See the moment Trump is sworn in as U.S. president
Donald Trump was sworn in Monday to his second term in office, becoming the 47th president of the United States.
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We’ve paused this page. Scroll down for a recap of the inauguration, as it happened.The president used the inaugural address to lay out the broad strokes of his first-day executive orders. The speech did not mention Canada.We are continuing to cover inauguration day at cbcnews.ca.Updates
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With the congressional luncheon underway, we’re taking a break on this live page
Rhianna Schmunk
President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump leavet after the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via The Associated Press (Pool))We’ll have more coverage on inauguration day and what the Trump administration means for Canada at cbcnews.ca throughout the day.
You can also find a fulsome story on Trump’s inauguration here.
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‘A once-in-a-lifetime event — like seeing a bridge get blown up’
Avneet Dhillon
Americans react to Trump’s inauguration
Donald Trump has been sworn in for his second term as U.S. president. Here is how some Americans in Washington reacted to the inauguration.
People from states like Michigan, Arizona and New Jersey travelled to Washington, D.C., to support the president. One told CBC News watching the inauguration was like “a once-in-a-lifetime event — like seeing a bridge get blown up or something.”
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Danielle Smith says Canada needs to spend more on defence
John Rieti
Alberta’s premier, who is in Washington for the inauguration, said it’s clear Trump likes tariffs, but today “he’s given Canada a reprieve.”
She said the two countries have a complicated and delicate relationship, but Canada has an opportunity right now to show the U.S. how they benefit from that relationship.
Smith said she thinks Canada needs to meet its NATO spending target. “The world’s a dangerous place,” she said, noting she believes the U.S. government thinks Canada has been getting a free ride on its security.
Other premiers have also called on the feds to bolster defence spending.
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‘We’ll expand our territory,’ says Trump. Um, to where?
Alexander Panetta
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. (Andrew Harnik/Reuters)Three extraordinary words were sandwiched into Trump’s inaugural speech — deep enough in the midst of a lengthy sentence that they risk going unnoticed.
Trump referred to expanding U.S. territory, something that has not happened in generations. He tucked the words “expand our territory” into a string of things he wants to do.
It’s obviously notable given all of Trump’s recent musings: making Canada a state, annexing Greenland and reclaiming the Panama Canal.
But it was vague. He’d just been speaking about taking back the Panama Canal, and then talked about planting the American flag on Mars.
It was sandwiched in an intervening to-do list: “The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons. And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars — launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars. Ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation and right now our nation is more ambitious than any other.”
To be clear, Trump did not refer in his speech, in any way, to either Canada or Greenland. For what it’s worth, the idea of annexing either of those places is deeply unpopular among Americans, according to a poll released a few days ago by the Wall Street Journal.
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Bezos and Zuckerberg are lunching with the president
Rhianna Schmunk
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, right, are seen with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez before the luncheon in the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol on Trump’s inauguration day. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are at Trump’s congressional luncheon at the National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol after watching the president take the oath of office. The billionaires each promised to donate $1 million US to Trump’s inauguration committee.
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Gulf of giggles: Hillary Clinton laughs at Trump line
Alexander Panetta
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends Trump’s inauguration. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Didn’t catch it in real time, but Hillary Clinton could be seen bursting out in laughter as Trump promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
During Trump’s inaugural address, she erupted in guffaws while seated next to her husband, Bill, when Trump said, “A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.”
Trump’s fans didn’t find it as risible: they gave him a standing ovation.
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Trump signs series of documents before lunch
Rhianna Schmunk
A U.S. flag flies at full staff at the West Front the U.S. Capitol building as Donald Trump was sworn in for his second presidential term in Washington. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)Trump is now signing a series of proclamations inside the President’s Room, as is custom. One of his orders stated flags will be flown at full-staff on this inauguration day and all those to come. Flags were at half-staff today because the nation is still within the 30-day mourning period for the late former president Jimmy Carter.
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Word count: Trump speech longer than usual
Alexander Panetta
Trump’s second inaugural address clocked in at about 2,800 words. It was longer than the historical average (just over 2,000 words) and fully double Trump’s “American Carnage” speech eight years ago (1,400 words).
These speeches can be very short. The Roosevelts, Lincoln, Washington — all gave brief addresses of just a few hundred words.
But the addresses can also be long — maybe even tragically so.
In 1841, William Harrison went on for almost 8,500 words, almost quadruple the length of Joe Biden’s speech.
People have mused that it cost his life. It was raining. He wasn’t wearing a coat. He later got sick and died of pneumonia a month later — the first president to die in office.
But, frankly, the evidence isn’t great that voluminous oratory was the cause of death.
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Trudeau comments on tariffs
Rhianna Schmunk
No Trump tariffs for Canada expected on inauguration day — but trade still on U.S. president’s radar
CBC’s chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton explains what’s happening with trade and tariffs, as of early Monday afternoon, after U.S. media reports that Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs wouldn’t be coming on inauguration day.
Canada isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to trade with the U.S. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke briefly with reporters outside a cabinet retreat in Montebello, Que., after Trump took office and was asked to confirm that there will be no tariffs from Trump today. Responding in French, he said, “Not yet.”
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Panama says Panama Canal will stay under its control
Rhianna Schmunk
Trump’s inaugural speech repeated his intention to take back control of the Panama Canal, which the U.S. owned for decades until handing it over in 1999. Later on Monday, Panama’s President José Raúl Mulin said the canal “will continue to be under Panamanian control with permanent neutrality.”
