‘The Golden Age of America begins right now’: Trump delivers EPIC America first inaugural speech

"From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer during every single day of the Trump administration. I will very simply put America first," he said.

"Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced the vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end, and our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous and free America will soon be greater, stronger and far more exceptional than ever before," he continued.

As his speech went on, to the cheers and accolades of the assembled crowd of lawmakers, foreign leaders, dignitaries, business leaders, and media Trump recounted his presidential campaign against outgoing President Joe Biden and his replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris.

"I return to the presidency, confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the country. Sunlight is pouring over the entire world, and America has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before, but first, we must be honest about the challenges we face," he went on. "While there are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing."

"In the United States of America, as we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust. For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair. We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad. It fails to protect our magnificent law-abiding American citizens, but provide sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world, we have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders, but refuses to defend American borders, or, more importantly, its own people.”

"Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina been treated so badly, and other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago or more recently, Los Angeles, where we are watching fires still tragically burned From weeks ago without even a token of defense they're raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country, some of whom are sitting here right now. They don't have a home any longer. That's interesting. We can't let this happen. Everyone is unable to do anything about it."

"That's going to change. We have a public health that does not deliver in times of disaster, yet, more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world, and we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases, to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them, all of this will change Starting today, and it will change very quickly."

"My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom from this moment on, America's decline is over."

"Our liberties and our nation's glorious destiny will no longer be denied, and we will immediately restore the integrity, competency and loyalty of America's government. Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history, and I've learned a lot along the way, the journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one that I can tell you. Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life. Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin's bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt then and believe, even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America Great Again."

"That is why, each day, under our administration of American patriots, we will be working to meet every crisis with dignity and power and strength. We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety and peace for citizens, very race, religion, color and creed for American citizens, January, 20, 2025, is Liberation Day."

"It is my hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country, as our victory showed, the entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda, with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society, young and old, men and women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, urban, suburban, rural and very importantly, we had a Powerful win in all seven swing states and the popular vote, we won by millions of people. To the black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that You have shown me with your vote, we set records, and I will not forget it. I've heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come. Today is Martin Luther King Day, and his honor, this will be a great honor, but in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream A reality. We will make his dream come true. "

"National unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never before in everything we do. My administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success. We will not forget our country. We will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God. We can't do that."

Trump then listed off some of the many executive orders he intends to sign right away. "Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense to all of that common sense," he said.

Trump will declare a national emergency at the southern border, he said. And to that end, "all illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy," he said. The catch and release policy will also be obliterated by executive order. "And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country," he said.

Cartels will be designated as terrorist organizations and "by invoking the alien enemies act of 1798," Trump will "direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to US soil, including our cities and inner cities."

"As Commander in Chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do. We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before. Next, I will direct all members of my Cabinet to Marshall the vast powers at their disposal to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices," Trump added.

"The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices, and that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby drill. America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth. And we are going to use it," he said.

"We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again right to the top and export American energy, all over the world. We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it. With my actions today, we will end the green New Deal, and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry, and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American autoworkers," Trump said.

Trump also mentioned plans to increase auto production in the US, to overhaul the trade system to protect government workers, to stop all government censorship "and bring back free speech to America." He spoke of the Department of Government Efficiency, too, and the External Revenue Service, to collect revenue from foreign nations.

DEI is dead, all the military members who were fired because they wouldn't get the Covid vaccine will be reinstated with back pay, there will be only two genders, male and female, and he will "never again" allow "the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents," and "under my leadership," Trump said. "We will restore fair, equal and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law." Law and Order for US cities got a mention, and he doubled down on his plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Alaska's Denali will be reverted back to Mount McKinley in honor of President William McKinley, a king of tariffs, and the US, Trump said, will take back the Panama Canal.