US Elections

By challenging The Right To Land, Trump Is Destabilising The American Identity

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If it succeeds, Donald Trump's overhaul of the right to citizenship by virtue of birth in the country could profoundly reshape the United States, wiping out a founding principle that has been applied for more than 150 years by this world power, according to several experts. Barely inaugurated as the 47th American president, the Republican ...

Immigration, Climate Change, Panama: Trump's First Shock Announcements As Soon As He Is Sworn In

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A state of emergency on the border with Mexico and ‘millions’ of promised deportations, withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, pardons for hundreds of Capitol Hill attackers... Barely inaugurated as President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on Monday to mark his return to power. However, some of ...

Trump, Sure Of His Strength, Promises An American ‘Golden Age'

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‘The golden age of America has begun": Donald Trump, at the height of his political powers, gave his second term in office a nationalistic and vengeful tone on Monday. ‘God saved me so that I could make America great again’, declared the 45th (2017-2021) and now 47th President of the United States, in reference to an ...

Trump Pledges ‘Golden Age’ During US Presidential Inauguration

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Donald Trump took the oath for a second term as President on Monday.

ReportWith Trump Inauguration Indoors, Supporters Say ‘Winging It’ but Still Thrilled

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With glacial temperatures forcing US President-elect Donald Trump's swearing in indoors, the National Mall, normally jam-packed for inaugurations with hundreds of thousands of revelers, was eerily dead on Monday. We're "winging it," Trump supporters Lorri Williams and Ellie Hymes told AFP from the mall. The pair, who traveled to Washington from ...

VideosInauguration Day Explained

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What happens on Inauguration Day? Does it always fall on the same day? What events await the US President?

Security Heightens at US Capitol Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration

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Preparations are underway at the US Capitol for Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States.

Trade Wars, Culture Wars, and Anti-Immigration: Trump's Big Promises

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A sweeping deportation program, "drill, baby, drill," and peace for Ukraine: President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move big and fast when he returns to the White House on Monday. Here is a look at his sensational but frequently vague promises for a second term -- much of them likely to be enacted through executive ...

Trump Is In Washington Ahead Of His Inauguration As The 47th President of the United States On Monday

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Donald Trump arrived in Washington on Saturday evening for a reception at one of his golf courses, kicking off four days of festivities that will culminate in his inauguration on Monday as the 47th President of the United States. Before arriving with his wife Melania and their son Barron from their fiefdom of Mar-a-Lago, Florida, he promised that ...

Trump Promises a ‘Record’ Number Of Presidential Decrees On His First Day In Office

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Donald Trump promised on Saturday that he would sign a ‘record’ number of presidential decrees immediately after being sworn in on Monday in Washington, where he is expected to arrive this Saturday evening. In a telephone interview with NBC News, the soon-to-be 47th President of the United States said that he did not have a precise figure in ...

Biden Worries About An ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Over America

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In a sombre farewell speech on Wednesday, Joe Biden expressed concern that America was falling into the hands of an ‘oligarchy’, targeting Donald Trump and the tech multi-billionaires now lining up behind him. It was a far cry from the ‘optimism’ professed by the outgoing president over the last four years, during this short address of ...

Trump Discusses Migration With Mexico

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President-elect Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed Wednesday to "stop" US-bound migration, a claim she was quick to publicly downplay. Both sides described the call positively, despite it following a threat by Trump on Monday to slap a 25 percent tariff on Mexico, prompting warnings by the Mexican ...