On the eve of taking the oath, Donald Trump began his day on Sunday with a moment of contemplation, while, from the Middle East to Tiktok, his return to power is already stirring international news.
The 78-year-old Republican, 45th President of the United States (2017-2021) and who will become the 47th on Monday, laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery.
Future vice-president JD Vance also stepped forward, on a large slab wet with light rain, to set up a large crown of white, red and blue flowers.
Donald Trump, a few hours before formally becoming the commander in chief of the most powerful army in the world, raised his black-gloved right hand to his temple to make a military salute while the bells for the dead rang out, under a low and dark sky. gray.
This military cemetery near Washington hosts the remains of American war heroes. Former President John F. Kennedy rests there.
“Golden Age”
On Monday, in the speech following his swearing-in, “you will hear President Trump say that we are entering a golden age for America,” his future spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, said on Sunday.
According to her, Donald Trump will evoke a central campaign promise, namely to put an end to what she described as an “invasion” of the country by irregular migrants. The president-elect’s team said arrests were expected to take place across the country as early as Tuesday.
On Sunday, Pope Francis called the large-scale expulsion plan a “calamity.” “If it is true, it will be a calamity, because it would make poor unfortunates who have nothing pay,” the pontiff said in an interview on Italian television.
After fireworks on Saturday in his private golf course in Virginia, near the American capital, Donald Trump spent the night as is customary in a residence very close to the White House, Blair House.
The former real estate developer and businessman, who is prohibited by the Constitution from serving more than two terms, will once again enjoy a campaign atmosphere and the adulation of his supporters on Sunday.
Meeting
He will appear before them for a meeting in a large hall in Washington.
-Even before Donald Trump becomes president again, at precisely noon Washington time on Monday, and takes the oath of office at the Capitol, his return to power is already causing global turmoil.
The social network TikTok thus restored access to its application in the United States on Sunday, just a few hours after having suspended it to comply with a law passed in Congress, giving the Republican a political victory.
In a message posted on
On the international scene, the Republican did not wait to return to the White House to weigh in on the major crises of the moment. His future National Security Advisor to Donald Trump, Mike Waltz, said on CNN on Sunday that Hamas “would never govern in Gaza again.”
MLK
Donald Trump’s advisers actively participated in the negotiations which enabled a ceasefire agreement between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement in the Palestinian territory. Under this agreement, Hamas released three hostages on Sunday.
“It is now up to the next administration to help implement this agreement. I was pleased that our teams spoke with one voice in the final days,” outgoing President Joe Biden said on Sunday.
The 82-year-old Democrat chose to place his last day at the head of the United States under the sign of the fight for civil rights and against racism.
In South Carolina, a state that played a decisive role in his victorious campaign in 2020, he paid tribute to the fights led by Martin Luther King.
Earlier, he announced his final presidential pardon measures. One of the recipients, posthumously, is Jamaican Marcus Garvey, a black civil rights activist, and a central figure in the Rastafari movement.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp
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