Full text of Trump's inaugural speech: The American dream will return

Original Translation: Jinshi Data

In his first speech after being sworn in at the Rotunda of the Capitol on Monday, Trump depicted himself as the only person capable of saving America from decline, and initially revealed the first actions he would take after taking office.

Here is the text record of the speech:

Thank you, thank you all, thank you very much. Thank you very very much. Vice President Pence, Speaker Ryan, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, and the Justices of the United States Supreme Court.

President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and my fellow Americans, America’s golden age begins now.

From today on, our country will be prosperous again, and regain respect in the world. We will become the envy of every nation, and we will not be bullied anymore.

Every day of the Trump administration, I will put America first.

Our sovereignty will be taken back. Our security will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced. The weaponization of malice, violence, and injustice against the Department of Justice and our government will come to an end.

Our primary mission is to build a proud, prosperous, and free nation. The United States will soon be greater, stronger, and more remarkable than ever before.

I am confident and optimistic as I return to the presidency, believing that we are at the beginning of an exciting new era of national success. A wave of change is sweeping across the entire country, shining light around the world, and the United States has an unprecedented opportunity to seize this opportunity.

But first, we must honestly face the challenges we are facing. Although there are many challenges, they will be destroyed by the great momentum currently witnessed in the United States.

Today, when we gather together, our government is facing a crisis of trust. For years, a radical and corrupt system has seized power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society are shattered and seem completely neglected.

Our current government is unable to cope with even simple domestic crises, while also being embroiled in a series of disastrous events overseas.

It fails to protect our great law-abiding American citizens, but provides shelter and protection for dangerous criminals, many of whom come from prisons and mental institutions and enter our country illegally from all over the world. Our government provides unlimited funding to protect foreign borders, but refuses to protect American borders, or more importantly, protect its own people.

Our country has been unable to provide basic services in times of emergency, as recently demonstrated by the outstanding people of North Carolina. They have been treated so badly. And several other states are still suffering after hurricanes months ago.

Or closer to home, Los Angeles, where we are witnessing the fires still burning relentlessly. Starting a few weeks ago, they swept through homes and communities unprepared, affecting some of our country’s wealthiest and most powerful people, some of whom are now sitting here. They are homeless now. It’s quite interesting.

But we cannot let this happen. Everyone is powerless against this. This situation will change. We have a public health system that does not work in times of disaster, but the spending on this system is more than any other country in the world.

And we have an education system that, in many cases, teaches our children to feel ashamed and hate our country, despite our desperate attempts to give them love. From today, all of this will change, and it will change very quickly.

My recent election is a mission that allows me to completely reverse a terrible betrayal, as well as all the betrayals that have already occurred, and return to the people their faith, wealth, democracy, and freedom.

From this moment on, the decline of the United States is over.

Our freedom and the glorious destiny of our country will no longer be denied. We will immediately restore the integrity, capability, and loyalty of the US government.

In the past eight years, I have experienced more trials and challenges than any president in our 250-year history. In the process, I have learned a lot. I can tell you that it is not easy to restore our republic.

Those who want to stop our cause try to deprive me of my freedom, even my life.

Just a few months ago, in the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside, an assassin’s bullet passed through my ear. But at that time, and now more than ever, I feel, and am deeply convinced, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God, to make America great again.

Thank you, thank you very much.

That’s why under our American Patriot administration, we will confront every crisis with dignity, strength, and power every day.

We will bring hope, prosperity, security, and peace to every citizen of every race, religion, skin color, and belief with clear actions and swift strides. For American citizens, January 20, 2025, is the day of liberation.

I hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most influential election in our country’s history.

As our victory has shown, the whole country is rapidly uniting behind our agenda, with support from almost every sector of society: from young and old, male and female, African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, from urban, suburban, to rural areas. Most importantly, we have achieved strong victories in all seven swing states and won the popular vote by millions.

For the Black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the enormous love and trust you’ve placed in me with your vote. We’ve set a record, and I’ll never forget everything we’ve accomplished.

I have heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a great honor. In commemoration of him, we will work together to make his dream a reality. We will realize his dream.

National unity is returning to the United States, and confidence and pride are at an all-time high. In everything we do, my administration will be driven by a strong pursuit of excellence and relentless success.

We will not forget our country, we will not forget our constitution, we will not forget our God. Can’t do that.

Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. Through these actions, we will begin the full restoration of the United States and a revolution in common sense. It’s all about common sense.

First, I will announce that our southern border is entering a national emergency state. All illegal entries will stop immediately, and we will begin to repatriate millions of criminal foreign individuals to their places of origin.

We will reinstate my ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy. I will end the practice of ‘catch and release.’ At the same time, I will deploy troops to the southern border to prevent the disastrous invasion of our country.

In accordance with the order I signed today, we will also designate these drug trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations.

By invoking the Foreign Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full force of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the existence of all networks of foreign criminal gangs that bring devastating crimes to American soil, including our cities and downtowns.

As the commander-in-chief, my highest responsibility is to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do. We will accomplish this task at an unprecedented level.

Next, I will instruct all members of the cabinet to mobilize their immense power to overcome the record-breaking inflation and rapidly reduce costs and prices. The inflation crisis is caused by excessive spending and soaring energy prices.

That’s why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will “drill, baby, drill”.

The United States will once again become a manufacturing country, and we have something that no other manufacturing country can have: the largest reserves of oil and natural gas on Earth, and we will utilize it. We will utilize it.

We will lower prices, refill strategic reserves to the top, and export U.S. energy to the world.

We will once again become a wealthy country, and the liquid gold at our feet will help us achieve this goal.

