Donald Trump's Second Inauguration Speech: America's Golden Age Begins Right Now

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[00:10] thank you very much everybody

[00:13] well thank you very very

[00:16] much vice president Vance speaker

[00:20] Johnson Senator

[00:22] th chief justice

[00:24] Roberts justices of

[00:28] the United States Supreme

[00:31] Court President Clinton President Bush

[00:35] President Obama President

[00:39] Biden vice president

[00:41] Harris and my fellow

[00:44] citizens the Golden Age of America

[00:47] begins right

[00:56] now from this day forward our country

[00:59] will flourish and be respected again all

[01:02] over the

[01:03] world we will be the Envy of every

[01:05] nation and we will not allow ourselves

[01:08] to be taken advantage of any

[01:11] longer during every single day of the

[01:14] Trump

[01:15] Administration I will very simply put

[01:19] America

[01:28] First our sovereignty will be reclaimed

[01:33] our safety will be restored the scales

[01:36] of Justice will be

[01:39] rebalanced the vicious violent and

[01:41] unfair weaponization of the justice

[01:44] department and our government will

[01:53] end and our top priority will be to

[01:56] create a nation that is proud prosperous

[02:00] and

[02:05] free America will soon be greater

[02:09] stronger and far more exceptional than

[02:13] ever

[02:18] before I return to the presidency

[02:21] confident and optimistic that we are at

[02:24] the start of a thrilling New Era of

[02:26] national success a TI of change is

[02:30] sweeping the country sunlight is pouring

[02:32] over the entire world and America has

[02:35] the chance to seize this opportunity

[02:37] like never before but first we must be

[02:41] honest about the challenges we face

[02:44] while they are plentiful they will be

[02:46] annihilated by this great momentum that

[02:48] the world is now witnessing in the

[02:50] United States of

[02:52] America As We Gather today our

[02:54] government confronts a crisis of trust

[02:58] for many years a radical and corrupt

[03:00] establishment has extracted power and

[03:03] wealth from our citizens while the

[03:04] pillars of our society lay broken and

[03:07] seemingly in complete

[03:10] disrepair we now have a government that

[03:12] cannot manage even a simple crisis at

[03:14] home while at the same time stumbling

[03:17] into a continuing catalog of

[03:19] catastrophic events

[03:21] abroad it fails to protect our

[03:23] magnificent law- abiding American

[03:26] citizens but provide sanctuary and

[03:29] protection for dangerous criminals many

[03:31] from prisons and mental

[03:33] institutions that have illegally entered

[03:35] our country from all over the world we

[03:38] have a government that has given

[03:40] unlimited funding to the defense of

[03:42] foreign borders but refuses to defend

[03:46] American borders or more importantly its

[03:49] own people our country can no longer

[03:52] deliver basic services in times of

[03:54] emergency as recently shown by the

[03:57] wonderful people of North Carolina been

[04:01] treated so

[04:06] badly and other states who are still

[04:09] suffering from a hurricane that took

[04:11] place many months ago or more recently

[04:14] Los Angeles where we are watching fires

[04:16] still tragically burn from weeks ago

[04:20] without even a token of

[04:23] defense they're raging through the

[04:25] houses and communities even affecting

[04:27] some of the wealthiest and most powerful

[04:29] individuals in our country some of whom

[04:31] are sitting here right now they don't

[04:34] have a home any longer that's

[04:38] interesting but we can't let this happen

[04:41] everyone is unable to do anything about

[04:44] it that's going to change we have a

[04:47] public health system that does not

[04:49] deliver in times of disaster yet more

[04:51] money is spent on it than any country

[04:54] anywhere in the world and we have an

[04:56] education system that teaches our

[04:58] children to be ashamed of themselves in

[05:00] many cases to hate our country despite

[05:03] the love that we try so desperately to

[05:06] provide to them all of this will change

[05:09] starting today and it will change very

[05:23] quickly my recent election is a mandate

[05:26] to completely and totally reverse a

[05:28] horrible

[05:30] betrayal and all of these many betrayals

[05:34] that have taken place and to give the

[05:37] people back their faith their wealth

[05:40] their democracy and indeed their freedom

[05:44] from this moment on America's deine is

[05:49] over

[06:00] our liberties and our nation's glorious

[06:03] Destiny will no longer be denied and we

[06:06] will immediately restore the Integrity

[06:09] competency and loyalty of America's

