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20 h. Newly inaugurated President of the United States, Donald Trump castigated Joe Biden’s decision, just before leaving the White House, to grant preventive pardons to several political figures and members of his family.
“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 the members of the parliamentary commission of inquiry who denounced his role in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
19 h 30. The ceremony is now over and the Capitol has emptied of its guests. Joe Biden, former President of the United States, accompanied by his wife, flies by helicopter from Washington DC to reach Andrews Base, an air base in Maryland, a few kilometers from Washington.
Donald Trump and his vice-president accompanied them to the tarmac before resuming their route to the Capitol where the 47e President of the United States spoke again to thank his supporters. He will then go to the White House to sign his first decrees.
Later, the American president is expected to go for a walkabout at the Capital One Arena where thousands of his supporters have gathered. This inauguration day will end with various balls planned in the American capital.
18 h 45. After Donald Trump’s speech where he outlined the main points of what he has been announcing for weeks, country singer Carrie Underwood sang “America, the beautiful”.
18 h 40. Donald Trump set himself up as the champion of peace and recalled that three Israeli hostages had been released the day before his inauguration. He also stated that he There are only two sexes: male and female. He also recalled that his administration would implement customs taxes against foreign countries. “I will ban all censorship and restore freedom of expression. Never again will we see a state used to penalize political opponents. We will restore the law in our cities and our countryside. »
18 h 30. As he had promised, Donald Trump immediately got to the heart of the matter and highlighted the decrees he wishes to take quickly. “I am declaring a state of emergency on our southern border. We are going to deport millions and millions of undocumented criminals, said the president-elect. I will send soldiers to repel this odious invasion. We will also qualify the cartels as terrorist organizations. »
On inflation, Donald Trump declared a “state of energy emergency”. “We will drill, drill and drill again”insisted Trump who promises a return of “manufacturing nation”. “We will fill our strategic reserves and export American energy to every corner of the world. »
18 h 20. The 47e President of the United States continued in the same tone. “I have a mandate to fight against all betrayals,” Donald Trump declared. As of today, America’s decline is over. We will restore the authority of the American government. I attacked like never before for four years. They tried to deprive me of my freedoms and even take my life. I was saved by the Lord who wants the United States to become great again. »
18 h 15. Donald Trump began his first speech as President of the United States. Unsurprisingly, he began his speech with these words: “America’s golden age begins today. During my administration, I will put the USA first. I want to find a proud, prosperous and free nation. »
18 h 05. Judge Roberts officiates at Donald Trump’s inauguration. The president-elect takes the oath of office, with Melania Trump at his side.
18 h. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s vice president, takes the oath surrounded by his family.
17 h 55. While we are still awaiting the inauguration of Donald Trump, his supporters gathered en masse, nearly 20,000 people, in the Capital One Arena in Washington, to listen to his first speech as 47e president of the United States.
-17 h 50. Amy Klobuchar, Democratic senator from Minnesota, launches the inauguration ceremony.
17 h 45. It was a few minutes late that the vice-president and the president-elect finally entered the Capitol rotunda. The 500 guests applaud the 47e president of the USA.
17 h 30. After the presidents and the justices of the Supreme Court, the family of the outgoing president enters the rotunda of the Capitol. Then, it was Donald Trump’s turn to arrive in front of this hand-picked audience. Before his oath on the Bible and his inauguration speech, it is his vice-president, James David Vance, who will speak first.
17 h 20. Former Presidents of the United States enter the Capitol grounds. Announced in the protocol, Michelle Obama ultimately boycotted the event.
17 h 15. If foreign leaders do not traditionally participate in the inauguration ceremony, a departure has been made from this habit. Javier Milei, President of Argentina, and Giorgia Meloni, President of the Italian Council, both close to Elon Musk, Trump’s advisor, are present at the Capitol this afternoon.
17 h. Donald Trump, the president-elect, and Joe Biden arrived at the Capitol, which houses the House of Representatives and the Senate and where the inauguration ceremony will begin shortly.
16 h 55. According to Le Monde, Donald Trump should not impose customs duties on his first day in the White House, the French daily understands; On the other hand, he plans to publish, this Monday, a memorandum ordering federal agencies to evaluate the United States’ trade relations with China and American neighbors, without imposing new trade barriers immediately.
16 h 45. Trump and Biden are on their way to the Capitol together. A few hours before ceding power to Donald Trump, Joe Biden defrauded his successor of a possible personal revenge by preemptively pardoning elected officials or civil servants to protect them from “unjustified and politically motivated legal proceedings”. Among them, the former chief of staff of the armed forces, General Mark Milley, and the former architect of the White House strategy against Covid-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Former Republican parliamentarian Liz Cheney is also part of it, like all the elected officials and civil servants who participated in the commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. The police officers who testified before this commission are also affected by these graces.
16 h 35. On the French side, in addition to the official representative of France, Ambassador Laurent Bili, some political figures will also be at the party. Starting with Éric Zemmour, Reconquest candidate in the 2022 presidential election, and the MEP from the same party, Sarah Knafo as well as Marion Maréchal, in her capacity as vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.
In the ranks of the National Rally, if Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are not among Donald Trump’s guests, Louis Alliot, RN mayor of Perpignan and first vice-president of the party, will indeed be present. As for Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH and the richest person in France, accompanied by his son Alexandre, is also present, according to Associated Press photographers.
16 h 25. Guests of the new President of the United States arrive at the Capitol. Among them, we will find former presidents and first-ladies: Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. and Laura Bush, Joe and Jill Biden but also Kamala Harris, outgoing vice-president and unsuccessful Democratic candidate against Donald Trump. Last minute guest, the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, indicted for corruption in investigations carried out by the FBI, will also be present at the inauguration ceremony.
16 h. It’s Inauguration Day for Donald Trump, 47e president of the United States. The day began with a religious service for the entire Trump family before the inauguration ceremony which will exceptionally be held in the Capitol grounds, because of the polar cold in Washington. The president-elect must take the oath of office at 6 p.m. (Paris time) before delivering his inauguration speech.
Earlier in the morning, Joe and Jill Biden, who were departing, welcomed Donald and Melania Trump to the White House for tea before returning to the Capitol. Upon his inauguration, the president-elect is expected to sign several decrees concerning immigration, the rights of transgender people, the environment, international trade and Ukraine.
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