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.
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Throngs of Trump supporters who descended on the city to watch the inaugural ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol from the National Mall will be left to find somewhere else to view the festivities.
Trump followed moments after noon, using both a family bible and the one used by President Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration as Chief Justice John Roberts administered his oath. Trump began the day with a prayer service at St. He and his wife, Melania, were later greeted at the North Portico of the executive mansion by outgoing President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for the customary tea and coffee reception.
The two presidents, who have spent years bitterly criticizing each other, shared a limo on the way to the Capitol. Trump denied his defeat and tried to cling to power. Trump, in his inaugural address, acknowledged that he was taking office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which honors the slain civil rights hero.