Through my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal, we will abolish the electric vehicle mandate, save our car industry, and fulfill my sacred promise to the great American car workers.

In other words, you will be able to buy the car of your choice. We will be making cars again in the United States at a speed that nobody thought possible just a few years ago. Thanks to our country’s car workers, your inspiring trust and vote. We’ve done very well by them.

I will immediately begin to comprehensively reform our trade system to protect American workers and families. We will impose tariffs and taxes on foreign countries to benefit our citizens, instead of taxing our citizens to benefit other countries.

To this end, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, taxes, and revenue. This will channel a significant amount of funds from abroad into our treasury.

The American Dream will soon return and prosper as never before. To restore the ability and efficiency of the federal government, my administration will establish a new Department of Government Efficiency.

After years of illegal and unconstitutional restrictions on freedom of speech by the federal government, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and restore freedom of speech to America.

The enormous power of the state will no longer be used as a weapon to persecute political opponents, and I deeply understand this. We will not allow this to happen. This will not happen again.

Under my leadership, we will restore a fair, equal, and just judiciary under constitutional rule of law. We will bring law and order back to our cities.

This week, I will also end the government’s attempts to incorporate race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. We will build a society that is colorblind and based on merit.

Starting today, the official policy of the US government will only recognize two genders: male and female.

This week, I will reappoint all soldiers who were unjustly dismissed for opposing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and fully compensate them.

I will sign an order to stop our fighters from being subjected to radical political theories and social experiments in the performance of their missions. This will end immediately. Our armed forces will focus on their only mission: to defeat America’s enemies.

Just as in 2017, we will once again build the world’s most powerful military. To measure our success, we should not only look at how many battles we have won, but also at which wars we have ended, and perhaps most importantly, at which wars we have not become involved in.

My proudest legacy will be as a peacemaker and unifier. That’s the person I want to be, a peacemaker and unifier. I’m pleased to announce that as of yesterday, on the eve of my inauguration, the hostages in the Middle East are returning to their families. Thank you.

The United States will regain its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, and most respected country on earth, inspiring awe and admiration worldwide. Soon after, we will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

We will put the name of the great President William McKinley back on Mount McKinley, where it should be and belongs. President McKinley made our country very wealthy through tariffs and talent. He was a born businessman who provided funding for many great things done by Teddy Roosevelt, including the Panama Canal, which was later foolishly handed over to the country of Panama.

I mean, think about it, the United States spent an unprecedented amount of money on the construction of the Panama Canal and sacrificed 38,000 lives. Yet we are being treated very unfairly because of this unwarranted gift.

Panama’s commitment to us has been broken. The purpose of our agreement and the spirit of the treaty have been completely violated. American ships have been heavily overcharged and are not being treated fairly. This includes the U.S. Navy… We will take it back.

Most importantly, what I want to say to the American people today is that now is the time for us to act again with the courage, vitality, and vitality of the greatest civilization in history. Therefore, when we liberate our country, we will lead it to new heights of victory and success. We will not be intimidated.

We will together end the epidemic of chronic diseases, and ensure our children are safe, healthy, and free from illness.

The United States will once again see itself as a country that is constantly developing, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, elevates our expectations, and carries our flag to new and brighter horizons.

We will pursue our manifest destiny and march towards the stars, sending American astronauts to Mars and planting the Stars and Stripes on the Martian surface.

Ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation. And now, our country is more ambitious than any other. No country can compare to ours. Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneers. The pioneering spirit is ingrained in our hearts.

The call for the next great adventure echoes from the depths of our souls. Our American ancestors turned a small group of colonies on the edge of the vast continent into the most extraordinary republic on earth. Unmatched.

Americans traversed thousands of miles of rugged wilderness. They crossed deserts, scaled mountains, fearlessly conquered the wild west, ended slavery, freed millions from tyranny, lifted billions out of poverty, harnessed electricity, split the atom, and sent humanity to the heavens, mastering the universe of human knowledge.

If we work together, there is nothing we can’t do and no dreams we can’t achieve.

Many people thought I couldn’t stage such a historic political comeback. But as you can see today, I did it. The American people have spoken.

I am now standing in front of you to prove that you should never believe that some things are impossible. In America, the impossible is what we do best.

From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to here in Washington, D.C., our country was forged and built by generations of patriots who sacrificed everything for our rights and freedoms.

They are farmers and soldiers, cowboys and factory workers, steelworkers and coal miners, police and pioneers, they keep advancing, forging ahead, not letting any obstacle defeat their spirit or pride.

They laid railways together, built skyscrapers, constructed great highways, won two world wars, defeated fascism… and overcame every challenge they faced.

After experiencing all of this together, we are about to embark on the greatest four years in American history. With your help, we will restore America’s promise, we will rebuild this country that we love so deeply.

We are one nation, one family, and one glorious nation under God’s blessing. So, to every parent who dreams for their children, and to every child who dreams for the future, I am with you, I will fight for you, I will win for you. We will win unprecedented victories.

Thank you, thank you.

In recent years, our country has suffered great hardships. But we will make it recover and make it great again, more brilliant than ever before. We will be an unparalleled country, full of compassion, courage, and excellence.

Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to this angry, violent, and completely unpredictable world.

The United States will be respected and admired again, including by people of faith and goodwill. We will thrive, we will be proud, we will be incredibly strong, and we will win like never before.

We will not be conquered, we will not be threatened, we will not be defeated, we will not fail. From this day forward, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign, and independent nation.

We will stand brave, we will live proud, we will dream big, nothing can stop us, because we are Americans. The future belongs to us. Our golden age is just beginning. Thank you, God bless America, thank you all.

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