Trump brings his speech to a close by touching on familiar topics, including the border and his false claims of a "rigged" election in 2020.

He harks back to his plans to build a wall - his signature promise during his 2016 election campaign - and says his government built an extra 200 miles (321km) of wall, but it didn't get used.

He claims that issues on the border were "fixed" by the end of his administration, but that they have worsened since.

He says as a result this time around, he chose to prioritise immigration as his number one issue, rather than inflation, based on the concerns of people he knows.

Trump goes on to reflect on his first run for the presidency, claiming that he got nine million more votes "than anybody else had ever gotten".

"This time we made it too big to rig", he says, adding - without evidence - that "they tried".

Iona Hampson
Reporting from the Capital One arena

Not far away from where Donald Trump is speaking, the military pomp has started to entertain the crowds in the Capital One arena.

Several bands will be part of a now indoors parade in front of about 20,000 people.

Along with the president, we are expecting 14 additional speeches at the arena. They range from Elon Musk to President Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel.

An update on the arena stage - the presidential seal is visible at three places - one centre stage, one at the podium and one now attached to a desk where the president is expected to sign some executive orders and/or executive actions to a crowd of his supporters.

In the meantime the band plays, and the TV screens cut to events at the Capitol about a mile away.

Mike Wendling
US digital reporter

Returning to Donald Trump's remarks, the president once again hints that pardons of his supporters who stormed the US Capitol will come later today.

“I was going to talk about the J6 hostages,” Trump says, using Maga shorthand for the rioters, who he has also called “political prisoners”.

“You’ll be happy, because it’s action, not words that count,” he tells the crowd. “And you’re going to see a lot of action.”

We still await exactly what that action might be. It’s unknown how many of the rioters will be pardoned – and whether Trump will pardon the ringleaders, or those convicted of assault against police officers.

In recent days and weeks, he and members of his administration - including the Vice-President JD Vance - have given somewhat ambiguous statements on who will be granted clemency.

Around 1,600 people have been arrested in connection with the riot on 6 January 2021.

The president continues his speech by criticising Joe Biden’s last-minute pre-emptive pardons of members of Congress who investigated the riot and police officers who testified in front of their committee.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

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As we wait to bring you some lines from President Trump's remarks, we can now bring you an update from his administration.

In a significant reversal of the Biden administration's immigration policies, the new Trump administration has scrapped CBP One - a mobile application used by prospective migrants to book appointments to appear at a port of entry.

Biden administration officials had credited the app with helping reduce the number of detentions at the border since it was first introduced for migrants in January 2023. It was the only legal pathway to request asylum at the US-Mexico border.

But now, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) website says that the app is "no longer available" and that existing appointments have been cancelled.

According to CBS, the BBC's US partner, the Biden administration had scheduled roughly 30,000 appointments via CBP One for migrants to enter the US in the next three weeks.

Other estimates had suggested that as many as 270,000 migrants were in Mexico waiting for an opportunity to enter the US using CBP One.

Video taken by a Washington Post reporter in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez appears to show migrants crying after learning that their appointments had been cancelled.

President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance are now addressing US lawmakers in the Capitol.

Trump was introduced by his vice-president, who remarked that the president's inaugural address was "a hell of a way to start the next four years".

Donald Trump and JD Vance are now addressing supporters.

You can watch it live on this page.

Trump sends a 'tough' message to the worldpublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January

18:21 GMT 20 January

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent

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Donald Trump spoke of his desire to be a “peacemaker and unifier,” and followed up with a brief reference to yesterday’s breakthrough in the Middle East.

But to his global audience, this was another tough, challenging address, full of references to American strength and potential, if familiar, threats to those who stand in its way.

Trump called the Panama Canal a “foolish gift” to Panama and repeated his pledge to do something about it.

“We’re taking it back,” he warned.

The Gulf of Mexico, he said, would henceforth be known as the Gulf of America.

There was an almost throwaway line that under his leadership, America would be a country that “expands its borders,” although this was quickly followed by a pledge to plant the American flag on Mars.

A few yards away, Elon Musk greeted that line with a broad grin.

Trump repeated an old threat to treat drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations.

And of course, the president threw down the gauntlet of tariffs to the global economy.

“We will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” he warned.

How all of this squares with his conviction that “sunlight is pouring over the entire world,” remains to be seen.

Did inflation reach a record high?published at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January

18:19 GMT 20 January

By Jake Horton

Listing the things he wanted to change, President Trump said on the economy: “I will direct all members of my cabinet… to defeat what was record inflation."

Inflation was high under the Biden administration, but it wasn’t the highest on record.

It hit 9.1% in June 2022 as America - like other countries - experienced high inflation as global supply chain issues, linked to Covid and the war in Ukraine, contributed to rising prices.

