The inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, took place in Washington on January 20. Let us recall that this is his second term – the first was from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021. In the November 2024 elections, Trump received 277 of the 270 required votes. His opponent from the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, received 224 of 270 votes.

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee who proposes a more conservative course of policy in the United States. In addition, one of Trump's statements was that if he wins, he will stop a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine "within 24 hours." In general, according to the Republican platform, Trump and his supporters plan to achieve "peace through strength" in the framework of foreign policy.

Along with Vice President J.D. Vance, Trump took the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.

Trump's inauguration speech can be viewed here (there is a Russian audio recording).

The Cost of Trump's Inauguration

According to The Washington Post, the new US president received more than $150 million for his inauguration, a record amount for such cases, 2.5 times more than what Joe Biden collected for his inauguration four years ago.

The list of sponsors also included Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg. It is known that the latter donated a million US dollars to the event.

What else is known

According to CNN sources, Donald Trump intends to sign more than 100 executive orders on his first day in office. CNN sources said the orders will be aimed at increasing energy production in the US, strengthening border controls, and so on. The plans also include maintaining access to the TikTok social network for Americans.

In addition, CNN reports that yesterday Trump instructed his aides to arrange a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin within days of taking office. One of the topics of the conversation will be a discussion of a face-to-face meeting in the coming months to end the war in Ukraine.

"The American people have placed their trust in us, and in return, we are going to give them the best first day, the greatest first week, and the greatest first 100 days of any presidency in American history," the Republican said at a rally in Washington on the eve of the inauguration.

In turn, Joe Biden left Washington after Trump's inauguration. The Democrat's plane flew to California.

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