President Donald Trump’s inauguration address — full text

President Donald Trump’s inauguration address promised a “golden age of America” and to “declare a national emergency at our southern border.”

Photo: Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AFP) (Photo by JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AFP via Getty Images).