[06:12] government over the past eight years I

[06:14] have been tested and challenged more

[06:16] than any president in our 250e history

[06:20] and I've learned a lot along the way the

[06:23] journey to reclaim our Republic has not

[06:27] been an easy one that I can tell you you

[06:30] those who wish to stop our cause have

[06:33] tried to take my freedom and indeed to

[06:37] take my life just a few months ago in a

[06:41] beautiful Pennsylvania field an

[06:43] Assassin's bullet ripped through my

[06:46] ear but I felt then and believe even

[06:49] more so now that my life was saved for a

[06:53] reason I was saved by God to make

[06:56] America great again

[07:17] thank thank you very

[07:28] much that is this is why each day under

[07:31] our administration of American Patriots

[07:35] we will be working to meet every crisis

[07:37] with dignity and power and strength we

[07:41] will move with purpose and speed to

[07:43] bring back hope Prosperity safety and

[07:46] peace for citizens of every race

[07:49] religion color and Creed for American

[07:54] citizens January 20th 2025 is liberation

[08:08] day it is my hope that our recent

[08:11] presidential election will be remembered

[08:13] as the greatest and most consequential

[08:16] election in the history of our

[08:18] country as our Victory showed the entire

[08:21] nation is rapidly unifying behind our

[08:24] agenda with dramatic increases in

[08:26] support from virtually every element of

[08:28] our society young and old men and women

[08:32] African-Americans Hispanic Americans

[08:35] asian-americans Urban Suburban Rural and

[08:38] very importantly we had a powerful win

[08:41] in all seven swing States and the

[08:44] popular vote we won by

[08:47] millions of

[08:52] people to the Black and Hispanic

[08:54] communities I want to thank you for the

[08:57] tremendous outpouring of love and trust

[09:00] that you have shown me with your vote we

[09:04] set records and I will not forget it

[09:08] I've heard your voices in the campaign

[09:10] and I look forward to working with you

[09:12] in the years to come today is Martin

[09:15] Luther King Day in his honor this will

[09:18] be a great honor but in his honor we

[09:20] will strive together to make his dream a

[09:25] reality we will make his dream come true

[09:40] thank

[09:42] you thank

[09:46] you National Unity is now returning to

[09:52] America and confidence and pride is

[09:55] soaring like never before in everything

[09:58] we do my Administration will be inspired

[10:01] by a strong pursuit of excellence and

[10:03] unrelenting success we will not forget

[10:06] our country we will not forget our

[10:09] Constitution and we will not forget our

[10:14] God can't do

[10:26] that today I will sign a series of

[10:29] historic executive orders with these

[10:32] actions we will begin the complete

[10:34] restoration of America and the

[10:37] revolution of common sense it's all

[10:40] about common

[10:43] sense first I will declare a national

[10:47] emergency at our Southern border

[11:16] all illegal entry will immediately be

[11:19] halted and we will begin the process of

[11:22] returning millions and millions of

[11:24] criminal aliens back to the places from

[11:27] which they came

[11:29] we will reinstate my remain in Mexico

[11:39] policy I will end the practice of Catch

[11:42] and

[11:46] Release and I will send troops to the

[11:49] southern border to repel the disastrous

[11:52] invasion of our

[11:58] country under the orders I signed today

[12:01] we will also be designating the cartels

[12:04] as foreign terrorist

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[12:23] organizations and by invoking the alien

[12:27] enemies Act of 17

[12:30] 98 I will direct our government to use

[12:33] the full and immense power of federal

[12:35] and state law enforcement to eliminate

[12:37] the presence of all foreign gangs and

[12:40] criminal networks bringing devastating

[12:43] crime to us soil including our cities

[12:48] and inner

[12:55] cities as commander-in-chief I have no

[12:58] higher responsib ability than to defend

[13:00] our country from threats and invasions

[13:03] and that is exactly what I am going to

[13:06] do we will do it at a level that

[13:08] nobody's ever seen before next I will

[13:11] direct all members of my cabinet to

[13:13] Marshall the vast powers that their

[13:15] disposal to defeat what was record

[13:18] inflation and rapidly bring down costs

[13:22] and prices

[13:29] the inflation crisis was caused by

[13:31] Massive overspending and escalating

[13:34] Energy prices and that is why today I

[13:36] will also declare a national Energy

[13:40] emergency we will drill baby drill

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[14:04] America will be a manufacturing Nation

