As he completes his incredible comeback, Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday for a historic second term as president and promised a flurry of quick orders on immigration and the US cultural wars.
Under the massive Rotunda of the US Capitol, the 47th US president took the oath of office solemnly, one hand in the air and the other resting on a Bible that his mother had given him.
Earlier, Republican Trump and departing Democratic President Joe Biden had driven together to the Capitol, where the event was being performed indoors for the first time in decades owing to the cold, with a significantly smaller audience.

They had previously met at the White House for a ceremonial tea with their spouses.
As he and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed their successors at the main door of the presidential residence, Biden said to Trump, “Welcome home.”
Biden has been eager to bring back the practice, even since Trump declined to attend his inauguration in 2021 after accusing the Democrat of electoral fraud.
Biden went to the Capitol with former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Michelle Obama purposefully avoided the event, although former first ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton were present.
Trump, 78, was a political outsider when he was initially sworn in as the 45th president in 2017, but now he is surrounded by the wealthiest and most influential people in America.
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, all held prominent seats in the Capitol with Trump’s family and cabinet members.

Musk, who contributed a quarter of a billion dollars to Trump’s election campaign and advocates far-right ideals on the social media platform X, will spearhead a cost-cutting initiative in the incoming administration.
Elon Musk (R), CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and X, and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington.


“American decline”
Javier Milei, the hard-right president of Argentina, and Giorgia Meloni, the far-right prime minister of Italy, were in attendance, which was unusual for an inauguration where foreign leaders are typically not invited.
For the first time since Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in 1985, Trump’s inauguration was forced indoors due to the extreme cold, missing the usual large crowds around the National Mall.
Beneath all the fanfare, the billionaire is launching his right-wing, nationalist program with a flurry of around 100 executive orders that are destroying Biden’s legacy.
In an effort to crack down on undocumented immigration, Trump would remove birthright citizenship, declare a national emergency at the border with Mexico, and assign the US military a significant role along the border, according to a member of his incoming administration.
Trump has promised to begin deporting unauthorized migrants right away.
As he assumes office, he will also sign an order requiring the US government to recognize just two biological sexes and work to end federal government diversity initiatives.
Trump had pledged a “new day” and an end to “four years of American decline” the day before the hardline policies were announced.
Trump declared, “I will act with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country,” while dancing with the Village People band at a rally on inauguration eve.