It’s a remarkable moment for the new president — moments after being sworn into office, rambling into a long speech of familiar promises, grievances and insults.
Trump is holding court at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, his vice president and the House speaker looking on, as he talks unscripted for what was expected to be a quick stop to supporters.
Instead, he is speaking on a range of topics, a weave he has called it.
President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President JD Vance watches at Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool Photo Photo via AP)
President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President JD Vance watches at Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool Photo Photo via AP)
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He’s also going longer in his post-inaugural remarks than he did in his inaugural address, which ran for half an hour.
The new president read from a teleprompter and was relatively staid in the Capitol Rotunda during his formal address. That speech was short by traditional inaugural address standards.
But then he headed to another part of the Capitol and started talking in a more relaxed and jovial way.
He didn’t stop for 32 minutes, joking at one point, “I think it’s a better speech than the one I gave upstairs.”
