US President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his long-standing claim that the 2020 presidential elections were “totally rigged” and alleged similar attempts were made in 2024, but this time the mandate was “too big to rig.”
Addressing supporters during the signing room ceremony in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol after his formal inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda, Trump reflected on his political journey.
“This is a journey that started in 2015, probably 20 years before that…people used to ask me, ‘you gonna run for president’. I always said ‘no no no’. One day I said, ‘Let’s give it a shot’,” Trump said.
He emphasized that resolving border issues has been a priority for him since his first campaign. “In 2015-16, I talked about the border. And now I talked about the border, but this border is much worse…we fixed the border, it was totally fixed…in 2020…The 2020 election was totally rigged but that’s okay…The only thing good about it was how bad they were. How incompetent they are. Historically this is a much bigger event,” he added.
Reflecting on his electoral performance, Trump said, “We did much better in second time in 2020. We got millions more votes…no president has ever got that many more votes I got 9 million more than anybody ever got,…and they said we lost…because of that I said to Melania ‘What do you think’, she said ‘you wanna do this again’. Had I thought we lost, I wouldn’t do it again…but I know how well we did…and this time we made it too big to rig…they tried they tried.”
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice John Roberts administering the oath. Before Trump’s inauguration, J.D. Vance was sworn in as the 50th U.S. Vice President.
After taking the oath, Trump declared that the “golden age” of America had begun, proclaiming the day as “Liberation Day” for the country.
Commenting on the January 6 Capitol riots, Trump stated that significant measures would be taken for those he referred to as the “J6 hostages.”
“I was going to talk about the J6 hostages but you’ll be happy to know that it is the action and not the words that count and you will see a lot of action on them…They destroyed and deleted all of the information and all hearings, practically not a thing left, on Nancy Pelosi turning down the offer of 10000 soldiers…” he said.
Vice President J.D. Vance also addressed the gathering, thanking supporters and reaffirming the campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
“I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this possible. We love you and it would not have been possible without you. We are going to make America great again for the next four years,” Vance said.
