Mr. Donald Trump officially returned to the White House

For the second time in history, America has a president who serves two non-consecutive terms like Mr. Trump. The first person, Mr. Grover Cleveland, was elected for the second time more than 130 years ago.

The plan is broken at… heaven

Before going to Capitol Hill for the ceremony, Mr. Trump and his wife had a traditional intimate tea party with his predecessor Joe Biden and his wife at the White House. After that, they went to the location of the official ceremony. As usual, the swearing-in ceremony took place at 12 o’clock on January 20 (last night, Vietnam time). However, due to the bitter cold in Washington DC, the inauguration ceremony for the first time in 40 years had to take place inside the congressional building instead of in front of the building. In a less grand but no less solemn ceremony, under the direction of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Mr. Trump placed his hand on the Bible and took the oath in the presence of his family and members of state. Assembly and hundreds of guests.

All living former US Presidents, including Mr. Biden, attended the inauguration and witnessed the transfer of power, something Mr. Trump did not do four years ago to Mr. Biden. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump made a rare move by inviting many foreign leaders such as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Argentine President Javier Milei to attend the ceremony. Chinese President Xi Jinping was also invited but sent Vice President Han Chinh instead.

Another notable point is that a series of technology giants are on the guest list. In addition to billionaire Elon Musk, who is an important advisor to Mr. Trump, other prominent faces include Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, CEO Meta Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and TikTok CEO Chau Thu Tu. All of the above-mentioned businessmen and companies contributed to Mr. Trump’s inauguration and related parties. Among them, many people have changed their attitude to become close to the leader recently. According to NBC News, Mr. Trump’s inauguration committee received more than $200 million from donors, a record amount of donations in the history of US presidential inaugurations.

On the other hand, also due to weather reasons, the event to watch the inauguration ceremony on a large screen outside the Capitol with more than 220,000 invitations distributed to the public was canceled, a decision that Mr. Trump considered correct to ensure safety. full. Instead, the event was held inside the capital’s 20,000-seat Capital One Arena. After the ceremonies at the Capitol building, the 47th president went to the gymnasium and marched there instead of along Pennsylvania Avenue as is traditional, according to AP.

Get to work right away

Mr. Trump entered his second term with a series of changes compared to 2017. Contrary to the image of a “young” politician at that time, Mr. Trump is now experienced in both domestic and foreign affairs and has More experience in looking at people and choosing the cabinet. The past four years out of office also created conditions for Mr. Trump and his allies to prepare the ground for “rapid and strong” changes after this return.

“Within hours of taking office, I will sign dozens of executive orders, in fact nearly 100,” Mr. Trump confidently announced at the victory rally with the theme “Make America Great Again.” at Capital One Arena on the night of January 19. In 2021, Mr. Biden signed 22 executive orders in his first working week, a record number in modern times.

According to Reuters, Mr. Trump’s first executive actions focused on tightening immigration regulations, repealing the previous administration’s regulations related to energy and the environment and issuing new import taxes. on foreign goods. At the rally on January 19, Mr. Trump also announced that he would eliminate the culture of “extreme awakening” from the US military and ordered the construction of a new missile shield for the US similar to Israel’s Iron Dome system.

“Four long years of America’s decline will be covered up, and we begin a whole new day of American strength, prosperity, dignity and pride,” Mr. Trump said.