Emancipation Hall aft the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)
Outside, supporters lined Pennsylvania Avenue wherever Trump and his motorcade were expected to walk done connected their mode to Capital One Arena.
"We were doing overmuch amended nether Trump, truthful we’re excited for different 4 years," said Philip Swinson, a operation concern proprietor from Southern California. Standing by Swinson was his begetter and concern partner, Brad Swinson.
"I’m astir 72 and I’m going to retrieve [Biden] arsenic the worst president of my beingness by far," said Brad. "We’re large connected freedom, the Constitution, escaped enterprise, each the things that they look to beryllium pushing against, astatine slightest the Democrats [and] the heavy authorities and I deliberation radical tin spot done that."
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Some said that they person noticed a displacement successful vigor successful their communities, with much and much radical consenting to openly hold with and enactment Trump and his agenda.
"Anything is amended than what we’ve had for the past 4 years," said Levi, a young antheral from Wisconsin. "People that were my friends that were liberals, hard-core lefties, present they’re like: ‘You cognize what? We’ve got to alteration thing here.’"
"It’s been embarrassing for the past 4 years. We person not had anybody successful charge, anybody moving the show," said Deanna, from Illinois. "America has got idiosyncratic successful complaint now."
Peter Pinedo is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.