Watch: Donald Trump’s 2025 and 2017 inauguration speeches compared

Donald Trump's 2025 and 2017 inauguration speeches comparedSource Reuters

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00:00We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our

00:08country and restore its promise for all of our people.

00:15Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years

00:23to come.

00:25The golden age of America begins right now.

00:28From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world.

00:35We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage

00:40of any longer.

00:42Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and

00:48good jobs for themselves.

00:51We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the

00:55same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad.

01:02It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens, but provides sanctuary

01:08and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that

01:14have illegally entered our country from all over the world.

01:17We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with

01:23the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

01:31We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone.

01:35National unity is now returning to America, and confidence and pride is soaring like never

01:44before.

01:45In everything we do, my administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence

01:50and unrelenting success.

01:53Together, we will make America strong again.

01:57We will make America wealthy again.

02:00We will make America proud again.

02:03We will make America safe again.

02:06And yes, together, we will make America great again.

02:12In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly, but we are going to bring it back

02:17and make it great again, greater than ever before.

02:22We will be a nation like no other, full of compassion, courage, and exceptionalism.