Washington (EFE).- The American president, Donald Trump, announced this Monday that he will once again withdraw his country from the Paris Climate Agreement, from which he had already left during his first term (2016-2021), and from which the now former president Joe Biden reinstated in 2021.
12:41 (local time) | The American leader promises to rename the “Gulf of Mexico.” “Soon, we’re going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,'” Trump said.
12:39 (local time) | The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Monday that he will make it the “official policy” of his new Government to recognize only two gender identities: “male and female.”
12:36 (local time) | The president of the United States, Donald Trump, promised this Monday, during his inauguration speech, to “retake” control of the Panama Canal.
«China is operating the Panama Canal. But we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we are going to take it back,” he said.
Furthermore, the Republican declares that he wants to be remembered in the future as a “peacemaker and unifier” and highlights how his team has played a key role in the ceasefire in Gaza, which has facilitated the release of some Israeli hostages.
12:35 (local time) | Trump announces that he will declare a national energy emergency, which is why he will expand oil exploitation permits to take advantage of “the largest quantities of oil and gas of any country in the world”, which he describes as “liquid gold.”
Announces a fight against crime and Mexican cartels
12:33 (local time) | The new president promises to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to combat gangs and criminal networks.
By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, “I will direct our Government to use the full power of federal and state forces to eliminate the presence of foreign gangs and criminal networks that bring devastation to the United States,” he says.
12:26 (local time) | Trump says his first move will be to declare a “national emergency” on the southern border and that he will declare Mexican cartels terrorist organizations.
12:19 (local time) | The Republican assures that “the decline” of the country “has ended” at the time of his inauguration.
Trump also remembers the assassination attempt he suffered last year during the campaign for the November elections and assured that it was God who saved him.
“Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania countryside, an assassin’s bullet pierced my ear, but I felt then, and believe even more now, that my life was saved for a reason. “I was saved by God to make America great again,” says the president.
12:10 (local time) | The new president begins his inaugural address by declaring that the “golden age” of the United States begins “right now” with his inauguration.
Trump and Vance sworn in as president and vice president
12:01 (local time) | Trump takes office as the 47th president of the United States, in the inauguration ceremony held inside the Capitol due to the cold.
11:59 (local time) | Former Republican Senator JD Vance takes office as the new Vice President of the United States.
Vance, 40, thus becomes the first vice president of the ‘millennial’ generation and the third youngest in history after John C. Breckinridge, who took office at the age of 36 in 1857, and Richard Nixon, also with 40 in 1953.
The new vice president is accompanied by his family: his wife Usha and their three children.
11:40 (local time) | The inauguration ceremony of Republican Donald Trump begins at the Capitol with the presence of personalities from the country such as former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
10:20 (local time) | Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, arrive at the White House to meet with outgoing President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.
Biden receives the new president with a “welcome home” and the two families have tea at the White House before traveling together to the Capitol.
Trump’s inauguration day began with a mass
09:00 (local time) | The Trumps participate in a religious service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, near the presidential residence.
Among the closest attendees are Barron, Trump’s youngest son, and they sit next to the Vances.
Among some of the guests at the service, Elon Musk (owner of Tesla and SpaceX) also stands out, nominated to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, in English); Mark Zuckerberg (owner of Meta); Jeff Bezos (owner of Amazon and the Washington Post), Tim Cook (CEO of Apple), and Shou Chez (CEO of TikTok).
