Donald Trump’s inauguration in photos

20h10 : Donald Trump accuse Joe Biden

“I was going to talk about the things that Joe did today, with the pardons for people who are very, very guilty of very serious crimes,” launched the Republican during a second speech after his inauguration, referring in particular to to the members of the parliamentary commission of inquiry who had denounced his role in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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6:50 p.m.: The American flag on the planet Mars

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United States President Donald Trump said Monday during his inauguration speech that Americans would “plant” the American flag “on the planet Mars.”

Under his tenure, he said, “the United States will once again see itself as a nation of progress, increasing its wealth, expanding its territory […] and carries our flag into new and magnificent horizons. And we will pursue our destiny to the stars, sending American astronauts to plant the Star-Spangled Banner on the planet Mars.”

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6:30 p.m.: “America’s Golden Age”

United States President Donald Trump said in his inauguration speech on Monday that “America’s golden age” had just begun.

“America’s golden age begins now. From this day on, our country will flourish and be respected again in the world,” said the 47th American president, who has just been sworn in at the Capitol in Washington.

6 p.m.: Donald Trump officially inaugurated

Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday under the dome of the Capitol in Washington, becoming the 47th president of the United States and, at 78, the oldest American head of state ever inaugurated.

5:45 p.m.: Donald Trump’s first measures revealed

5:30 p.m.: Donald Trump at the Capitol

Donald Trump entered the Capitol in Washington on Monday morning for the inauguration ceremony, during which the Republican will take the oath of office and become the 47th president of the United States.

He will swear to protect the Constitution under the dome of the building which houses the US Congress, the same place where on January 6, 2021, his supporters tried to prevent the certification of the victory of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.

4 p.m. Donald Trump received at the White House

Outgoing US President Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump and his wife Melania to the White House on Monday morning for a courtesy interview before the inauguration ceremony. Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America on Monday. Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife were received shortly before by Kamala Harri and her husband Doug Emhoff.

2pm Donald Trump at St. John’s Episcopal Church

Accompanied by his wife Melania, the tycoon earlier visited St. John’s Episcopal Church for his first public appearance of the day, shortly before 9 a.m. local time.

A flood of decrees

As of Monday, the Republican announced a flood of decrees, in particular to stem what he describes as an “invasion” of undocumented migrants. The Republican billionaire should also announce pardons for the Capitol attackers convicted following January 6, 2021 and lift environmental protection measures.

In the longer term, he wants to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine and cut public spending – he will be advised in this by the multi-billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, a key figure in the new power.

“Tomorrow at noon, the curtain will fall on four long years of American decline,” he assured Sunday during a final meeting.

Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump promised to take “revenge” on his political opponents.

Faced with this threat, Joe Biden, a few hours before leaving power, decided to grant preventive pardons to a series of “servants of the State” risking, according to him, “unjustified legal proceedings”.

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.