In an often divisive address, the 47th president took aim at illegal immigration and the culture wars as he capped the most remarkable comeback in US political history.
The Republican also referenced the assassin’s bullet that grazed him at a rally during his victorious election campaign, saying: “I was saved by God to make America great again.”
“America’s decline is over,“ said Trump.
Trump also set out his foreign policy stall, saying he wanted to be a “peacemaker and a unifier” -- but then saying the United States was “taking back” the Panama Canal and warning he would make liberal use of trade wars.
'National emergency'
“I will declare a national emergency at our southern border” with Mexico, Trump said to loud cheers inside the ornate Rotunda hall, vowing to deport “millions and millions” of illegal immigrants.
He will also pull Washington out of the Paris climate accord aimed at halting global warming.
The world's richest man Elon Musk, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai all had prime seats in the Capitol alongside Trump's family and cabinet members.
Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all attended the ceremony with their spouses -- except for ex-first lady Michelle Obama who pointedly stayed away.
“I feel on Cloud 10,“ said Gregg Donovan, a 65-year-old from Hollywood wearing a top hat with a photo of Trump tucked into the brim, moments after Trump was sworn in.
While Trump refused to attend Biden's 2021 inauguration after falsely claiming electoral fraud and inspiring a violent assault by supporters on the Capitol, this time Biden was keen to restore the sense of tradition.
But it was a bitter departure for Biden, who was forced to drop out of the 2024 election against Trump at the last minute due to concerns about his age.
He also pardoned former Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci, retired general Mark Milley, and members of a US House committee probing the violent January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack by Trump's supporters.
Trump is just the second president in US history to return to power after being voted out, after Grover Cleveland in 1893.
For the rest of the world, Trump's return means expecting the unexpected.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also congratulated Trump -- whose team helped broker a Gaza ceasefire deal -- saying the “best days of our alliance are yet to come”.
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