Posted on 01/20/25
| News Source: FOX News
President Trump said a "tide of change is sweeping the country," telling Americans during his inaugural address Monday that he is "optimistic" that the U.S. is beginning a "new era of national success," while declaring that the country's "decline is over."
Trump addressed the nation on Monday after taking the oath of office for the second time and being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
"The golden age of America begins right now," Trump said in his inaugural address. "From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer."
"During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first," Trump said.
Trump vowed that U.S. "sovereignty will be reclaimed, our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced. The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous and free."
Trump promised that he would not use the government to go after political opponents, saying it was something he knew something about, a reference to his claims of persecution by the Biden administration.
"But first, we must be honest about the challenges we face," Trump said. "While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing in the United States of America."
But, the president said in his first remarks to the nation as the 47th president, "our government confronts a crisis of trust."
"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 from this moment on, America's decline is over," Trump said.