That's nowhere near the worst in history - the record was 23.7% in 1920, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

US inflation has fallen - under former President Biden - with the latest monthly figure at 2.9% as of December 2024, according to the BLS.

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Now-former President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have just boarded the Marine One helicopter to leave Washington DC, with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walking them to the stairs to bid them farewell.

Former Vice-President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff got into a car as they also departed the ceremony, with hugs from the Bidens.

Ione Wells
Reporting from Capital One Arena

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Security officials here tell me the Secret Service has now shut the entrance to the Capital One arena so crowds are being diverted elsewhere.

As a reminder, we're expecting Donald Trump to address crowds here later. Some have been waiting for several hours to secure a seat in the hall.

Rachel Looker
Reporting from Capitol Hill

When I arrived at the Capitol Hill complex and entered one of the House office buildings, Trump was delivering his speech.

Security remains extremely tight with police officers stationed on every street corner.

As I walked to the press gallery, I peered into some meeting rooms to see large groups of congressional staffers gathered to watch the inauguration.

It was quiet in the halls as most found a location to watch his inaugural address.

You could hear Trump's voice echoing throughout the halls as it streamed in different rooms, interrupted only by the sounds of occasional claps and cheers.

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Opera singer Christopher Macchio now sings America's national anthem - the Star-Spangled Banner - with Donald Trump seen saluting throughout.

The president then exited the Capitol Rotunda, marking an end to his inaugural ceremony.

Jonathan Josephs
BBC business reporter

Unlike on other subjects in Trump's inaugural address, a short section on trade did not include a mention of a specific executive order to introduce new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China or others.

It’s something he has repeatedly promised to deliver on his first day in office.

He told the audience: "I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens."

Many economists argue it will be US consumers who pay the bill for tariffs as companies compensate with the prices charged in the shops.

That won't help cut inflation - something Trump promised earlier in the speech.

The ceremony is now concluding with prayers to bless newly sworn-in President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance for their upcoming term in office.

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It's time for a musical performance following Trump's inauguration speech from US country singer Carrie Underwood.

After her backing track stops seconds in, there is a few seconds of silence as former presidents look around the room to see what's happening.

Underwood then begins to sing a cappella - along with help from the inauguration audience. She's singing America the Beautiful.

A fiery speech from Trump as he throws jabs and makes promisespublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January

17:48 GMT 20 January

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent

Donald Trump has finished his inaugural address – a mix of sharp jabs against the outgoing Democratic administration and a promise of better things to come.

As former President Joe Biden – and other Democrats - sat stoically behind him, Trump claimed a mandate to reverse “a horrible betrayal” that had taken place. He lashed out at what he called a “radical and corrupt establishment that has extracted power and wealth from our nation”.

“All of this will change starting today,” he said.

From there, Trump turned to what he proposed to do – detailing a string of executive actions on immigration and energy, and pledging to end government-mandated diversity programmes. He repeated his pledge to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and to take back the Panama Canal.

“The US will once again consider itself a growing nation,” he said, pledging to increase American wealth and expand “our territory”.

That last bit might catch the ear of US allies, who have already been concerned by Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland and quips about making Canada the 51st US state.

On the campaign trail, and in this speech, Trump made a series of big promises. Now that he is president, he will be challenged to deliver – and show what the “golden age” he heralds actually means.

Trump acknowledges his political comeback and says "the American people have spoken".

"I stand before you as proof that you should never believe something is impossible to do. In America, doing the impossible is what we do best," Trump says.

He concludes by saying that America will not be conquered or intimidated

"We will not fail. From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation," he says.

"The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun."

Trump underscores that his message to Americans is "to act with courage, vigour and the vitality of history's greatest civilisation".

He speaks of ambition and reaching "new heights of victory and success."

Trump adds that the US will increase its wealth, expand its territory and carry its flag into new horizons - including on Mars.

"We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, to plant the stars and stripes on planet Mars," he says.

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Trump is talking about the Panama Canal, a "foolish gift that should have never been made" to Panama, he says.

He falsely claims "China is operating" the Panama Canal.

"We didn't give it to China. We're taking it back," he says, to applause from his supporters while Biden and Harris sit expressionless in the crowd.

• For context: President Trump earlier this month refused to rule out military force to seize it. He made the remark during a news conference at which he also falsely stated that the Panama Canal was being operated by Chinese soldiers

On the Middle East, Trump is now saying he will be a "peacemaker and unifier" and talks about the three Israeli hostages who had been held by Hamas in Gaza and were returned to their families yesterday.

This receives a standing ovation from Biden and Harris.

"America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration from the entire world" he says.

He says they will soon be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America".

He also says they'll restore the name of William McKinley to Mount McKinley - which he says is "where it should be and belongs".

• For context: It is currently Mount Denali, which is its indigenous name.