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VOA News | Monday, January 20, 2025
Donald Trump assumes US presidency again

WASHINGTON DC Photos — Republican Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency again Monday, taking the oath of office inside the U.S. Capitol. He called for a “revolution of common sense” during his inaugural address, and he said he would start signing a raft of executive orders to reshape the American political landscape to his liking. “The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump said. On a frigid day in Washington, Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, Vice President-elect JD Vance and their families, began his second inaugural day eight years after his first by attending a traditional service for incoming presidents at St. John’s Episcopal Church across a park from the White House. Afterward, the Trumps headed to the White House for a preinaugural tea with outgoing President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, before heading to the U.S. Capitol for Trump’s swearing-in ceremony in the building’s rotunda, where about 600 people will watch as the country’s 45th president also becomes its 47th. Trump becomes the first felon to serve as U.S. president, after his conviction last year on 34 criminal charges linked to falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 hush money payment to porn film star Stormy Daniels, although a judge declined to penalize him in any way. Charges that Trump, a Republican, tried to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden were dropped when he defeated his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the 2024 election because of a long-standing Justice Department policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. U.S. presidential inaugurations, a symbol of the Democratic…Read more

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