Updated 23:44 IST, January 20th 2025
'Golden Age Of America Begins Now': Trump After Taking Oath As 47th US President
Trump after taking oath as 47th President of the United States said the “golden age” of America has begun.

New Delhi, India: Donald Trump after taking oath as 47th President of the United States said the “golden age” of America has begun. Donald Trump pledged to “completely and totally reverse” the actions of his predecessor.
Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will act swiftly after the ceremony, with executive orders already prepared for his signature to clamp down on border crossings, increase fossil fuel development and end diversity and inclusion programs across the federal government.
Declaring that government faces a “crisis of trust,” Trump said in his inaugural address that under his administration “our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced.”
“Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced,” he continued. “Our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous and free.”
The underlying presumption, of course, is that Trump is inheriting what he called throughout the 2024 campaign “a failed nation.”
He vowed to fulfill campaign promises to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, boost domestic oil production and impose tariffs to “enrich our citizens.”
Trump calls America's past leadership corrupt
Trump described America’s leadership over the last four years as incompetent and corrupt, echoing some of the darker rhetoric he promoted on a daily basis as a presidential candidate on the campaign trail.
He did not call out his predecessor, former President Joe Biden , or any other Democrats by name, but there was no question about whom he was talking.
“We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad,” Trump charged.
He said the current government protects dangerous immigrants instead of law-abiding citizens, protects foreign borders at the expense of American borders and “can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency.”
And, as he often does, Trump cast him self as uniquely positioned to fix it all.
“All of this will change starting today, and it will change very quickly,” he said.
As of Monday, Republicans control all three branches of the federal government.
Recasting his assassination attempt
Trump mentioned the attempt to assassinate him in Butler, Pennsylvania, using striking language to describe how he survived.
“I was saved by God to make America great again,” Trump said to applause.
The shooter was an apparently disturbed 20-year-old local man. Trump baselessly implied the attack was part of a conspiracy to stop him from returning to office.
Lying about wildfires
Trump’s lament about the state of the nation included disbelief that the fires around Los Angeles were still burning “without a token defense.”
That’s false. Firefighters have been battling the blazes since they erupted and have made significant progress. The Eaton fire is 87% contained, and the Palisades fire 59% contained, according to CalFire.
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Published 22:44 IST, January 20th 2025