Donald Trump Promises a ‘Golden Age’ in His Inaugural Address

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The 47th President declares that “America’s decline is over,” and announces his executive order to declare a national emergency on the southern border. Will the second Trump administration get off to a faster start after learning from the mistakes of the first term? Plus, Joe Biden uses his final hours in office to issue pre-emptive pardons to his family and political allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	America's energy future begins now.
0:02.9	More American oil and natural gas means more jobs, more security, and more innovation.
0:08.3	America's moment is now.
0:10.5	Learn more at lights on energy.org.
0:13.0	Paid for by the American Petroleum Institute.
0:17.5	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.0	Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, is now sworn in as the 47th president.
0:31.7	He said in his inaugural address that today is Liberation Day and the Golden Age of America begins right now. We'll break down
0:41.3	the inaugural address and what it heralds about his actions going forward on day one of the
0:46.4	administration. Plus, President Biden literally in his last hour, issues blanket pardons for
0:53.9	his siblings and in-laws. Those are our subjects on this
0:58.8	important day in American history, the 60th inauguration of an American president. Welcome. This is
1:05.2	Potomac Watch, the podcast of the Wall Street Journal opinion page. I'm Paul Giego, the editor of those pages,
1:11.4	and I'm here with my colleagues, Kim Strassel and Bill McGurne. Let's listen to a couple of clips
1:16.8	from the inaugural address, first on that golden age, and then about Trump, and what he says
1:23.0	is his sense of destiny. The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country
1:33.3	will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation,
1:40.2	and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer.
1:46.3	During every single day of the Trump administration,
1:50.1	I will very simply put America first.
1:55.7	Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president
1:59.9	in our 250-year history,
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