In his campaign for a second term in office to restore America’s greatness, President Donald Trump said yesterday that God had rescued him from assassination attempts.
He was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America.
In the next few days, he promised to implement some drastic and immediate changes, including the deportation of millions of undocumented and “criminal aliens,” the use of military force at the southern border to drastically reduce the number of migrants entering the country, the declaration of a national energy emergency to increase drilling, and measures to combat inflation.
In addition, he said that US policy will only accept two genders and pledged to usher in a golden period and stop what he called America’s decline.
“My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom.
“The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. From this moment on, American decline is over,” Trump said.
On deportation he said: “First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border with Mexico.
“All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions of criminal aliens to the places from which they came. I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”
On gender identity, he said, “I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. As of today, it will, henceforth, be the official policy of the United States Government that there are only two genders, male and female.’’
Trump stated that he will impose tariffs on foreign nations instead than US residents.
“I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families.
“Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will increase tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.”
“I will declare a national energy emergency to significantly expand drilling in the world’s top oil and gas producer.
In addition, “The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices, and that is why today, I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will ‘Drill, baby, drill.”
Trump stated that the United States will reclaim the Panama Canal, withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we’re taking it back,” he said.
Trump, whose policies are popular among those concerned about shifting demographics and who ran on a platform of cracking down on immigration, also plans to abolish the centuries-old practice of automatically conferring citizenship to everyone born in the United States. We intend to abolish asylum.
Anna Kelly, White House Deputy Press Secretary told reporters that the Rump administration will create “an immediate removal process without possibility of asylum. We are then going to end birthright citizenship.”
The US Constitution guarantees the right to an American passport to anybody born in the United States, hence establishing the concept of birthright citizenship.
Kelly claimed that Trump’s actions would “clarify” the birthright citizenship section of the 14th Amendment.
“The Federal Government will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States,” she said.
As world leaders respond, Germany’s Scholz hopes for “good” relations with its “closest ally.” America Over the course of Donald Trump’s second term as president, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his wish yesterday for a “good transatlantic relationship” with Germany’s “closest ally,” the United States.
“Today, President Donald Trump takes office. Congratulations”, Scholz posted on X adding that “The US is our closest ally and the aim of our policy is always a good transatlantic relationship. The EU, with 27 members and more than 400 million people, is a strong union.”
The prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, congratulated Trump on his inauguration and stated that the two countries are “strongest” when they cooperate.
“We are strongest when we work together, and I look forward to working with President Trump,” Trudeau said in a statement, adding after Trump threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports that “Canada and the United States have the world’s most successful economic partnership.”
The “best days of our alliance are yet to come,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video greeting congratulating the US President on his inauguration yesterday.
Netanyahu praised Trump’s pro-Israel measures throughout his first term, saying “I think we can take the US-Israel alliance to even higher levels if we work together once more.”
Netanyahu continued by saying, “I’m confident that we will complete the defeat of Iran’s terror axis and usher in a new era of peace and prosperity for our region,” referring to militant organisations that Tehran has linked with, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
As part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza that went into effect on Sunday, he also praised Trump for his assistance in negotiating a deal for the release of hostages.
Along with congratulating his “dear friend” US President Donald Trump on his inauguration, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that he hoped Washington and New Delhi will collaborate closely.
“I look forward to working closely together once again, to benefit both our countries, and to shape a better future for the world,” Modi wrote on social media platform X.
Putin hopes for enduring peace and says he is open to talks with Trump about Ukraine.
“We are also open to dialogue with the new US administration on the Ukrainian conflict,” Putin said in televised remarks, congratulating the Republican on his inauguration.
“As for the settlement of the situation itself, I want to emphasise that its goal should not be a brief truce but a lasting peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people,” he added.
“We will, of course, fight for the interests of Russia, for the interests of the Russian people.”
EU leader Ursula von der Leyen greeted Donald Trump on his inauguration for a second term as US president on Monday, citing the “enduring strength” of transatlantic connections.
“The EU looks forward to working closely with you to tackle global challenges,” the European Commission president wrote on X. “Together, our societies can achieve greater prosperity and strengthen their common security.”