Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 20, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA).
President Donald Trump credited God with his survival of two assassination attempts and promised to bring the United States into a “golden age” that “increases our wealth” and “expands our territory” during his inaugural address on Jan. 20.
After referring to his inauguration day as an American “liberation day” from the past four years of President Joe Biden, Trump expressed his hope “that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.”
The newly inaugurated president invoked God several times during his speech, including his belief that God saved him from the assassination attempts on his life.
“Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life,” Trump said.
“I felt then — and believe even more so now — that my life was saved for a reason,” the president said before invoking his campaign slogan: “I was saved by God to make America great again.”
Trump vowed that “the golden age of America begins right now” and outlined his plans for economic success, stronger border security, and American expansionism as part of his “America First” agenda.
“From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world,” the president said. “We will be the envy of every nation and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America First.”
Announces ‘two gender’ policy
Trump promised to immediately sign executive orders to expand immigration enforcement, permit businesses to drill for oil on American land, and end the government’s efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.”
The president said that under his leadership, the government will forge a “colorblind and merit-based” society and promised that “it will … be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female,” which received loud applause from most attendees.
Trump said his executive orders will establish the “complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.”
“We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God,” the president said.
In his speech, Trump vowed to end “the vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government.”
During his campaign, the president has criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the criminal and civil cases against him and his supporters. He has also criticized the Richmond FBI’s proposed spying on traditionalist Catholics and the DOJ prosecutions of pro-life protesters under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
America First agenda
Trump contended that there is a “crisis of trust” in the government due to high rates of illegal immigration, inflation-driven high costs of goods, dissatisfaction with the government response to recent hurricanes and wildfires, and ongoing foreign wars abroad.
However, he told Americans that “from this moment on, America’s decline is over.”
“Our liberties and our nation’s glorious destiny will no longer be denied and we will immediately restore the integrity, competency, and loyalty of America’s government,” Trump said.
In one of his first acts, the president said he “will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” which will ensure “all illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
Trump promised to send the military to the southern border to repel the “disastrous invasion of our country,” said he would reinstate his “Remain in Mexico” policy, end “catch and release,” and designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
The president said his administration will immediately work to “rapidly bring down costs and prices” and blamed inflation on overspending by the government and energy policies. He said he will declare a national energy emergency to ensure businesses can “drill, baby, drill” and “export American energy all over the world.” He vowed to save “our auto industry” by ending environmental regulations that mandate electric vehicle production.
Trump envisioned an American foreign policy that measures success not simply based on winning battles but by the “wars that we end” and the “wars we never get into.” He said he intends to be a “peacemaker and a unifier” but also a leader who “expands our territory.”
Trump has recently expressed strong interest in making Greenland a part of the United States in addition to sending American astronauts to Mars.
“Ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation and right now our nation is more ambitious than any other,” Trump said when outlining his vision for the country.
“To every parent who dreams for their child and every child who dreams for their future: I am with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you. We’re going to win like never before,” Trump emphasized.
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How wonderful to see a President with all his children and their spouses and children with him on the platform–and none of the children are in trouble with the law! And how beautiful to have a VP who is a young male, married to a woman, and has three beautiful (but very tired and restless!) children!
And how beautiful to hear the POTUS state that we will recognize two sexes–male and female! I have such high hopes for the next four years–I pray that God will bless our President, VP, and all the others who have been elected or called upon by Pres. Trump to serve their country.
A “new golden age.” Well, we shall see. We should want him to be successful with regards to the economy, issues of war and peace, etc. We should want peace and prosperity for our nation.
This will be difficult to achieve. We will need honesty. You cannot cut taxes and increase spending. Supply Side Economics does not work. What we really need is to reduce the deficit and stop pumping up the National Debt. Interest on the National Debt is now the biggest single item in the Budget. We need an honest approach to this,and a willingness to share the pain.