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Trump vows new US 'golden age' as second term begins

WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Trump vowed a new "golden age" as he took the oath for a historic second US presidential term Monday, painting a picture of an America in decline that only his hardline policies can restore to glory.

In an often divisive address in the US Capitol, the 47th president promised a blitz of orders including the declaration of a national emergency on the Mexican border and a policy of only recognizing two genders.

Trump also struck a nationalistic tone as he capped the most extraordinary comeback in US political history, pledging to impose trade tariffs, rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, and take "back" the Panama Canal, which has been controled by the Central American country since 1999.

"The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world," Trump said in the Capitol, where the inauguration was held indoors for the first time in decades, due to freezing weather.

The Republican even appeared to suggest he was on a divine mission, saying "I was saved by God to make America great again" after escaping an assassin's bullet at an election rally in July.

While promising renewal, Trump harshly denounced what he said had been a "betrayal" of Americans  by a "radical and corrupt establishment" under outgoing President Joe Biden.

"America's decline is over," said Trump, who at 78 is now the oldest president ever to take office.

Biden, 82 -- who had earlier hosted Trump and his wife Melania at the White House for tea -- watched stony-faced as his political nemesis read the last rites over his single term in office.

Trump was surrounded by America's wealthy and powerful for the inauguration, in the same building that his supporters attacked in January 2021 as they tried to overturn certification of his election loss to Biden.

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, plus 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.

Tesla and Space CEO Musk -- who will lead a cost-cutting drive in the new administration -- later told a rally that Trump's

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