he had thought he stood for the future now was his moment to face the future because on this day the future is the past the past is prologue what America had before it has chosen again Donald Trump arrived back at the White House welcome home welcome home he said a moment of Grace for a man who would surely feel a good dose of G over the hours ahead and so began a day that would Stitch the tapestry of America tradition history patriotism and the peaceful transfer of power in this delivery of democracy there was so
much we saw and so much we'd love to have seen the trumps taking tea with the bidens inside the people's house to have been a fly on that wall and on this car window too because after tea inside the president presidential Beast the two presidents rode together up Pennsylvania Avenue to Congress to the capital building where the inauguration was less than an hour away who knows what they discussed what we do know is that Biden had just preemptively pardoned the people Trump said he would prosecute the people who investigated the January the 6th protests here
in 2021 and the general Millie who fell out with Trump the doctor fouchy who fought covid all now protected it was one wave in a tsunami of news on a day of profound consequence and then the cold weather reig from outside to in offered quite the symbolism as president- elect Trump approached the capital retunda broken into by his supporters just four years ago he was here now with a democratic mandate to take the oath of office once again good morning sir how are you morning thank you president Trump how do you feel President Biden well
well he said well what else could he say ladies and gentlemen this was a day to people watch who's in who's out who's proud who's not and the new world order was on full display Row one not the new cabinet no the billionaire owners of tech companies the profound powerful culture shift to Trump front row behind them the cabinet the holders of this highest office then filed in a linear thread of American leadership Republican or Democrat the thrust was broadly the same at least it now feels like that because Donald Trump promises something so very
different all that was left in his way was the swearing in but before that as the world watched this American pump news of Biden's last act more preemptive pardons for his own family his brothers and sister and their Partners protecting them he said from baseless politically motivated investigations an admission of guilt Trump will say I James David Vance do solemnly swear and then the very heart of this day in history first the new vice president so help me God so help me God congratulations Mr Vice President and what a journey it has been for JD
Vance an Appalachian childhood of poverty and family drug addiction to this the vice presidency tradition requires that those who lost out must watch those who beat them not that Mr Trump afforded Joe Biden this four years ago he didn't show up back then the president elect of the United States The Honorable Donald John Trump [Applause] this time it was his show and at 12:01 America's 45th president became its 47th I Donald John Trump do solemnly swear I Donald John Trump do solemnly swear that I will Faithfully execute that I will Faithfully execute the office of
President of the United States the office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend defend preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States so help me God so help me go congratulations Mr the greatest comeback in political history complete the first word was for his predecessor thank you Joe he [Applause] said before he proceeded to eviscerate Biden and all he stood for in an inauguration speech that was well Trump to
a tea 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 incomplete 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 history has determined that this speech has a humble tone reflective of the weight of the office of president but from president Donald Trump there
were no platitudes it was his American Carnage speech from his first inauguration but reformed reframed peppered with hope and Promises of change his way I returned to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling New Era of national success a tide of change is sweeping the country all the campaign catchphrases which propelled him to power were there we will drill baby drill for Liberal progressives who thought they were the future this was a body blown we were 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 Biden now a former president chuckled at the idea of a common sense executive order 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 there is no question that the attempt on his life was an inflection point for him certainly but also for how people
saw him too and he reflected that just a few months ago in a beautiful Pennsylvania field an 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 and so there it was delivered with a confidence he did not have in 2016 the confidence of delivering the total belief in the superiority of a United States led by President Donald Trump his final act for these formalities something he relished surely waving off Joe Biden
and then he was off no time to waste he says was it the day America changed well in the days and four years ahead we will find out markstone Sky News in Washington
