The Trumps bid farewell to the Bidens as they leave Washington D.C. and head to California

Trump is taking office with major plans to remake the United States in his image and Republican majorities in the House and Senate that are hoping to fast-track some of his biggest priorities. Republican congressional leadership has been meeting for weeks to plot their path forward once Trump retook the Oval Office to figure out how to pass massive tax cut legislation and an immigration bill.

Trump is also expected to sign dozens of executive orders upon taking office touching on issues from immigration to energy production and renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The newly inaugurated president went through a laundry list of orders he is planning to carry out, many of which will reverse Biden-era policies, as the outgoing president sat just feet away watching a speech assailing his administration’s leadership.

Trump is declaring a national emergency at the southern border, sending U.S. troops to help support immigration agents and restarting his "wait in Mexico policy," which forces asylum seekers to wait outside of the U.S. while their claim is processed. He is also signing orders to remove regulations on oil and natural gas production.

Trump was sworn into office at noon Eastern, though festivities began earlier in the morning with a service at St. John’s Church in Washington. He and his wife Melania Trump attended the service with several of his Cabinet picks and billionaire Elon Musk filling the pews before the Trumps went to the White House for coffee and tea with the Bidens. Outgoing President Joe Biden and Trump traveled together to the Capitol for his swearing-in ceremony.

“Welcome home,” Biden said to Trump as he stepped out of the car in his motorcade at the White House.

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