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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 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 American 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 center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.

Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are the just and reasonable demands of 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 knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized 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; subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military; we've defended other nation's borders while refusing to defend our own; and spent 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 disappeared over the horizon.
One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind.
The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed across the entire 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 moment on, it's going to be 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 labor.

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 for everyone to follow.

We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones -- and unite the civilized 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 are 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.

The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action.
Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America.

We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.
We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.

A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.
It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.

And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.

So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words:

You will never be ignored again.
Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
Together, We will make America strong again.

We will make wealthy again.

We will make America proud again.

We will make America safe again.

And yes, together, we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America

Flyattractor
Yep. Plenty of Piss Ya Pants Talk for the Liberals.

Surtur
I saw a fake news story saying Trump lifted lines from a speech by Bane in The Dark Knight Rises movie.

Lord Lucien
Originally posted by Surtur
I saw a fake news story saying Trump lifted lines from a speech by Bane in The Dark Knight Rises movie. Once America is in ashes, you will have my permission to die.


I am America's reckoning.


Peace has defeated you!

Flyattractor
ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Lord Lucien
Originally posted by Flyattractor
ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Ashes to ashes, butts to butts.

Flyattractor
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Ashes to ashes, butts to butts.

You must chafe a lot using that as lube..

Surtur
The funny thing is, I specifically remember the "peace has defeated you" line. Why? Because I had no idea what the f*ck Bane was saying so I had to turn on the subtitles on my dvd just to figure out this mysterious language he was speaking in.

I mean it sounds like "peas are defeated jews" when you first hear it.

Lord Lucien
Vox put out a video the day before the inauguration covering what makes a great inaugural speech:


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Trump's speech really followed those guidelines to a T. Alot of talk of unity and principles, not policy. He used alot of 'we' and only three 'I'. He also kept it pretty short, under 1500 words I think it was.

BackFire
"You merely adopted the swamp. I was born in it, molded by it. I did not know the middle class until I was already a man."

jaden101
He knows words....he has the best words.

Beniboybling
Originally posted by Surtur
I saw a fake news story saying Trump lifted lines from a speech by Bane in The Dark Knight Rises movie. He did tho. smile

SquallX
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Ashes to ashes, butts to butts.

There are truly weird places on youtube.

quanchi112
Originally posted by jaden101
He knows words....he has the best words. laughing out loud

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
He did tho. smile

He didn't though, he didn't lift any direct text from the speech.

https://heatst.com/politics/fake-news-media-accuses-donald-trump-of-plagiarizing-bane-from-batman-he-didnt/

Best to do research before being a cocky little shit smile

Beniboybling
laughing out loud

Had no idea the Trump-tards were so easily triggered by tongue in cheek reporting.

Silent Master
IOW when your side does it, it's "tongue in cheek reporting". when the other side does it, it's "fake news".

Beniboybling
"My side"? Lol please keep me out of your black and white political view point.

Silent Master
Says the guy who accused me of being a Trump supporter.

Beniboybling
I don't recall, who are you again?

Silent Master
The guy you thought was a Trump supporter, based solely on the fact that I don't like Hillary.

Beniboybling
Did you vote for him?

Silent Master
See, you still think I'm a Trump supporter.

Beniboybling
I'll take that as a yes.

Silent Master
Then you'd be wrong, as usual.

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
laughing out loud

Had no idea the Trump-tards were so easily triggered by tongue in cheek reporting.

It's okay, you were proven utterly wrong. You had no real recourse but to resort to "you triggered".

Btw, I don't want you to truly research the things you say. It's more entertaining if you just go off what people on twitter say.

Beniboybling
I thought the smiley would have given it away darling but no, at no point did I seriously believe Donald Trump purposefully lifted a part of his speech form the words of literal comic book villain, lmao. That doesn't make the parallels any less hilarious.

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
I thought the smiley would have given it away darling but no, at no point did I seriously believe Donald Trump purposefully lifted a part of his speech form the words of literal comic book villain, lmao. That doesn't make the parallels any less hilarious.

Right right. You were just joking, of course. I won't even go into a discussion about how I've seen you use the smiley after saying things you weren't joking about, but rather just being smug about. Because what would be the point?

It's okay bro.

Beniboybling
Yes. I was joking.

*slow clap*

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Yes. I was joking.

*slow clap*

Of course you were little guy, of course you were.

Beniboybling
Whatever gets you off. smile

Surtur
Another joke? Classic BeniBoy.

Lord Lucien
The arguments you people have are boring as f*ck.

Surtur
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
The arguments you people have are boring as f*ck.

We'll try to do better.

Did you hear Trump had a cake that copied Obamas? He might as well just have set fire to the Lincoln monument.

SquallX
Originally posted by Surtur
We'll try to do better.

Did you hear Trump had a cake that copied Obamas? He might as well just have set fire to the Lincoln monument.

laughing

You're ****ing post always entertains me Surtur. Never change!

Beniboybling
smile thumb up

Robtard
I was mildly amused at how the Trumpers were bent out of shape by the obvious joke Bane/Trump comparison. Seems Trump's impossibly thin-skin is rubbing off on them.

Henry_Pym
It's not thin skin, we just don't like the smell of BS.

Surtur
Originally posted by Robtard
I was mildly amused at how the Trumpers were bent out of shape by the obvious joke Bane/Trump comparison. Seems Trump's impossibly thin-skin is rubbing off on them.

I'm amused at fake news myself and the attempts to excuse it.

