While proclaiming himself, once again, sent from God responsible for saving America, Donald Trump became Monday the 47e President of the United States, at the end of a transfer of power ceremony which was held, exceptionally, in the rotunda of the Capitol, in Washington, due to the polar cold which covered the American capital.
By taking the oath of office, alongside Joe Biden and in front of a crowd of allies, dignitaries and former presidents, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the populist thus sealed his spectacular return to the White House , after the scathing defeat of 2020, which he never recognized.
In his inaugural speech, he also set the tone for his second term by announcing his intention to declare, by presidential decree, a state of emergency at the border to combat illegal immigration, to cancel the environmental policies of his predecessor, to revive the country’s energy production, reduce the size of government and begin an overhaul of the American economic system to protect American families and workers.
“I was saved by God to make America great again,” Donald Trump said, referring to the assassination attempt at a political rally in Pennsylvania last summer. “My recent election is a clear mandate to completely and utterly reverse a horrible betrayal […] and to give back to the people their faith, their wealth, their democracy and, of course, their freedom, he added later. From now on, America’s decline is over. »
Moving from words to action, Donald Trump warned that he was going to send the army to the southern border of the country to “repel the disastrous invasion”, according to him, of the country, an issue dear to the populist and which was the cornerstone of his electoral campaign. Other decrees will also put an end to the right to asylum and land rights, measures which contradict the laws and the American Constitution and which should be quickly challenged in court.
He also targeted Latin American drug cartels on the verge of being considered “foreign terrorist organizations” under the Foreign Enemies Act dating from 1798. The executive order will allow law enforcement and federal agencies to release resources to suppress these criminal gangs and the migratory flows that they help to drive along the border.
Our sovereignty will be reconquered, our security will be restored
The announced decrees, however, remain vague on the way in which the Republican intends to carry out his plan for mass expulsions of immigrants, promised repeatedly in the electoral field. Eleven million people without status would thus find themselves in the crosshairs of the new government.
According to the New York Timesthe new government would however intend to launch its first raids against immigrants this week, as part of an operation called “Safeguard” and carried out by the Immigration and Customs Control Service of the Department of Security interior of the United States. Nearly 300 people who committed violent crimes could pay the price. To start.
-The operation aims to create “shock and awe” at the start of Donald Trump’s new term, said Tom Homan, the former director of the agency responsible for immigration control, the new president’s choice to occupy the position of “border czar” and responsible for mass expulsions. The operation was initially supposed to take place in the city of Chicago, to send a clear message to so-called sanctuary cities, where immigrants are often welcomed. But plans have since reportedly changed due to leaks about the operation.
Another paradigm
“Our sovereignty will be reconquered, our security will be restored,” declared Donald Trump in front of the audience of dignitaries gathered to witness his swearing-in, before calling for a “rebalancing of the scales of justice” and an end to “the vicious, violent and unjust militarization of the Department of Justice and our government,” a message sent both to the rioters of January 6, 2021, whom he is largely preparing to pardon, than to his political opponents threatened with reprisals, with the new powers which are now his.
The fears are also real, according to the gesture made by Joe Biden just before leaving the White House. In an unprecedented decision for a president, he decided to preemptively pardon several politicians and senior officials who led the charge against Donald Trump in recent years as well as some members of his family.
Among them is Anthony Fauci, who led the public health campaign against COVID-19, retired general Mark Milley, who denounced the Republican’s authoritarianism. The bipartisan members of the parliamentary committee investigating the insurrection launched against the Capitol, including Republican Liz Cheney, who has become the bête noire of the new president, are also on the list.
Donald Trump was offended by this, in a speech delivered to his followers after his swearing in, denouncing “pardons granted to people who were very, very guilty of very serious crimes”. These leniency aims to protect these people from a possible legal vendetta that the new occupant of the White House has been letting hang over his detractors for months.
Imperialist aims
By returning to power, Donald Trump has not hidden the imperialist ambitions that he wishes to inject into his new government, by invoking the concept of “manifest destiny”, a concept dating back to the 19th century.e century which affirms the idea of expansion of the white American presence throughout the North American continent. He also promised to “plant [le drapeau américain] on the planet Mars” and claimed that he was going to “take back” the Panama Canal. The monumental work, built by the United States, was transferred to Panama in 1999, after an agreement made in 1977 with President Jimmy Carter. “A senseless gift that should never have been given,” according to Donald Trump.
The inauguration ceremony of the new president took place without hindrance or demonstrations around the official buildings of the Capital, placed under close surveillance by the police forces. At most, several dozen members of the white supremacist group the Proud Boys, whose former leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his active participation in the January 6 insurrection, appeared in the streets in the minutes following the swearing-in of the new president, to affirm that they were “proud to be back” in the capital.
At the start of this new presidency, nearly 60% of Americans say they are optimistic about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, 4 points more than during his first term, indicates a poll conducted by CBS News and YouGov. last week. But expectations remain high: voters from all political parties consider that the country is still “on the wrong track by 2025”. They are 62% among Democrats, 70% among Republicans and 69% among independents, according to an Emerson College survey unveiled on January 14.
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