At an inauguration ceremony held on Capitol Hill in Washington, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States for the period 2025-2029.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to Trump, while Judge Brett Kavanaugh did the same for Vice President James David Vance, also known as JD Vance, the paper reported. international media.
"I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," declared the president, who will occupy the office for a second time after the 2017-2021 administration.
Trump is the oldest president in US history to take office at 78 years, seven months and six days. Joe Biden, the now former president, did so at the age of 78 years and 61 days.
Measures for the coming years
After taking the oath of office, Trump gave his inaugural address in which he outlined some of the measures he plans to implement in the US over the next four years.
Among the issues raised, Trump said that the country's decline has ended and that the "golden age" of the United States begins "right now." He indicated that his first measure will be to declare a "national emergency" on the southern border and that he will send troops from the Armed Forces, as well as the declaration of drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
He also reiterated his claim to "regain" control of the Panama Canal and added that it is China who is supposedly exploiting the passage. "We did not give it to China, we gave it to Panama and we are recovering it," he said.
The US president said that his country would once again become an "oil and gas producing nation" that would lower prices and replenish its reserves, which would export energy to the entire world. Another action he announced was to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
"America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, and most respected nation on Earth, inspiring awe and admiration around the world," he said, adding that soon "we will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."
Trump also said that he will again withdraw his country from the Paris Climate Agreement and that his government will establish that in the United States only two genders will be recognized: male and female, despite the sexually diverse community that lives in that nation.
