'We're going to stop woke': Trump offers preview of his second term

He tells crowd at conservative event of his measures for a new 'golden age' in country

- NYTIMES

PHOENIX - US President-elect Donald Trump delivered a sprawling address on Dec 22 that he called a "small preview of the common sense revolution" his administration will bring, pledging to slam shut the nation's borders, end federal regulations, lower taxes, prosecute his rivals, "stop woke" and "end the transgender lunacy".

In a 90-minute speech at a conservative event in Phoenix, he offered a triumphant view of his election victory in which he described his liberal adversaries as "befuddled" and claimed that a new "golden age in America" had begun.

"We will end the occupation, and Jan 20 will truly be liberation day in America," he told thousands of people at AmericaFest, a four-day conference run by the conservative group Turning Point USA.

His speech was a familiar mash-up of false assertions, self-praise, fierce attacks on his adversaries and promises about how his return to power would change the country for the better.

As he often does, he spent the most time on immigration and the border. He repeated his claim, without evidence, that other countries were emptying their "insane asylums" and prisons into the US.

And he vowed to purge the country of people who have entered illegally.