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Trump declares a "national emergency" in his first minutes in office

Trump declares a "national emergency" in his first minutes in office

President Donald Trump, in his first minutes in office, said he was declaring a "national energy emergency" to help lower prices, one of his key campaign promises.

"We're going to do training, kids, training," he said during his inaugural address on Monday.

Trump claimed in the speech that "the inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices."

The new president also said he would direct his cabinet to use the "great powers at their disposal" to lower the cost of goods.

Trump in his inaugural address highlighted several executive actions he said he would take, including rolling back clean energy initiatives.

“With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal and repeal the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred promise to my great American auto workers,” Trump said to applause. “In other words, you will be able to buy the car of your choice. We will once again build cars in America at a pace that no one could have dreamed possible just a few years ago.”

He went on to thank auto workers for their "inspiring vote of confidence."

"We did extremely well with their vote," he added.


In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said his "life was spared" by the grace of God to make America great again, referring to the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, while he was on the campaign trail.

Trump has been channeling religious imagery following the assassination attempt, with some of his supporters at the Republican National Convention seeing his survival as divine intervention.

 

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