On Monday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as president for the second time and will deliver his inaugural speech. What will he say this time? Reuters obtained fragments of the speech. The new president is expected to announce the signing of a number of executive orders and the start of the “total reconstruction of America.”
Donald Trump will take the oath of office and officially begin his presidency at 12 noon local time (6 p.m. in Poland). Due to the weather, this ceremony will take place not on the steps in front of the entrance to the Capitol, but inside the Capitol Rotunda. For the first time in history, foreign leaders will watch the ceremony on site.
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“A wave of change is sweeping the country”
According to fragments of the speech obtained by Reuters, Trump is supposed to argue that “a wave of changes is sweeping the country.” “Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. Thanks to these actions, we will begin the complete reconstruction of America and a revolution of common sense,” the new president is said to have said.
Trump also argued during the election campaign that he would end the Russia-Ukraine war on the first day of his presidency, but his advisers admitted that any peace agreement would be a matter of months.
Donald Trump returns to the White House. As Axios pointed out, Trump's previous speech in 2017 was 1,400 words long and was the shortest in modern American history. In turn, the speech Joe Biden it was the longest in recent history and had 2,500 words.
The inauguration of Donald Trump's presidency is fast approaching. What can we expect? Marcin Wrona/Fakty TVN
The longest speech in history was delivered by William Harrison in 1841. His speech was almost 8,500 words long. The shortest speech (135 words) was delivered by George Washington in 1793, when he became president for the second time.
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