[Applause] thank you very very much vice president Vance speaker Johnson Senator th chief justice Roberts justices of the United States Supreme Court President Clinton President Bush President Obama President Biden vice president Harris and my fellow fellow citizens the Golden Age of America begins right now from this day forward our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world 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 our
sovereignty will be reclaimed our safety will be restored the scales of Justice will be rebalanced the vicious violent and unfair weaponization of the justice department and our government will end and our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud prosperous and free America will soon be greater stronger and far more exceptional than ever before I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling New Era of national success a TI of change is sweeping the country sunlight is pouring over the entire world and America has
the chance to seize this opportunity like never before but first we must be honest about the challenges we face while they are plentiful they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing in the United States of America As We Gather today our government confronts a crisis of trust for many years a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair we now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home while at
the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad it fails to protect our magnificent law-abiding American citizens but provide sanctuary and protection for Dangerous criminals many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world we have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders or more importantly its own people our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina been treated so badly and
other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago or more recently Los Angeles where we are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense they're raging through the houses and communities even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country some of whom are sitting here right now they don't have a home any longer that's interesting but we can't let this happen everyone is unable to to do anything about it that's going to change we have a public health system that
does not deliver in times of disaster yet more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world and we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves in many cases to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them all of this will change starting today and it will change very quickly 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 their freedom 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 over the past eight years I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250e history and I've learned a lot along the way the journey to reclaim our Republic has not been an easy one that I can tell you those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and
indeed to take my life just a few months ago in a beautiful Pennsylvania field at assassin's bullet ripped through my ear but I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason I was saved by God to make America great again thank you very much that is why each day under our administration of American Patriots we will be working to meet every crisis with dignity and power and strength we will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope Prosperity safety and peace for citizens of every race religion
color and Creed for American citizens January 20th 2025 is Liberation day it is my hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country as our Victory showed the entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society young and old men and women African-Americans Hispanic Americans asian-americans Urban Suburban Rural and very importantly we had a powerful win in all seven swing States and the popular vote we won by millions of people to the
Black and Hispanic communities I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote we set records and I will not forget it I've heard your voices in the campaign and I look forward to working with you in the years to come today is Martin Luther King Day in his honor this will be a great honor but in his honor we will strive together to make his dream a reality we will make his dream come true thank you National Unity is now returning to America and
confidence and pride is soaring like never before in everything we do my Administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success we will not forget our country we will not forget our Constitution and we will not forget Our God can't do that today I will sign a series of historic executive orders with these actions we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense it's all about common sense first I will declare a national emergency at our Southern border 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 we will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy I will end the practice of catch and lease and I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country under the orders I signed today we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and by invoking the alien enemies Act of 1798 I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate
the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devast ating crime to us soil including our cities and inner cities as commander-in-chief I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions and that is exactly what I am going to do we will do it at a level that nobody's ever seen before next I will direct all members of my cited to Marshall the vast Powers at their disposal to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices 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 America will be a manufacturing Nation once again and we have something that no other manufacturing Nation will ever have the largest am ount of oil and gas of any country on Earth and we are going to use it let me use it we will bring prices down fill our strategic reserves up again right to the top and Export American Energy all over the world we will be a rich Nation again and it is that Liquid Gold
under our feet that will help to do it with my actions today we will end the green New Deal and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate saving our Auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our Great American Auto Workers another words you'll be able to buy the car of your choice we will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago and thank you to the aut workers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence we did tremendously with their vote 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 tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens for this purpose we are establishing the external Revenue Service to collect all tariffs duties and revenues that will be met massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury coming from foreign sources the American dream will soon be back and thriving like never before to restore competence and Effectiveness to our federal government my Administration will establish the brand new Department of government efficiency after
years and years of illegal and unconstitutional Federal efforts to restrict free expression I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back Free Speech To America never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents something I know something about we will not allow that to happen it will not happen again under my leadership we will restore Fair equal and impartial justice under the Constitutional rule of law and we are going to bring Law and Order back to our cities this week I will also
end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life we will Forge a society that is colorblind and Merit based as of today it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders male and female this week I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the covid vaccine mandate with full back pay and I will sign an order to stop our Warriors from being subjected to radical political theories and social
experiments while on duty it's going to end immediately our Armed Forces will be free to focus on their sole Mission defeating America's enemies like in 2017 we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen we will measure our success ESS not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end and perhaps most importantly the wars we never get into my proud Legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier that's what I want to be a peacemaker and a unifier I'm pleased to say that as of yesterday
one day before I assumed office the hostages in the Middle East are coming back home to their families thank you America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest most powerful most respected Nation on Earth inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world a short time from now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America America and we will restore the name of a great President William McKinley to Mount McKinley where it should be and where it belongs President McKinley made our country very rich
through tariffs and through Talent he was a natural businessman and gave Ted Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did including the Panama Canal which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States the United States I mean think of this spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal we have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama's promise to us has been broken the purpose of our deal
and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way shape or form and that includes the United States Navy and 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 back above all my message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage Vigor and the Vitality of History's Greatest civilization so as we liberate our nation we will lead it to new heights of
Victory and success we will not be deterred together we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe healthy and disease free the United States will once again consider itself a growing Nation one that increases our wealth expands our territory builds our cities raises our expectations and Carries our flag into to new and beautiful Horizons and we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the Stars launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation and right now our nation is more ambitious than
any other there's no Nation like our nation Americans are explorers Builders innovators entrepreneurs and Pioneers the spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts the call of the next great adventure resounds from within our souls our American ancestors turned a small group of colonies on the edge of a vast continent into a mighty Republic of the most extraordinary citizens on Earth no one comes close Americans push thousands of miles through a rugged land of Untamed Wilderness they cross deserts scaled mountains braved Untold dangers won the wild west ended slavery rescued Millions from tyranny lifted
billions from poverty harnessed electricity split the atom launched mankind into the heavens and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand if we work together there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve many people thought it was impossible for me to Stage such a historic political comeback but as you see today here I am the American people have spoken I stand before you now as proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do in America The Impossible is what we do best from New
York to Los Angeles from Philadelphia to Phoenix from Chicago to Miami from Houston to right here in Washington DC our country was forged and built by the generations of patriots who gave everything they had for our rights and for our freedom they were farmers and soldiers Cowboys and Factory workers steel workers and coal miners police officers and Pioneers who pushed onward marched forward and let no obstacle defeat their Spirit or their pride together they laid down the railroads raised up the skyscrapers built great highways won two world wars defeated fascism and communism and Triumph over
every single challenge that they face after all we have been through together we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history with your help we will restore America promise and we will rebuild the nation that we love and we love it so much we are one people one family and one glorious nation under God so 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
thank you thank you thank you in recent years our nation has suffered greatly but we are going to bring it back and make it great again greater than ever before we will be a nation like no other full of compassion courage and exceptionalism our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry violent and totally unpredictable America will be respected again and admired again including by people of religion faith and good will we will be prosperous we will be proud We will be strong and we
will win like never before we will not be conquered we will not be intimidated we will not be broken and we will not fail from this day on the United States of America will be a free Sovereign and independent nation we will stand bravely we will live proudly we will dream boldly and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans the future is ours and our golden age has just begun thank you God Bless America thank you all thank you thank you very much thank you very much
