Donald Trump Inaugurated as 47th U.S. President

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Donald Trump takes the presidential oath of office on Monday, ushering in a second term that he says will push hardline policies on immigration and trade, deregulate industry and slash climate protections. We get your reactions to his inaugural address and what you think the coming days and weeks will bring. How are you preparing for a second Trump term? Guests: Claudia Grisales, national correspondent, NPR Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent, Vox Franklin Foer, staff writer, The Atlantic; His books include "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.3	Donald Trump has just been sworn in as our nation's 47th president and has pledged to immediately sign nearly 100 executive actions that would crack down on immigration, opened up more domestic energy production, strip job protections from career civil servants, among other things.
1:44.8	For his supporters, there's elation at his return to power.
1:48.5	For detractors, many report a collective resignation rather than the resistance of 2017.
1:55.1	How are you feeling?
1:56.5	And how is this moment different for you from eight years ago?
2:00.5	Forum is next.
2:01.6	Welcome to Forum.
2:15.6	President Donald Trump's AIDS forecast that the nation's 47th president would
2:19.2	strike a tone of unity and light during his inaugural address. But except for a reference to
2:25.1	sunlight pouring over the entire world, the president quickly pivoted to describing a dark,
2:31.0	present, an incompetent previous administration and attacking marginalized groups.
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