[14:06] once again and we have something that no

[14:09] other manufacturing Nation will ever

[14:11] have the largest amount of oil and gas

[14:13] of any country on Earth and we are going

[14:16] to use it let me use

[14:21] it we will bring prices down fill our

[14:26] strategic reserves up again right to the

[14:28] top

[14:29] and Export American Energy all over the

[14:37] world we will be a rich Nation again and

[14:41] it is that Liquid Gold under our feet

[14:44] that will help to do it with my actions

[14:47] today we will end the green New Deal and

[14:50] we will revoke the electric vehicle

[14:52] mandate saving our Auto industry and

[14:55] keeping my sacred pledge to our great

[14:58] americ American Auto

[15:11] Workers in other words you'll be able to

[15:14] buy the car of your

[15:16] choice we will build automobiles in

[15:19] America again at a rate that nobody

[15:21] could have dreamt possible just a few

[15:23] years ago and thank you to the UT

[15:26] workers of our nation for your inspire

[15:28] iring vote of confidence we did

[15:31] tremendously with their

[15:34] vote I will immediately begin the

[15:38] overhaul of our trade system to protect

[15:41] American workers and families instead of

[15:44] taxing our citizens to enrich other

[15:47] countries we will tariff and tax foreign

[15:51] countries to enrich our citizens

[15:59] for this

[16:00] purpose we are establishing the external

[16:05] Revenue

[16:06] Service to collect all tariffs

[16:10] duties and revenues it will be massive

[16:13] amounts of money pouring into our

[16:16] treasury coming from foreign sources the

[16:19] American dream will soon be back and

[16:21] thriving like never before to restore

[16:24] competence and Effectiveness to our

[16:26] federal government my Administration

[16:29] ation will establish the brand new

[16:31] Department of government

[16:45] efficiency after years and years of

[16:48] illegal and unconstitutional Federal

[16:50] efforts to restrict free expression I

[16:53] will also sign an executive order to

[16:56] immediately stop all government

[16:58] censorship and bring back Free Speech To

[17:18] America never again will the immense

[17:21] power of the state be weaponized to

[17:23] persecute political opponents something

[17:26] I know something about

[17:29] we will not allow that to happen it will

[17:32] not happen again under my leadership we

[17:34] will restore Fair equal and impartial

[17:37] justice under the Constitutional rule of

[17:45] law and we are going to bring Law and

[17:48] Order back to our

[17:54] cities this week I will also end the

[17:58] government policy of trying to socially

[18:01] engineer race and gender into every

[18:04] aspect of public and private

[18:13] life we will Forge a society that is

[18:16] colorblind and Merit

[18:24] based as of

[18:26] today it will henceforth be the official

[18:29] policy of the United States government

[18:31] that there are only two genders male and

[18:52] female this week I will reinstate any

[18:55] service members who were unjustly

[18:57] expelled from our mil milary for

[18:59] objecting to the covid vaccine mandate

[19:02] with full back

[19:15] pay and I will sign an order to stop our

[19:18] Warriors from being subjected to radical

[19:21] political theories and social

[19:23] experiments while on duty it's going to

[19:25] end immediately

[19:30] our Armed Forces will be free to focus

[19:33] on their sole Mission defeating

[19:37] America's enemies

[20:04] like in 2017 we will again build the

[20:07] strongest military the world has ever

[20:10] seen we will measure our success not

[20:12] only by the battles we win but also by

[20:16] the wars that we end and perhaps most

[20:18] importantly the wars we never get into

[20:41] my proudest Legacy will be that of a

[20:45] peacemaker and unifier that's what I

[20:47] want to be a peacemaker and a unifier

[20:50] I'm pleased to say that as of yesterday

[20:52] one day before I assumed office the

[20:56] hostages in the Middle East are coming

[20:58] coming back home to their

[21:19] families thank

[21:22] you America will reclaim its rightful

[21:25] place as the greatest most powerful most

[21:27] respected Nation on Earth inspiring the

[21:31] awe and admiration of the entire world a

[21:34] short time from now we are going to be

[21:37] changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico

[21:40] to the Gulf of America and we will

[21:43] restore the

[21:45] name of a great President William

[21:49] McKinley to Mount McKinley where it

[21:51] should be and where it belongs

[22:02] President McKinley made our country very

[22:05] rich through tariffs and through Talent

[22:09] he was a natural businessman and gave

[22:11] Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of

[22:13] the great things he did including the

[22:15] Panama

[22:17] Canal which has foolishly been given to

[22:20] the country of Panama after the United

[22:22] States the United States I me think of

[22:25] this spent more money than ever spent on

[22:29] a project before and lost 38,000 lives

[22:33] in the building of the Panama Canal we

[22:36] have been treated very badly from this

[22:38] foolish gift that should have never been

[22:41] made and Panama's promise to us has been

[22:45] broken the purpose of our deal and the

[22:48] spirit of our treaty has been totally

[22:50] violated American ships are being

[22:53] severely

[22:55] overcharged and not treated fairly in

[22:58] any way way shape or form and that

[23:01] includes the United States Navy and

[23:04] above all China is operating the Panama

[23:07] Canal and we didn't give it to China we

[23:09] gave it to Panama and we're taking it

[23:12] back

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[23:30] above all my message to Americans today

