
Washington, USA:
US President-elect Donald Trump vowed to take emergency action at a huge victory rally on the eve of his inauguration on Sunday, starting with a crackdown on an “invasion” of migrants at the Mexican border.
“Starting tomorrow, I will act with historic speed and strength to solve every single crisis facing our country,” Trump told a cheering crowd in a Washington square a day before being sworn in for a second term. said
Republican Trump was joined on stage by Elon Musk — a tech tycoon who is set to lead a major cost-cutting drive in his administration — and who promised to “do a great job” and make America ” “For centuries” was committed to strengthening. Trump, 78, focused on immigration in his campaign-style speech, driving home the dark messages that helped him win the November presidential election.
“We’re going to stop the attack on our borders,” added Trump, whose administration has indicated it plans to launch raids targeting undocumented immigrants within days of taking office.
The billionaire also criticized the “failed administration” of outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden.
The rally featured celebrity supporters, including actor Jon Voight and musician Kid Rock, who paid tribute to Trump.
Despite the snow, long lines of Trump supporters formed outside the arena.
“I wanted to see history unfold before my eyes,” 21-year-old student Alan McNally from Connecticut told AFP.
‘Golden Age’
As he prepares to return to the White House on Monday, the future US commander-in-chief earlier made a highly symbolic visit to Arlington National Cemetery, the resting place of America’s war dead.
Wearing a black overcoat, red tie and black gloves, Trump laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, followed by incoming Vice President J.D. Vance.
The embarrassing ceremony contrasted with Trump’s last trip to the cemetery as a presidential candidate in August, when the US military criticized his staff for pushing a cemetery employee.
Trump has had a troubled relationship with the military, and while often professing his support for the armed forces, he has privately mocked war dead while president, according to his former chief of staff. Trump’s hopes of a huge crowd to watch his inauguration at the US Capitol on Monday suffered a setback, however, when forecasts of freezing weather forced organizers to move the event indoors.
Instead of being sworn in on the steps of the Capitol, Trump will now take the oath under the large dome of its rotunda, which was last used for the ceremony at Ronald Reagan’s inauguration 40 years ago.
“You’re going to hear President Trump talk about how we’re entering a golden age of America,” his incoming press secretary Carolyn Levitt told America’s Newsroom on Fox News.
‘Save Tik Tok’
Back in the Oval Office, Trump has vowed to take a series of swift actions, starting with deporting millions of undocumented immigrants. Trump told NBC on Sunday that the deportations would “start very, very soon” — though his border czar, Tom Homan, said the administration was reconsidering plans for an initial showcase raid in Chicago when his The plans were leaked to the media.
Trump said he would immediately sign a record number of executive orders, overturning many of Biden’s policies, including on diversification and offshore sites and oil drilling on federal land.
Biden traveled to South Carolina on Sunday, his last day as US president, to visit civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. On the occasion of a national holiday in honor of
The “Trump effect” is already on display, with TikTok crediting its “clarity” for being able to restore service in the United States after briefly going dark due to the ban on national security grounds. .
“We have to save TikTok,” Trump told the rally.
He had previously promised to issue an executive order delaying the ban to give time to “work out a deal” to remove TikTok’s US subsidiary from Chinese ownership.
In the Middle East, the first three Israeli hostages were freed on Sunday under a Gaza ceasefire that Trump’s team has joined with the Biden administration.
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