Donald Trump, saison II. “America’s Golden Age Begins”launched the Republican in his first speech as the 47th president.
Minutes earlier, he had raised his right hand and vowed to “protect the Constitution” under the dome of the Capitol, the very site his supporters stormed on January 6, 2021 to prevent the certification of Joe’s election Biden.
The inauguration ceremony usually takes place outdoors, but the protocol was turned upside down due to the freezing temperatures.
The Republican billionaire, who defeated Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris on November 5, is now at 78 years old the oldest American head of state ever inaugurated.
This oath concludes the most extraordinary “comeback” politics of recent American history, that of a former president who never acknowledged his defeat in 2020, who cries “vengeance” against his opponents, who was criminally convicted, who was targeted this summer by two assassination attempts, and who led a campaign of staggering rhetorical violence, peppered with racist and sexist remarks.
His democratic predecessor, who is concluding half a century of political life, organized a smooth transition of power to this man who constantly humiliated him.
Preventive graces
“Welcome home”Joe Biden said a little earlier when receiving Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, for a final courtesy visit to the White House.
Normality is only a facade, because the 82-year-old Democrat also took, a few minutes before ceding power, an absolutely unprecedented decision. He in fact pardoned, in a preventive manner, the closest members of his family, for fear that they would be the object of a legal vendetta by the Republicans.
Among them, former chief of staff of the armed forces Mark Milley, virulent critic of Donald Trump, doctor Anthony Fauci, in the sights of Trumpists for having orchestrated the American response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as parliamentarians who investigated the assault on the Capitol.
Unlike the Republican, who had shunned his inauguration, the 46th Democratic president had taken his place in the vast marble-paved room, the cathedral of American political life.
The best of Tech at the forefront
Alongside him are former American presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, but also tech multi-billionaires.
-Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Apple boss Tim Cook, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Elon Musk were in the front rows under the dome of the Capitol, where the swearing-in of the new head of state took place.
Striking image, all of them were even in front of all the future ministers of the Trump government, including the next Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Most of these big bosses were also part of the small group, still much more restricted than at the Capitol, of guests at the religious ceremony preceding the inauguration.
A salvo of decrees to come
In the process, Donald Trump must sign a first round of decrees. In particular, he promised to “take back” control of the Panama Canal, stressing that “the purpose of our agreement and the spirit of our treaty have been totally violated.” “We have been very mistreated by this senseless gift which should never have been given. The promise that Panama made to us was not kept”President Trump said in his inaugural address, shortly after he was sworn in.
“America’s decline is over”assured the Republican after taking the oath. A decline caused according to him, in the first place, by aand “encroachment” de migrants as well as by progressive ideas, which he describes with the pejorative term ideology “woke”.
He will also declare a state of emergency on the border with Mexico and mobilize the army there.
He who had promised to put an end to the “transgender delirium” will also order “recognize” the existence of only “two sexes” by the federal statesenior officials of his future administration said.
Announcements on energy and the environment are also expected, as well as pardons for the Capitol attackers convicted following January 6, 2021.
Return without concussion
Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump promised to take “revenge” on his political opponents. Donald Trump’s first term was a succession of internal political crises and diplomatic clashes.
Nothing says that his second presidency will be more controlled, but his return to power takes place without the commotion caused by his victory in 2016. Donald Trump has, in four years, locked the Republican Party. He can rely on a slim majority in Congress and a Supreme Court anchored to the right.
He has surrounded himself with people loyal to the government, has received the allegiance of the biggest bosses, and few foreign leaders risk openly criticizing him.