Robtard
Originally posted by Surtur
I'm amused at fake news myself and the attempts to excuse it.

It's not fake news, as people made the comparison, it's something that actually happened. But only idiots, imbeciles and/or morons thought the comparison was anything more than just humor.

Next you'll be yelling "fake news" whenever someone compares Trump to an orangutan. 'Tump's father is not really an ape, Trump showed his birth certificate proving it!' (sadly, this actually happened)

Surtur
Originally posted by Robtard
It's not fake news, as people made the comparison, it's something that actually happened. But only idiots, imbeciles and/or morons thought the comparison was anything more than just humor.

Next you'll be yelling "fake news" whenever someone compares Trump to an orangutan. 'Tump's father is not really an ape, Trump showed his birth certificate proving it!' (sadly, this actually happened)

Lol some people were saying he directly lifted stuff from Bane.

Beniboybling
Originally posted by Robtard
It's not fake news, as people made the comparison, it's something that actually happened. But only idiots, imbeciles and/or morons thought the comparison was anything more than just humor.

Next you'll be yelling "fake news" whenever someone compares Trump to an orangutan. 'Tump's father is not really an ape, Trump showed his birth certificate proving it!' (sadly, this actually happened) smile thumb up

Surtur
But again, someone said it sounded like Bane's speech, and it turned into "he took stuff directly from Bane's speech".

Dumb fake news bullshit.

Robtard
Originally posted by Beniboybling
smile thumb up

thumb up smile

Trump's ultra-thin-skin seems highly contagious with his apologist, they're getting more and more sensitive with every passing day and we're only three days in, poor snowflakes.

Beniboybling
But what if Trump is Bane?

Surtur
Hilarious, they are in so much denial they just want to convince themselves everyone else is so very very offended by them.

This is like some sort of science experiment.

Robtard
Originally posted by Surtur
But again, someone said it sounded like Bane's speech, and it turned into "he took stuff directly from Bane's speech".

Dumb fake news bullshit.

See above: Only moron's took the comparison as being serious. Did you? Be honest.

Robtard
Originally posted by Beniboybling
But what if Trump is Bane?

Hmmm. Bane doesn't have teeny tiny hands. The bald head matches though.

Probably best to rate this as 'unknown for now'.

Surtur
Originally posted by Robtard
See above: Only moron's took the comparison as being serious.

See above, morons actually took it up a notch by believing he actually did lift stuff.

Robtard
Originally posted by Surtur
See above, morons actually took it up a notch by believing he actually did lift stuff.

So you have plenty of company in the pool-of-morons. See if you can make a few friends. Oh, try not to get any water in your mouth. Cos, you know.

Surtur
Originally posted by Robtard
So you have plenty of company in the pool-of-morons. See if you can make a few friends. Oh, try not to get any water in your mouth. Cos, you know.

Damn, not really your best work.

Robtard
It was a piss-joke, which I thought was proper considering the environment.

Surtur
Originally posted by Robtard
It was a piss-joke, which I thought was proper considering the environment.

It's okay, an A for effort.

Robtard
Urine a sour mood today, Surtur.

carthage
Originally posted by Beniboybling
But what if Trump is Bane?

Darth Bane?...

Beniboybling
yes

And don't look now Surt, but I hear Donald's been plagiarizing Kim Jong Un. thumb up

Stigma
Going back to the op, Trump's speech is quite good. When it comes to the delivery, though, it could have been better IMHO. A great actor would turn it into something outstanding.

Beniboybling
Tom Hardy would have done a better job of it, yeah.

Stigma
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Tom Hardy would have done a better job of it, yeah.
Perhaps. But definitely not in Bane's voice. That was virtually unintelligible.

I was thinking more of an epic, instantly recognizable voice like that of Morgan Freeman.

Beniboybling
And pollute his voice with that tripe? Nah.

It should have been blubbered by a pair of ass cheeks, but then, it basically was. smile

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
yes

And don't look now Surt, but I hear Donald's been plagiarizing Kim Jong Un. thumb up

It's okay, you got caught up in a fake news story and then tried to act like you were just kidding.

Best not dig the hole any deeper.

Beniboybling
We've gone over this already Surt, take your L already. sad

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
We've gone over this already Surt, take your L already. sad

We've gone over your excuses for it yep.

Beniboybling
You made a mistake, a big one, but we can all be grown up about it and focus on the real issues, like Trump being a Russian sleeper agent and channelling North Korea. sad

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
You made a mistake l, but we can all be grown up about it and focus on the real issues, like Trump being a Russian sleeper agent and channelling North Korea. sad

You posted fake news, got called on it, tried to imply you were joking, and then tried to imply no you were just bemused by the comparisons people were making.

In other words, you failed. Your attempts to turn it back around are admirable, but why keep digging? We'll just pretend you totally thought it was a joke wink

Beniboybling
Ok Surt. If constructing a more appealing narrative is your way of coping, I won't stand in your way. sad

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Ok Surt. If constructing a more appealing narrative is your way of coping, I won't stand in your way. sad

Saying you won't stand in the way of the truth is admirable.

Beniboybling
Is this part of the roleplaying? OK, yes Surt.

Surtur
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Is this part of the roleplaying? OK, yes Surt.

No, whatever kink you get up to is your own business and not mine bro.

Robtard
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Is this part of the roleplaying? OK, yes Surt.

Sometimes he pretends that he's the girl. Sometimes he pretends that you're the girl. Sometimes he pretends you're both girls.

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