US Presidential Inauguration highlights: USA's decline over, change will come quickly, says Trump

Donald Trump oath taking ceremony 2025 LIVE updates: Trump will take the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, at 10:30 pm IST

11:16 PM

Trump calls Inauguration Day "liberation day"

11:15 PM

White House website declares "America is back" as Trump takes oath

11:15 PM

Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful"

Country music star Carrie Underwood is performing “America the Beautiful” following President Donald Trump’s inaugural address.

11:09 PM

I'll deliver a 'colour-blind and merit-based' society: Donal Trump

11:07 PM

Trump says Gulf of Mexico's name is to be changed to Gulf of America

11:06 PM

We are taking back the Panama canal, says Trump

China is operating the Panama Canal, we didn’t give the Panama Canal to China, we gave it to Panama and we are taking it back.

11:05 PM

Trump on Mars mission

"Will be launching American astronauts to plant the stars & stripes on planet Mars," said Trump in his inaugural address.

11:01 PM

It is my hope that the recent election will be remembered as the greatest in history of our country: Trump

Trump says his government will work to meet every crisis with "dignity, power and strength" and will "bring back prosperity for citizens of every race, religion, colour and creed".

 

"January 20th 2025 is liberation day", he says, to a loud applause in the Rotunda.

 

"It is my hope that the recent election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential in history of our country," Trump says.

10:59 PM

National emergency on southern border will be signed today

Trump is now detailing some of the executive actions he plans to take now that he's president.

 

Today, he says, he'll sign an executive order declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border.

 

All illegal entry will "immediately be halted" he says, adding that the government will begin the process of returning millions of "criminal aliens" to where they came from.

 

He talks about some of the actions he's planning, including reinstating the so-called Remain in Mexico policy and sending more troops and manpower to the border.

10:58 PM

We will build mobiles in America again at a rate that nobody would've thought before: Trump

"We will build mobiles in America again at a rate that nobody would've thought before."

 

"We will establish a brand new department of government efficiency."

 

"Department of govt efficiency to be established."

10:55 PM

America's challenges will be "annihilated", says President Trump

10:53 PM

Trump confirms plans to announce national emergency on southern borders

Trump during his inaugural address confirms plans to announce national emergency on southern borders. He also said all illegal entries will be halted and that they will begin the process of sending back “criminal elements” back to Mexico.

 

He stated that he will be designating criminal cartels as foreign terrorist organisations.

10:52 PM

We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, we will not forget our God: Trump

10:52 PM

"My life was saved for a reason. My life was saved by God to make America great again," says Trump

10:49 PM

From this moment on, America's decline is over, says Donald Trump in his inaugral address

10:49 PM

King Charles sends personal congratulations

10:47 PM

PM Modi congratulates 'dear friend' Trump on inauguration

10:47 PM

I was saved by God to make America great again: Trump

10:45 PM

Golden age of US begins now, says Donald Trump during his inaugral address

10:33 PM

Donald Trump takes oath as the 47th president of the United States

Donald Trump is now being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The swearing-in ceremony is happening in the Capitol Rotunda due to the cold temperatures outside.

 

He is expected to use Abraham Lincoln’s bible for the oath, his inauguration said previously. It is the same bible Lincoln used during his swearing-in ceremony in 1861.

 

Trump will also use a personal bible — the same two that he used to take the oath of office in 2017

 

Chief Justice John Roberts is administer the oath to Trump.

10:32 PM

JD Vance was sworn in as vice president while being surrounded by his family

JD Vance was sworn in as vice president while being surrounded by his family.

 

Unlike the president, an oath for the vice president is not specified in the Constitution. Instead, it was created by Congress and appears in the US Code. It’s also the same oath that is taken by other federal officials, including lawmakers.

 

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is administering the oath of office to Vance.

10:30 PM

US Inauguration Day Live: Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for family members

Outgoing US President Joe Biden issued last-minute pre-emptive pardons on Monday for several of his close family members.

In a statement issued just minutes before he was to leave office, Biden announced pre-emptive pardons for his brother James Biden, James's wife Sara Jones Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens, Valerie's husband John Owens, and his brother Francis Biden.

10:17 PM

Trump arrives in Rotunda to take oath of office

Donald Trump is now in the very packed Capitol Rotunda room. It is here, in a short while, he will be sworn in as 47th president of the United States. His wife, the current president and vice president, and his soon to be vice president all entered moments before him.

10:14 PM

Opera singer Christoper Macchio kickstarts inauguration ceremony festivities

9:55 PM

Donald Trump arrives at US capitol for inauguration as president

8:47 PM

Biden welcomes Trump at White House for a preinaugural tea, restoring traditions

7:13 PM

Trump to authorize deployment of US troops to the border, Fox reports

President-elect Donald Trump will sign 11 border-related executive orders, including one authorizing the deployment of U.S. troops to the border, a Fox News reporter said in a post on X on Monday.
 

Another order will designate certain international cartels and crime organizations as terrorist groups, while another will direct the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense to finish construction of the border wall and deploy personnel to control the border, the reporter said, citing details from three of the orders that Fox obtained. 

7:11 PM

People start to gather outside US Capitol Rotunda building ahead of Trump's inauguration

People have started to gather outside the US Capitol Rotunda building, where US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is scheduled to be held today.

 

Republican leader Donald Trump will take oath as the 47th US President. The ceremonial event is set to take place on Monday, approximately two weeks after Trump's electoral college win was certified by the US Congress.

 

 

7:10 PM

Oil prices hold steady as market awaits Trump policy announcements

Oil prices were steady on Monday as traders awaited US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in the hope of some clarity on his policy agenda, including plans to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

 

Brent crude futures were up 6 cents, or 0.07 per cent at $80.85 by 1330 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 31 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $78.19.

 

The more active U.S. WTI crude March contract was up 9 cents at $77.48.

 

The focus is what executive orders Donald Trump will sign over the next 24 hours, said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo.

 

Independent oil analyst Gaurav Sharma said that expectations are for Trump to "go hard after Iran and Venezuela's oil industry, with stronger sanctions against Russian oil already in play and priced in".

 

"This will largely keep the Brent front-month contract around the $80 mark until the Trump administration's initial energy policies emerge," he added.

7:03 PM

Jaishankar carrying letter from PM Modi for President Trump, PTI claims quoting sources