Donald J.
Trump declared his inauguration as the nation's 47th president as a moment of American renewal, promising to usher in a "thrilling new era of national success" after depicting the last four years as "a horrible betrayal." "The golden age of America begins right now.
From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world," Trump said at the outset of an inaugural address delivered to a scaled-down, in-person crowd inside the Capitol Rotunda where the ceremony was relocated to due to the frigid temperatures.
Trump declared that "sunlight is pouring all over the entire world" and promised that global challenges "will be annihilated by this great momentum the world is witnessing in the United States of America." But those notes of hopefulness were countered by language that was familiarly blunt and acerbic, promising to undo his predecessor's accomplishments.
