Trump declares ‘golden age of America begins right now’ in inaugural address

US President Donald Trump speaks during the 60th presidential inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/ Pool Photo via AP)
US President Donald Trump speaks during the 60th presidential inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/ Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump hails the dawn of a “golden age” for the United States after he is sworn in as the country’s 47th president.

“The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world,” he says in his inauguration address.

Trump declares that America’s “decline is over,” framing his return to power as a rejection of the “radical and corrupt” establishment he claims defined Joe Biden’s presidency.

“My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and indeed their freedom,” Trump says. “From this moment on, America’s decline is over.”

Trump says the outgoing government has been “stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad.” It has “given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders or, more importantly, its own people,” he charges.

He says he was saved from assassination for a reason: “I was saved by God to make America great again.”

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