Chris Ninyo Emmanuel WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trumpwas sworn in as the 47th president Monday, promising a “revolution of common sense” and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
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.”
Trump claimed “a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal,” promising to “give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom.”
President-elect Donald Trump has used one last rally on the eve of his inauguration to again celebrate his election victory. He declared Sunday, “We won” to a crowd celebrating his return to the White House and projecting defiant optimism despite deep national political divisions.
He added: “From this moment on, America’s decline is over.”
The executive orders are the first step in what Trump is calling “the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.”
Frigid weather rewrote the pageantry of the day. Trump’s swearing-in was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda — the first time that has happened in 40 years.
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