The return of President Trump

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is back in the White House.

The 45th and now 47th president of the United States is wasting no time putting his plans into action.

We look at his speech, and what those actions are.

Justin, Sarah, Marianna and Anthony are together in Washington as all the news breaks.

This episode was made by Chris Flynn with Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Ricardo McCarthy. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Donald
0:08.8	John Trump, do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully execute, that I will faithfully execute. The Office of
0:19.4	President of the United States. The Office of President of the United States.
0:21.6	The Office of President of the United States.
0:24.6	And will, to the best of my ability,
0:26.6	and will to the best of my ability,
0:29.6	preserve, protect, and defend.
0:31.6	Preserve, protect, and defend.
0:33.6	The Constitution of the United States.
0:35.6	So help me God. So help me God.
0:38.1	So help me God.
0:39.3	Congratulations.
0:40.0	And that's it, folks.
0:45.6	That was the moment that Donald Trump became president for the second time.
0:49.9	He went on to make a speech, of course, and we're going to unpack everything he had to say in that and what he's been doing since then.
0:55.4	He's had a very busy first day in office.
0:58.1	And, of course, we'll be talking about Melania's hat.
1:01.4	Welcome to Ameriast.
1:05.2	America's.
1:15.8	Ameriast. AmeriCast from BBC News God spared my life for a reason
1:18.9	Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars
1:23.5	A star is born Elon
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