Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter,
President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans,
and people of the world: Thank you.
We, the citizens of America, are now
joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its
promise for all of our people. Together we will determine the course of
America and the world for many, many years to come. We will face
challenges. We will confront hardships, but we will get the job done.
Every four years we gather on these steps
to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power; and we are
grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their
gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent.
Thank you.
Today's ceremony, however, has very
special meaning because today we are not merely transferring power from
one Administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are
transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the
people.
For too long, a small group in our
nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people
have borne the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share
in its wealth.
Politicians prospered, but the jobs left
and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself but not the
citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories.
Their triumphs have not been your triumphs. And while they celebrated in
our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling
families all across our land.
That all changes starting right here and
right now -- because this moment is your moment. It belongs to you. It
belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across
America. This is your day. This is your celebration. And this, the
United States of America, is your country.
What truly matters is not which party
controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the
people. January 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became
the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country
will be forgotten no longer.
Everyone is listening to you now. You came
by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement, the
likes of which the world has never seen before. At the center of this
movement is a crucial conviction that a nation exists to serve its
citizens. Americans want great schools for their
children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for
themselves.
These are just and reasonable demands of
righteous people and a righteous public, but for too many of our
citizens, a different reality exists: mothers and children trapped in poverty in
our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across
the landscape of our nation; an education system flush with cash but
which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge;
and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many
lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
This American carnage stops right here and
stops right now. We are one nation, and their pain is our pain. Their
dreams are our dreams. And their success will be our success. We share
one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny. The oath of office I take
today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.
For many decades we’ve enriched foreign
industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of
other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our
military. We've defended other nations’ borders while refusing to defend
our own, and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while
America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.
We've made
other countries rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our
country has dissipated over the horizon. One by one, the factories shuttered and
left our shores with not even a thought about the millions and millions
of American workers that were left behind. The wealth of our middle
class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across
the world. But that is the past and now we are looking only to the
future.
We assembled here today are issuing a new
decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every
hall of power: From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.
From this day forward, it's going to be only America first.
America
first.
Every decision on trade, on taxes, on
immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers
and American families. We must protect our borders from the ravages of
other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and
destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and
strength.
I will fight for you with every breath in
my body, and I will never, ever let you down. America will start winning
again, winning like never before.
We will bring back our jobs.
We will
bring back our borders.
We will bring back our wealth.
And we will bring
back our dreams.
We will build new roads and highways and
bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across our wonderful
nation. We will get our people off of welfare and back to work
rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.
We will follow two simple rules: Buy
American; and hire American. We will seek friendship and good will with
the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is
the right of all nations to put their own interests first.
We do not seek to impose our way of life
on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for
everyone to follow. We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones
and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which
we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth.
At the bedrock of our politics will be a
total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our
loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.
The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God's people live
together in unity. We must speak our minds openly, debate our
disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. When America is
united, America is totally unstoppable. There should be no fear. We are
protected, and we will always be protected. We will be protected by the
great men and women of our military and law enforcement and most
importantly, we will be protected by God.
Finally, we must think big and dream even
bigger. In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long
as it is striving. We will no longer accept politicians, who
are all talk and no action, constantly complaining but never doing
anything about it.
The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour
of action. Do not allow anyone to tell you that it cannot be done. No
challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. We will
not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.
We stand at the birth of a [n]ew millennium
ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth from the
miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries, and
technologies of tomorrow. A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and
heal our divisions.
It's time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers
will never forget -- that whether we are black or brown or white, we all
bleed the same red blood of patriots. We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms.
And we all salute the same great American flag.
And whether a child is
born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the wind-swept plains of
Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky. They fill their heart with
the same dreams. And they are infused with the breath of life by the
same Almighty Creator.
So to all Americans in every city near and
far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean,
hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your
hopes and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage
and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
Together we will make America strong
again.
We will make America wealthy again.
We will make America proud
again.
We will make America safe again.
And, yes, together, we will make
America great again.
Thank you. God bless you and God bless
America!
(Source: Americanrhetoric/Youtube)
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