The new president assured that it was God who saved him from an assassination attempt during the electoral campaign.
Donald Trump took office this Monday as the 47th president of the United States, in an investiture ceremony held inside the Capitol due to the cold.
Trump took the oath of office with his right hand raised and his left hand on the same two Bibles he used at his first inauguration in 2017: his personal Bible and that of former President Abraham Lincoln.
The copies were held by the first lady, Melania Trump, while the president of the Supreme Court, Justice John Roberts, administered the oath.
“I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully serve as President of the United States and that, to the best of my ability, I will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” declared Trump.
Once he finished saying those words, a cannon salute echoed through the Capitol, followed by the sound of Hail to the Boss, the personal anthem of the president of the United States.
At 78 years, seven months and six days, Trump becomes the oldest president in the country’s history upon taking office. His predecessor, Joe Biden, took office at 78 years and 61 days.
The new president was sworn in before the 750 people present in the chairs arranged in the rotunda of the Capitol, located just below the dome of the building and which is a space of great symbolic value for uniting the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The number of attendees is smaller compared to the 1,600 people who usually gather on the steps of the Capitol, the traditional setting for the inaugurations, where hundreds of thousands of citizens can witness the event and the inaugural speech on the esplanade of the National Mall.
This time, his followers follow the inauguration ceremony through giant screens in the Capital One Arena, with a capacity for 20,000 people.
For the first time, the investiture ceremony has the presence of foreign leaders, including several leaders of the Latin American right such as the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; that of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa; and that of Argentina, Javier Milei.
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After being sworn in, Trump delivered his inaugural address, outlining his vision for the next four years.
On this occasion he declared that he wants to be remembered in the future as a “peacemaker and unifier” and highlighted how his team has played a key role in the ceasefire in Gaza, which has facilitated the release of some Israeli hostages.
He announced that he will once again withdraw his country from the Paris Climate Agreement, from which he had already left during his first term (2016-2021), and which the now former president Joe Biden rejoined in 2021.
He also promised to boost oil production in the US and eliminate subsidies created by Biden for the purchase of electric vehicles.
In turn, he promised to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” the “Gulf of America.” “Soon, we’re going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,'” Trump said.
Another of his announcements was that he will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to combat gangs and criminal networks. “I will direct our Government to use the full power of federal and state forces to eliminate the presence of foreign gangs and criminal networks that bring devastation to the United States,” he said. Based on EFE
