President Donald Trump took his second oath of office on January 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises.Speaking from inside the US Capitol Rotunda because of the subfreezing temperatures, Trump said, “The golden age of America begins right now.”
He promised to crack down on undocumented immigration, increase domestic oil drilling, impose tariffs, rescind federal electric vehicle goals, declare that there are only two genders assigned at birth, rename Alaska’s Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley and end diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
“All of this will change starting today,” he said, “and it will change very quickly.”
Appearing in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall shortly after his inaugural address, Trump jabbed at familiar rivals, including the “unselect committee of political thugs” — a reference to the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol and received last-minute preemptive pardons from President Joe Biden. Trump chastised two members of that committee, calling former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney a “crying lunatic” and saying former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger was “always crying.” Advertisement
Here are our fact checks of Trump’s claims during his inaugural speech followed by claims during his subsequent remarks at Emancipation Hall.
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