It's Inauguration Day: what's in store as the second Trump administration begins

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Donald Trump is sworn in at the 47th President of the United States. His first actions included publicly signing executive orders -- and giving pardons to January 6 defendants. Plus, following the money - a look at who might benefit the most from the Trump's return to office. Susan Glasser, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Isaac Arnsdorf, Barbara McQuade, Jeff Stein, Ron Insana, and Jon Mecham join The 11th Hour this Monday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Donald Trump is now back in the White House.
0:04.0	Just hours ago, he pardoned more than a thousand January 6 rioters and signed a wave of executive orders, setting his top priorities in motion.
0:13.2	Then some of the world's richest men front and center at the inauguration.
0:17.5	How Trump's White House could deliver big for business and what it means for the everyday voter as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:31.1	Good evening. Once again, I'm Stephanie Rule. It is day one of the second Trump administration.
0:38.5	Donald Trump has been president for a grand total of 11 hours, and he wasted no time imposing
0:43.8	his will on American government. Tonight, he announced he was pardoning or commuting the
0:48.7	sentences of virtually everyone involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol. That includes Stuart Rhodes, remember that name, the founder of the oathkeepers, and
0:58.6	Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the proud boys.
1:01.8	Both of these men were tried in federal court and convicted of seditious conspiracy.
1:07.7	Donald Trump also signed an order redefining birthright citizenship. For more than
1:13.3	150 years, the 14th Amendment has given American citizenship to anyone born on American soil.
1:20.4	But Donald Trump is trying to restrict that, saying that will not be the case for children of
1:24.7	undocumented immigrants. By the way, tonight Donald Trump said the U.S.
1:28.7	is the only country with birthright citizenship. Well, for fact's sake, that is not true.
1:34.1	Many other countries have it, including Mexico and Canada. Donald Trump signed those orders
1:39.3	just a few hours after he was sworn in. Also, today, he gave multiple speeches. The first was his official
1:45.6	scripted inaugural speech. But during the second speech, that is when Trump was Trump, and he let it
1:52.0	rip. The golden age of America begins right now. I was going to talk about the J6 hostages. A tide of change is sweeping the country,
2:04.7	sunlight is pouring over the entire world. And I was going to talk about the things that Joe did today
2:10.9	with the pardons of peoples like the unselect committee of political thugs. Never again will the immense power of the state
2:20.2	be weaponized to persecute political opponents.
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