Donald Trump Pledges Change

Trump At Sunday Rally

President-elect Donald Trump pledged during a rollicking rally in the nation’s capital to enact far-reaching change in his second term, promising to oversee mass deportations, challenge progressive culture and slash government spending. 

“Starting tomorrow, I will act with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country,” Trump said.

Trump’s pre-inauguration rally capped one of the most tumultuous and unlikely political comebacks in American history with a celebration less than a mile from where he will take the oath of office Monday as the country’s 47th president. Trump used his speech to take another victory lap over his election victory. “We won!” Trump said as he stepped on stage.

TRUMP: “I have assembled an all-star cabinet of patriots, visionaries and reformers who will fight for America and together we will win, win, win!” pic.twitter.com/4RTUrkbEuy

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The president-elect’s roughly hourlong speech before thousands of supporters at the Capital One Arena was reminiscent of the rallies that fueled his political rise. Trump, who is constitutionally barred from running for a third term, relishes speaking before large crowds and is likely to continue holding large rallies throughout his presidency.

The president-elect argued that he was already changing the country, even before he steps into the Oval Office, touting what he called the “Trump effect.” He said companies are lining up to expand their operations in America, adding that Apple CEO Tim Cook told him he was planning “massive investments” in the U.S. Apple declined to comment. And he took credit for reviving TikTok just hours after the company went dark in the U.S. and for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.