Trump Declares 'New Golden Age' During Inauguration

President Trump was sworn into office and, in an inaugural address that offered a greatest-hits version of his campaign speeches, laid out his vision on immigration, energy, the culture wars and American expansion.

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- National emergency declaration at the southern border
- Halting "all illegal entry"
- Remain-in-Mexico reinstated
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• Trump said he would declare a national emergency at the southern border and move to boost oil production. He also said the government would recognize only two genders, again threatened to take control of the Panama Canal, and vowed to send American astronauts to Mars.
• The list of global business leaders attending the inauguration represent companies with more than $12 trillion in market value. That includes tech executives Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Elon Musk, as well as friends and allies of Trump such as Bernard Arnault, John Paulson and Rupert Murdoch.
• Musk later told Trump supporters “This was no ordinary victory. This was a fork in the road of human civilization.”
• The president plans to enact a sweeping set of executive orders.

• Minutes before his term ended, former President Biden announced pre-emptive pardons for his siblings and their spouses. Earlier Biden also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

President Trump’s inaugural address offered a greatest-hits version of his campaign speeches, laying out his vision and plans for the office.

Some key themes:

• Immigration: Trump said he would declare a national emergency at the southern border and relaunch a policy known as Remain in Mexico, which requires migrants seeking asylum at the southern border to wait in Mexico during their U.S. court proceedings. “I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do,” Trump said. He ran on a promise to aggressively crack down on illegal immigration, and immigration raids are being discussed in the coming days.
• Culture Wars: Trump said that it would be the official policy of the U.S. that there are two genders, male and female. Trump leaned into transgender issues on the campaign trail, regularly vowing to “keep men out of women’s sports,” as the issue has become a focus of conservative lawmakers around the country.
• Manifest Destiny: Trump again repeated his threat that he would take control of the Panama Canal. Trump has previously threatened to take over the Panama Canal and wrest control of Greenland from Denmark. If he follows through, he is likely to face stiff resistance from world leaders, who would object to any effort to undermine a nation’s sovereignty. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has rejected Trump’s canal threats as an affront to Panama’s sovereignty. Trump also said America should send astronauts to Mars.

SCOTT JENNINGS: This was an incredible speech for Trump. Watching him indict these gangsters to their faces while they had to sit with him in an intimate setting... they had to sit there and take it. It was glorious.pic.twitter.com/U5yujAYbfG

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 20, 2025

• Two Different Outlooks: Trump painted a dark picture of the country he was inheriting, claiming it has been led by corrupt radicals and declaring the pillars of society broken. But he argued that he would turn it around and usher in a “golden age,” saying: “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history.”