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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has congratulated US President Donald Trump on his return to the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cWarm congratulations to Donald Trump on his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. Greece is committed to our strong, strategic relationship and looks forward to working with your government to promote security, stability, and shared prosperity,\u201d Mitsotakis said on X.<\/p>\n

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Heartfelt congratulations to @realDonaldTrump<\/a> on being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. Greece is committed to our strong strategic partnership and looks forward to working with your administration to advance security, stability, and shared prosperity.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president, promising a \u201crevolution of common sense\u201d and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country\u2019s institutions.<\/p>\n

Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will act swiftly after the ceremony. Dozens of executive orders have already been prepared for his signature to clamp down on border crossings, increase fossil fuel development and end diversity and inclusion programs across the federal government.<\/p>\n

Declaring that government faces a \u201ccrisis of trust,\u201d Trump said in his inaugural address that under his administration \u201cour sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump claimed \u201ca mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal,\u201d promising to \u201cgive the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom this moment on,\u201d he added, \u201cAmerica\u2019s decline is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive orders are the first step in what Trump is calling \u201cthe complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other goals will prove more difficult, perhaps testing the patience of supporters who were promised quick success. Trump has talked about lowering prices after years of inflation, but his plans for tariffs on imports from foreign countries could have the opposite effect.<\/p>\n

Frigid weather rewrote the pageantry of the day. Trump\u2019s swearing-in was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda \u2013 the first time that has happened in 40 years \u2013 and the inaugural parade was replaced by an event at a downtown arena. Throngs of Trump supporters who descended on the city to watch the inaugural ceremony outside the Capitol from the National Mall were left to find other places to view the festivities.<\/p>\n

At the Capitol, Vice President JD Vance was sworn in first, taking the oath read by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a Bible given to him by his great-grandmother. Trump followed moments after noon, using both a family Bible and the one used by President Abraham Lincoln at his 1861 inauguration as Chief Justice John Roberts administered his oath.<\/p>\n

A cadre of billionaires and tech titans \u2013 including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai \u2013 were given prominent positions in the Capitol Rotunda, mingling with Trump\u2019s incoming team before the ceremony began. Also there was Elon Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, who is expected to lead an effort to slash spending and federal employees.<\/p>\n

Trump began the day with a prayer service at St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church. He and his wife, Melania, were later greeted at the North Portico of the executive mansion by outgoing President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for the customary tea and coffee reception. It was a stark departure from four years ago, when Trump refused to acknowledge Biden\u2019s victory or attend his inauguration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome home,\u201d Biden said to Trump after the president-elect stepped out of the car. The two presidents, who have spent years bitterly criticizing each other, shared a limo on the way to the Capitol. After the ceremony, Trump walked with Biden to the building\u2019s east side, where Biden departed via helicopter to begin his post-presidential life.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s inauguration realized a political comeback without precedent in American history. Four years ago, he was voted out of the White House during an economic collapse caused by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Trump denied his defeat and tried to cling to power. He directed his supporters to march on the Capitol while lawmakers were certifying the election results, sparking a riot that interrupted the country\u2019s tradition of the peaceful transfer of power.<\/p>\n

But Trump never lost his grip on the Republican Party and was undeterred by criminal cases and two assassination attempts as he steamrolled rivals and harnessed voters\u2019 exasperation with inflation and illegal immigration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am ready for a new United States,\u201d said Cynde Bost, 63, from Lake Havasu City, Arizona.<\/p>\n

Trump used his inaugural address to repeat his claims that he was targeted by political prosecutions, and he promised to begin \u201cfair, equal and impartial justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged that he was taking office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which honors the slain civil rights hero. Trump said, \u201cWe will strive together to make his dream a reality,\u201d and he thanked Black and Latino voters for their support in November.<\/p>\n

Now Trump is the first person convicted of a felony \u2013 for falsifying business records related to hush money payments \u2013 to serve as president. He pledged to \u201cpreserve, protect and defend\u201d the Constitution from the same spot that was overrun by his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. He\u2019s said that one of his first acts in office will be to pardon many of those who participated in the riot.<\/p>\n

Eight years after he first entered the White House as a political newcomer, Trump is far more familiar with the operations of federal government and emboldened to bend it to his vision. Trump wants to bring quick change by curtailing immigration, enacting tariffs on imports and rolling back Democrats\u2019 climate and social initiatives.<\/p>\n

He has also promised retribution against his political opponents and critics, and placed personal loyalty as a prime qualification for appointments to his administration.<\/p>\n

With minutes to go before leaving office, Biden issued preemptive pardons to his siblings and their spouses to shield them from the possibility of prosecution. He said in a statement that his family \u201chas been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats\u201d and that he has \u201cno reason to believe these attacks will end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Biden took a similar step with current and former government officials who have been the target of Trump\u2019s anger. Biden said \u201cthese are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has pledged to go further and move faster in enacting his agenda than during his first term, and already the country\u2019s political, business and technology leaders have realigned themselves to accommodate Trump. Democrats who once formed a \u201cresistance\u201d are now divided over whether to work with Trump or defy him. Billionaires have lined up to meet with Trump as they acknowledge his unrivaled power in Washington and his ability to wield the levers of government to help or hurt their interests.<\/p>\n

Long skeptical of American alliances, Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d foreign policy is being watched warily at home and abroad as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine will soon enter its third year, and a fragile ceasefire appears to be holding in Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n

Trump said he would lead a government that \u201cexpands our territory,\u201d a reference to his goals of acquiring Greenland from Denmark and restoring US control of the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n

He also said he would \u201cpursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.\u201d Musk, the owner of a space rocket company with billions of dollars in federal contracts, cheered and pumped his arms above his head as Trump spoke.<\/p>\n

Also present in the Rotunda was the head of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned social media app deemed a national security risk by the US Trump has promised to lift an effective ban on TikTok through one of many executive orders expected to be issued on Monday.<\/p>\n

Trump is planning to crackdown on the US southern border with a playbook that\u2019s similar to his first term \u2013 declaring a national emergency, limiting the number of refugees entering the US and deploying the military. An app called CBP One, which has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the US with eligibility to work, has already stopped working.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s expected to take additional actions \u2013 including constitutionally questionable ones \u2013 such as attempting to end birthright citizenship automatically bestowed on people born in the US<\/p>\n

Trump will also sign an executive order aimed at ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government. Conservatives have long criticized programs that give preference based on race, gender and sexual orientation, arguing they violate the Constitution. [Kathimerini, AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n