Donald Trump has promised sweeping changes from day considered one of his administration as he prepares to be inaugurated as US president for the second time.
At a victory rally in Washington DC on Sunday, Trump told cheering crowds that he would “act with historic speed and strength to repair each crisis facing our country”, and promised that “every radical and silly executive order of the Biden administration shall be repealed inside hours of once I take the oath of office”.
Within his sights are diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and trans ideology, illegal immigration and “essentially the most aggressive, sweeping effort to revive our borders the world has ever seen”.
He also plans to “get wokeness the hell out of our military immediately and make it prefer it was”.
“I’ll defend religious liberty. I’ll restore free speech,” he added. “We will stop illegal immigration once and for all. We won’t be invaded. We won’t be occupied. We won’t be overrun. We won’t be conquered.”
Trump shall be sworn in because the forty seventh president contained in the US Capitol in Washington DC on Monday, with the oaths of office scheduled for 12pm local time. In an unusual move, the ceremony will happen indoors on account of extremely cold temperatures forecast.
Franklin Graham, head of Samaritan’s Purse and son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, will give the invocation prayer. Speaking on Fox and Friends, Graham said it was an “honour” to be asked and that it was necessary to spend time specializing in God and asking “for God’s blessing for this administration”.
Graham encouraged people to hope for Trump and his administration “each day”.
“He needs our prayers … the issues we face as a nation are incredible, huge, and for us to have the ability to focus and stop for a minute and pray that God would give him wisdom, guide and direct his steps is so necessary. And I’d encourage people in all places to hope for him each day,” he said.
Hundreds of hundreds of individuals are expected to flock to Washington DC on Monday, with large crowds expected to assemble along Pennsylvania Avenue where there shall be a ceremonial presidential parade at 2:30pm local time.
Evangelists shall be out and about among the many crowds distributing 50,000 Christian booklets. The booklets by the Faith & Liberty group “commemorate President Donald Trump’s 2025 Inauguration and contain the scriptural books of John and Romans”.
“In times of national division like America has recently seen, a recent presidential administration can offer hope,” said Faith & Liberty Senior Vice President Peggy Nienaber.
“The commemorative scripture booklets were published for this significant occasion for that very same reason — to supply hope to people within the Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church in Detroit, Michigan, is considered one of 4 religious leaders invited to offer the benediction on the inauguration. Sewell said he cried when he got the decision.
“I cried because I feel like Jesus wants me to do something Monday. I do not believe that is about me. I feel that is about those who are hurting in Detroit,” he told WXYZ Detroit.
Detroit pastor and founding father of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Rev William F Kumuyi, will even be in attendance on the inauguration.
“This moment in history reminds us that faith transcends borders and unites believers worldwide,” he told The Christian Post. “As we gather in Washington DC, the worldwide church stands together in prayer and purpose, advocating for faith-based dialogue to shape policies that uphold religious liberty and foster the expansion of Christianity worldwide.”
