Donald Trump’s inauguration: What happens next?

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00:00Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

00:04This comes eight years after his first inauguration,

00:07making him the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms.

00:11So what can we predict from Trump's presidency?

00:14And what will his second first 100 days bring?

00:17Well, to start with, Trump has already made his cabinet picks,

00:20and many of them have sailed through their Senate confirmation hearings

00:24relatively unscathed due to the Republican majority in the Senate.

00:28However, hearings are not yet scheduled for all of Trump's choices,

00:32including some of the most contentious,

00:33such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary.

00:37And what about the allegations against Trump?

00:39The two federal prosecutions for mishandling classified documents

00:43have already been dismissed on the grounds of presidential immunity.

00:47Trump will be sentenced for his hush money case against Stormy Daniels,

00:50though the judge confirmed he won't be facing jail.

00:53As for the state case over election interference in Georgia,

00:56there's no chance that a trial will take place until he's out of office,

01:00if it takes place at all.

01:01So what about Trump's policies?

01:03In his first press conference of the year,

01:05the president-elect said he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico

01:09the Gulf of America,

01:10discuss a possible military seizure of Greenland and the Panama Canal,

01:14and pledge to revive access to TikTok in the US.

01:17But what about his actual campaign promises?

01:20It's clear that the economy will be one of his key priorities

01:23in his first 100 days.

01:24Trump wants to make a quick start on cutting taxes

01:27and protecting US business from foreign competition.

01:30Trump has also promised to gut President Biden's climate subsidies

01:34and offer tax breaks to oil, gas and coal producers.

01:37He also could once again withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement,

01:41meaning the US would no longer need to meet set carbon emissions reductions.

01:45In terms of immigration,

01:46Trump has pledged to deport as many as 20 million migrants.

01:50His press secretary recently told Fox News

01:52that he would sign an executive order to secure the southern border.

01:56But Trump may face challenges on this front.

01:59It's been estimated it would cost billions of dollars

02:01to implement his deportation plan

02:03and could shrink the economy by at least 4.2%.

02:06As for Russia,

02:07Trump previously said he could end the Ukraine war in a day.

02:11He hasn't given any indication of how he would negotiate the war's end,

02:14but many predict that a deal between Russia and Ukraine

02:17may be reached before the year is out.

02:19Trump has promised to echo in a golden age for America,

02:22with a party remade in his image

02:24and what he describes as an unprecedented mandate.

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