US President Donald Trump on Monday took a potshot at his predecessor Joe Biden for pardoning his family members in the last moments of his presidency.
“Did you know that Biden, while I was making my speech, pardoned his whole family? The brother, the whole deal was pardoned. Can you imagine that? While I was making my speech,” Trump remarked, drawing laughter and applause from the crowd.
He also outlined plans to take swift action in his administration, announcing that he would sign executive orders to revoke nearly 80 executive actions from former President Joe Biden’s tenure, which he described as “destructive and radical.”
“We will sign executive orders first to revoke nearly 80 destructive and radical executive actions of the previous administration,” Trump said.
Trump addressed the issue of illegal immigration, accusing the Biden administration of exacerbating the problem. “Crime in Venezuela is down by 74% because they [the Biden administration] took their criminals and gave them to us through an open border policy… It stops as of 1 pm today,” he stated.
During his address, Trump introduced his son, Barron Trump, to the crowd. Speaking about Barron, he expressed pride in his son and his involvement in the campaign.
“I have a very tall son,” Trump said as he introduced Barron. “He knew the youth vote. We won the youth vote by 36 points. He was saying, ‘Dad, you have to go out and do this one or that one.’ We did a lot of them. He respects them all and understood them very well.”
Trump also announced his intent to pardon those involved in the January 6 Capitol events, referring to them as “hostages.”
“So, now the work begins. We won, but now the work begins. We have to bring them home (hostages held in Gaza),” Trump said, emphasizing efforts to secure the release of hostages.
He further stated, “Tonight, I am going to be signing the J6 hostages’ pardons, and as soon as I leave, I am going to the Oval Office to sign pardons for a lot of people.”
On January 6, 2021, supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Earlier in the day, Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. US Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office.
(ANI)