[23:33] is that it is time for us to once again

[23:35] act with courage Vigor and the Vitality

[23:38] of History's Greatest

[23:41] civilization so as we liberate our

[23:43] nation we will lead it to new heights of

[23:46] Victory and

[23:48] success we will not be deterred together

[23:51] we will end the chronic disease epidemic

[23:54] and keep our children safe healthy and

[23:56] disease free the United United States

[23:58] will once again consider itself a

[24:00] growing

[24:02] Nation one that increases our wealth

[24:05] expands our territory builds our cities

[24:08] raises our expectations and Carries our

[24:10] flag into new and beautiful Horizons and

[24:14] we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into

[24:17] the Stars launching American

[24:19] astronauts to plant the stars and

[24:21] stripes on the planet Mars

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[24:45] ambition is the lifeblood of a great

[24:47] nation and right now our nation is more

[24:52] ambitious than any other there's no

[24:54] Nation like our

[24:56] nation Americans are explorers Builders

[24:59] innovators entrepreneurs and

[25:02] Pioneers the spirit of the frontier is

[25:04] written into our hearts the call of the

[25:07] next great

[25:09] adventure resounds from within our

[25:13] souls our American ancestors turned a

[25:16] small group of colonies on the edge of a

[25:19] vast continent into a mighty Republic of

[25:22] the most extraordinary citizens on Earth

[25:25] no one comes close am Americans pushed

[25:29] thousands of miles through a rugged land

[25:32] of Untamed Wilderness they crossed

[25:35] deserts scaled mountains braved Untold

[25:38] dangers won the wild west ended slavery

[25:42] rescued Millions from tyranny lifted

[25:45] billions from poverty harnessed

[25:47] electricity split the atom launched

[25:50] mankind into the heavens and put the

[25:53] universe of human knowledge into the

[25:55] palm of the human hand

[25:58] if we work together there is nothing we

[26:00] cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve

[26:04] many people thought it was impossible

[26:07] for me to Stage such a historic

[26:09] political

[26:11] comeback but as you see today here I am

[26:14] the American people have spoken

[26:36] I stand before you now as proof that you

[26:38] should never believe that something is

[26:40] impossible to do in America The

[26:43] Impossible is what we do

[26:52] best from New York to Los Angeles from

[26:56] Philadelphia to Phoenix from Chicago to

[26:59] Miami from Houston to right here in

[27:02] Washington

[27:03] DC our country was forged and built by

[27:06] the generations of patriots who gave

[27:08] everything they had for our rights and

[27:11] for our

[27:13] freedom they were farmers and soldiers

[27:15] Cowboys and Factory workers steel

[27:18] workers and coal miners police officers

[27:21] and Pioneers who pushed onward marched

[27:23] forward and let no obstacle defeat their

[27:27] Spirit or their pride

[27:29] together they laid down the railroads

[27:32] raised up the skyscrapers built great

[27:36] highways won two world wars defeated

[27:39] fascism and communism and triumphed over

[27:43] every single challenge that they

[27:46] faced after all we have been through

[27:49] together we stand on the verge of the

[27:51] four greatest years in American history

[27:54] with your help we will restore America

[27:57] promise and we will rebuild the nation

[28:00] that we love and we love it so much we

[28:03] are one people one family and one

[28:05] glorious nation under God so to every

[28:08] parent who dreams for their child and

[28:11] every child who dreams for their future

[28:14] I am with you I will fight for you and I

[28:17] will win for you we are going to win

[28:20] like never before

[28:29] thank thank

[28:37] you thank you thank

[28:41] you in recent years our nation has

[28:43] suffered greatly but we are going to

[28:46] bring it back and make it great again

[28:48] greater than ever

[28:50] before we will be a nation like no other

[28:53] full of compassion courage and

[28:56] exceptionalism our power will stop all

[28:59] wars and bring a new spirit of unity to

[29:02] a world that has been angry violent and

[29:04] totally

[29:06] unpredictable America will be respected

[29:08] again and admired again including by

[29:12] people of religion faith and good will

[29:15] we will be prosperous we will be proud

[29:18] We will be strong and we will win like

[29:21] never before we will not be conquered we

[29:25] will not be

[29:26] intimidated we will not be broken and we

[29:30] will not fail from this day on the

[29:32] United States of America will be a free

[29:34] Sovereign and independent nation we will

[29:37] stand bravely we will live proudly we

[29:41] will dream boldly and nothing will stand

[29:45] in our way because we are Americans the

[29:47] future is ours and our golden age has

[29:51] just begun thank you God Bless America

[29:55] thank you all thank you

[29:58] thank you very much thank you very

[30:01] much thank you