President Trump begins his first full day back in the White House
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
President Trump begins his first full day back in the White House, having signed a flurry of executive orders and making other policy announcements immediately after his inauguration on Monday. The new president also issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the Capitol riots four years ago.
Also in the programme: another dramatic day in South Korean politics as the impeached president appears in court; and Israel launches a major offensive in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
(IMAGE: US President Donald Trump signs numerous executive orders, including pardons for defendants from the January 6th riots and a delay on the TikTok ban, on the first day of his presidency in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2025 / CREDIT: Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming to you live from Washington, D.C. I'm Neula McGovern. Rebecca Kesby is in London. |
| 0:13.4 | It is the first full day of Donald Trump's second term as president of the United States. He returns to power with a new confidence and detailed agenda, |
| 0:22.8 | some of which he began to enact immediately. Shortly after being sworn in, Mr. Trump promised |
| 0:27.9 | the start of a new era for the United States. From this day on, the United States of America |
| 0:33.6 | will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely. |
| 0:39.1 | We will live proudly. |
| 0:41.4 | We will dream boldly. |
| 0:43.7 | And nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans. |
| 0:47.4 | The future is ours. |
| 0:49.7 | And our golden age has just begun. |
| 0:53.2 | Yesterday, I watched President Trump's inaugural address with these Trump supporters that were |
| 0:58.1 | gathered in a par. |
| 0:59.7 | They were jubilant, not just at his return, but also his message. |
| 1:04.5 | His speech was exactly what he ran on. |
| 1:08.0 | We're from Texas, so we're big on energy in the border. And he spoke to both of us, |
| 1:13.4 | and that fired us up. I'm pretty pumped. Like I said, it's just fun to be amongst, like, |
| 1:18.0 | fellow Americans. I think regardless of what sides you're on, it's just fun to kind of soak in |
| 1:22.4 | the patriotism. I feel great. I think our country's going to be in a much better position globally. |
| 1:27.9 | And I do think that we will move forward and be a stronger country. |
| 1:32.1 | We look very forward to the next four years. |
| 1:35.7 | Some of the Trump supporters we met. |
| 1:38.8 | Well, Molly Ball is the senior political reporter for the Wall Street Journal. |
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