Ahead of taking charge in the Oval office, US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday addressed a huge MAGA victory celebration and vowed to shift federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the curtain closes on four long years of American decline.”
During his speech, Trump said that that his administration would take quick action in cracking down on the US-Mexico border to preventing World-War 3.
Here are the top quotes from Trump’s speech hours before his inauguration.
Trump vows to roll back executive actions by his predecessor
- “We’re going to give them the best first day, the biggest first week and the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history,” said Trump, who also promised to roll back executive actions by his predecessor, outgoing President Joe Biden, “within hours.”
- “Very soon we will begin the largest deportation exercise in American history. Before this, nobody could even think of open borders, prisons, mental institutions, men playing in women’s sports, transgenders for everyone… Very soon we will begin the largest deportation exercise in American history.”
‘I will prevent World War 3’
- “I will end the war in Ukraine, I will stop the chaos in the Middle East and I will prevent World War 3 from happening – and you have no idea how close we are.”
- He said he would make announcements in his inaugural address on Monday that would be “the most aggressive, sweeping effort to restore our borders the world has ever seen.”
‘We are going to take back our country’
- “We are going to make our country greater than ever before… We are going to take back our country tomorrow at noon ( referring to his inauguration day as the 47th US President). The curtain closes on 4 long years of American decline and we begin a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride.”
- Trump also reiterated his commitment to dismantling the existing political structure, saying, “Once and for all, we are going to end the reign of a failed, corrupt political establishment… We are not going to take it anymore.”
- “Before even taking office, you are seeing results no one expected to see. Everyone is calling it the ‘
Trump Effect .’ It’s you. You are the effect,” Trump told rally attendees.
On TikTok
- “As of today, TikTok is back. You know, I did a little TikTok thing. We have a guy, TikTok Jack. He’s a young kid, like 21 years old. We hired this guy and I went on TikTok. We went on TikTok as Republicans never won the youth vote. They won a lot of votes, but they never won the youth vote. But we won the youth vote by 36 points. So I like TikTok.”
- “Who in this audience goes with TikTok? Many? Frankly, we have no choice. We have to save a lot of jobs. We don’t want to give our business to China. We don’t want to give our business to other people. So, I said, I’ll approve, but let the United States own 50 per cent of TikTok. I’m approving on behalf of the nation. So, they’ll have a partner, the United States, and they’ll have a lot of bidders, and we will do what we call a joint venture deal.”
