By Euronews | Created at 2025-01-20 15:11:20 | Updated at 2025-01-20 18:55:48
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By Peggy Corlin & Robert Hodgson
In Washington at noon local time (6 pm CET), Donald Trump will take the oath of office for a second go at the presidency of the United States in what is a remarkable political comeback.
Donald Trump, the famously unpredictable former property developer and reality television personality will return to power today having refused to recognise his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
He will also step back into the White House as the survivor by an inch of an assassination attempt, the alleged instigator of a failed coup d'etat – and as a convicted felon, a first for a US president.
The weeks between his resounding election win over the Democratic Party’s last-minute substitute Kamala Harris have been abuzz with feverish speculation over what the newly emboldened Trump will do next.
We have seen threats of trade tariffs against all and sundry – not least the EU. There has been wild talk of annexing Greenland, Canada and Panama, or at least its canal. And a repudiation of global efforts to arrest climate change.
Trump has promised to sign a flurry of executive orders as soon as he takes office. Nothing unusual in that – but it’s the content that will count. Stay with us for ongoing updates as the day unfolds.
