Direct United States: Trump declares state of emergency at the Mexican border

“America is back,” Trump proclaims on X

“The wall between Mexico and the United States will be built in full,” Trump promises

The United States will again leave the Paris climate agreement

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The European Union is “ready to defend its economic interests” if necessary, assured Monday in Brussels the European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis, questioned about Donald Trump’s offensive on customs duties.

Just after being sworn in at the Capitol in Washington, the brand new American president promised to impose “customs duties and taxes on foreign countries” without detailing possible measures.

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“The door remains open,” UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell said on Monday after Donald Trump’s administration announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, for second time.

The United States, the second largest polluter in the world behind China and the largest historical polluter, had already left the agreement briefly under the Republican’s first mandate, before Democrat Joe Biden made their return.

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The new President of the United States Donald Trump posted this message on X: “America is back! Every day I will fight for you with every breath in my body. I will not rest until we create the strong, safe, prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be America’s golden age.”

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“The canal belongs and will continue to belong to Panama,” Panamanian President José Raul Mulino said on Monday, in response to Donald Trump who promised in his inaugural speech, shortly after his swearing in, to “take back” control of the Panama Canal.

“I must completely reject the comments made by President Donald Trump (…) the canal belongs and will continue to belong to Panama,” Mr. Mulino said in a statement published on his X account.

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During his speech to the public at the Capitol, Donald Trump again claimed that the 2020 election, which he lost, was “totally rigged” without providing proof.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday sent Donald Trump her “best wishes” for the start of his new term.

“I am certain that the friendship between our nations and the values ​​that unite us will continue to strengthen the collaboration between Italy and the United States, facing global challenges together and building a future of prosperity and security for our peoples,” wrote the far-right leader, citing Italy’s role “in strengthening dialogue between the United States and Europe.”

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A demonstration by far-right militiamen nicknamed the “Proud Boys” takes place on the sidelines of Donald Trump’s declarations in the streets of Washington.

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Donald Trump, newly inaugurated President of the United States, on Monday 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 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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During a speech to the public at the Capitol. Donald Trump promises numerous actions for those prosecuted for having participated in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He described these individuals as the “January 6 hostages”. He also returned to the construction of the wall between the United States and Mexico. “I like to build,” the name president continued. “Now that we have a new president, the wall will be built in full.”

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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 mandate, he declared, “the United States will once again consider itself a nation of progress, which increases its wealth, expands its territory (…) and carries our flag to 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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Official US policy will recognize only “two sexes, male and female”, 47th US President Donald Trump declared during his inauguration speech on Monday.

“Starting today, the official policy of the United States government will be to say that there are only two sexes, male and female,” declared Donald Trump, whose team has promised several executive orders to stop federal aid for transgender people.

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Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Donald Trump on Monday after his inauguration, saying he hoped that the new American president would achieve a “just and lasting peace” in the conflict in Ukraine.

“President Trump is still decisive, and the policy of peace through strength that he announced offers the opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a just and lasting peace, which is the top priority,” said the Ukrainian leader in a message on X.

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The administration of new US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement for a second time, jeopardizing global efforts to curb global warming.

“President Trump will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement,” the White House said in a statement. The United States, the second largest polluter in the world behind China and the largest historical polluter, had already left the agreement briefly under the Republican’s first mandate, before Joe Biden marked their return.

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The 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, promised Monday to “take back” control of the Panama Canal, stressing that “the objective of our agreement and the spirit of our treaty have been totally violated”.

“And most importantly, China operates the Panama Canal, and we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we’re going to take it back,” President Trump said in his inaugural address, shortly after he was sworn in.

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Donald Trump announced Monday during his inauguration speech that he would declare a national state of “energy emergency” aimed at boosting hydrocarbon production in the United States, already the world’s largest producer, thus endangering global efforts. to curb global warming.

“We are going to drill at all costs,” launched the American president, thus reiterating his campaign promise and ensuring that he would return to a number of climate measures taken by his predecessor Joe Biden to promote the energy transition and reduce gas emissions. greenhouse effect of the country, the second largest polluter in the world after China.

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United States President Donald Trump promised Monday in his inauguration speech to tax foreign countries to “enrich American citizens.”

“I will immediately begin overhauling our trade system to protect American families and workers. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will impose customs duties and taxes on foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” declared the 47th American president, who has just been sworn in at the Capitol in Washington.

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“We are stronger when we act together,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, congratulating Donald Trump on his inauguration.

“Canada and the United States maintain the most fruitful economic partnership in the world and are each other’s largest trading partner,” recalled the head of government of Canada, who fears that the American president will carried out its threat to impose customs duties of 25%.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday hoped for the continuation of “good transatlantic relations” with the United States, Germany’s “closest ally”, under the presidency of Donald Trump.

“Today, President Donald Trump takes office. Congratulations ! The United States is our closest ally and our policy goal is always to maintain good transatlantic relations. The EU, with 27 members and more than 400 million people, is a strong union,” the leader wrote on X.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated new US President Donald Trump on Monday, promising him “the happiest days” of relations between the two countries in the years to come.

“The best days of our alliance are yet to come,” he said in a video message. “I believe that working together again will take the United States-Israel alliance to even greater heights,” he added.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his “dear friend” Donald Trump on Monday, inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, calling for close cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.

Mr. Modi said he was “looking forward”, in a message published on X, to “working closely again” with Donald Trump in order to “build a better future for the world” which “will benefit both our countries”.