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Trump Unleashes Blitz
The Citizen
|January 22, 2025
Pomp: Blizzard of Presidential Orders Begins Second Presidency
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Donald Trump signed a blizzard of divisive presidential orders as he was sworn in for a historic second term on Monday, pardoning supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol and clamping down on immigration, even as he vowed a new "golden age" for America.
Trump also withdrew the US from the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization and threatened huge trade tariffs on neighboring Canada and Mexico in a whirlwind return to the White House.
The Republican said in a speech after taking the oath at the Capitol—in a ceremony held indoors due to freezing weather—that "America's decline is over" after four years of Democrat Joe Biden's presidency.
"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 beneath the ornate dome of the Capitol's Rotunda.
This story is from the January 22, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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