Donald Trump returns as 47th president with sweeping pardons, bold orders and actions
Donald Trump took office as the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s 47th president on Monday and pardoned nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He also issued a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions.
It was an aggressive start for a returning president. Four years after being voted out of the White House, Trump has a second chance to launch what he called "a golden age바카라 게임 웹사이트 for the country.
He signed orders for increasing border security, designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, limiting birthright citizenship, freezing new regulations and establishing a task force for reducing the size of the federal government. He also rescinded dozens of directives issued by former President Joe Biden, including those relating to climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Trump said that walking back into the already-remodeled Oval Office after his inauguration was "one of the better feelings I바카라 게임 웹사이트ve ever had.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Unlike during his first term, when new staff members scrambled to figure out what exactly their president was trying to achieve, Trump moved rapidly and methodically to advance his agenda Monday.
Video above: Donald Trump sworn in as 47th president of the United States
His first action after arriving at the White House was pardoning about 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, even if they had been convicted of assaulting police officers. Trump commuted the sentences of another 14 people, including leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys.
The decision amounted to a sweeping cloak of impunity for Trump supporters who upended the country바카라 게임 웹사이트s tradition of peaceful transfers of power by trying to overturn his election defeat four years ago. Trump described them as 바카라 게임 웹사이트hostages바카라 게임 웹사이트 and said he expected them to be freed shortly. A crowd gathered outside a Washington, D.C., jail to welcome their release.
Trump's inauguration combined formal ceremony and freewheeling rhetoric. Before leaving the White House for an evening of inaugural balls, Trump spent nearly an hour parrying questions from reporters.
He promised that tariffs on Canada and Mexico were coming, suggested that he might visit China and praised the decorators for the new look of his Oval Office. Among other changes, a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that had been hung by Biden was replaced with one of George Washington.
Frigid weather rewrote the particulars of the day. Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s swearing-in was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the first time that has happened in 40 years 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and the inaugural parade was replaced by an event with marching bands at Capital One Arena.
Video above: Trump inauguration parade speech, executive order signing
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Also present at the ceremony was Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden on the ballot after he abandoned his reelection bid last summer, only to be defeated by Trump in the general election.
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Trump supporters who descended on the city to watch the incoming president take the oath of office from the National Mall were left to find other places to view the ceremony when it was moved inside. But a cadre of tech titans 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai 바카라 게임 웹사이트 were given prominent positions in the Rotunda. They mingled with Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s incoming team in a striking display of wealth for a Republican president who is also a billionaire but branded himself as a working-class crusader.
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Trump's inaugural address was just the beginning of the thoughts he shared on his second first day as president.
Trump followed Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s departure with extended and unscripted remarks to supporters in the Capitol.
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Then he went to the Capital One Arena to begin signing executive orders as thousands of supporters cheered, melding the theatrics of his campaign rallies with the powers of the presidency.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We won, we won, but now the work begins," Trump said before a crowd of people in 바카라 게임 웹사이트Make America Great Again바카라 게임 웹사이트 hats.
He abandoned the more earnest tone of his inaugural address and taunted his predecessor while scrawling his name in thick black ink on his executive orders.
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When finished, he tossed the pens into the crowd.
Trump's inauguration realized a political comeback without precedent in American history. Four years ago, he was voted out of the White House during an economic collapse caused by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Trump denied his defeat and tried to cling to power. He directed his supporters to march on the Capitol while lawmakers were certifying the election results, sparking a riot that interrupted the country바카라 게임 웹사이트s tradition of the peaceful transfer of power.
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Trump has promised retribution against his political opponents and critics, and he's placed personal loyalty as a prime qualification for appointments to his administration.
With minutes to go before leaving office, Biden issued preemptive pardons to his siblings and their spouses to shield them from the possibility of prosecution. He also pardoned current and former government officials who have been the target of Trump's anger. Biden said "these are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Trump, talking to reporters in the Oval Office late in the day, criticized Biden's pardons, saying 바카라 게임 웹사이트that makes him look very guilty.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A reporter asked Trump if Biden had left him a note in the desk, a tradition during presidential transitions. Trump looked in a drawer and found an envelope.
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