
In Washington, the inauguration of US President Donald Trump was held. The direct report was conducted by the CNN television company.
According to the US Constitution, Barack Obama’s presidency ended at 12:00 in Washington (20:00 Moscow time) and at the same moment the elected president took over. A few minutes later, Trump was oath during the inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Capitol in Washington.
The 45th US president swore allegiance to two Bibles at once. The first is the book on which the 16th US President Abraham Lincoln took the oath. The second is Trump’s personal Bible, which in 1955, his mother gave him in honor of the end of the Sunday school.
“I will honestly act as the President of the United States and, as far as the strength will allow, protect, protect and defend the US Constitution. May God help me,” Trump said the traditional text.
In the inauguration speech, Trump thanked his predecessor Obama and emphasized that at this ceremony, power is not only transferred from one president to another or from one party of another, but at this ceremony, the authorities are moving from Washington to ordinary Americans. "January 20, 2017 will go down in history as a day when ordinary people again became the rulers of their country," Trump said.
"America will return its jobs, its borders, its well -being and its dreams," Trump said, quoting his election slogans.
“We will combine a civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we are completely worn out of the face of the earth,” the new president of the United States also said. During the campaign, Trump constantly accused Obama of avoiding this term for "political correctness."
According to preliminary estimates, about 900 thousand people gathered at the inauguration ceremony.
Meanwhile, in Washington on the eve of Trump's inauguration, unrest began. Part of the protesters in black clothes and with anarchist flags began to beat the windows and windows of the limousines, to tip the urns and vending devices. The police who dispersed activists used tear gas. 90 protests were detained. Two policemen received minor injuries.
On the eve of New York mayor, Bill de Blazio, as well as American actors Robert de Niro, Alec Baldwin, Mark Ruffalo, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and others took part in protest against Trump . The promotion at the Trump Tower skyscraper on Manhattan began with reading out invented messages from Twitter on behalf of the elected president, actor Robert de Niro. He was followed by the performances of Moore, Baldwin, de Blazio, Ruffalo and others.
Michael Moore called Trump a "sociopath" and expressed the opinion that "he will not last four years." The director called for the announcement of the "One hundred days of protest" against Trump since the beginning of his presidency. In addition, Moore called for a mass organized protest campaign in connection with the Trump Inauguration ceremony.
The protesters criticized Trump for racial and religious intolerance, and also advocated the rights of immigrants and the availability of medical insurance programs. The action was held under the general slogan of Westandunited ("We are together"), entries under the same tag are distributed on social networks.