President Trump inauguration: Full text of new president's speech

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 to
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.
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 centre of this movement is a crucial
conviction: that a nation exists to serve its
citizens.
Americans want great schools for their children,
safe neighbourhoods for their families, and good
jobs for themselves.
These are the 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 unrealised
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;
Subsidised 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 labour.
We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and
hire American.
We will seek friendship and goodwill 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 civilised 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.
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