With fireworks heralding his big moment, Donald
Trump swept into Washington on Thursday on the eve of his presidential
inauguration and pledged to unify a nation sorely divided and clamouring for
change."It's a movement like we've never seen anywhere
in the world," the president-elect declared at a celebratory evening
concert on Thursday night with the majestic Lincoln Memorial for a backdrop.
To the unwavering
supporters who were with him from the start, he Pomised: "You're not
forgotten any more. You're not forgotten any more." "I'll
see you tomorrow," he called out, and then fireworks exploded into the
evening sky.
Mr Trump began
taking on more trappings of the presidency during the day, giving a salute to
the Air Force officer who welcomed him as he stepped off a military jet with
wife Melania at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington. Later, he placed a
ceremonial wreath at Arlington National Cemetery.At
a luncheon in a ballroom at his own hotel, he gave a shout-out to Republican
congressional leaders, declaring: "I just want to let the world know we're
doing very well together."
House
Speaker Paul Ryan, he said, will finally have someone to sign legislation Into
law. Then Mr Trump veered into the territory of the unknowable to boast his
Cabinet selections had "by far the highest IQ of any Cabinet ever".
"We are going to build up our great military,
we are going to strengthen our borders, we are going to do things that haven't
been done for our country for many, many decades," Donald Trump tells a
crowd of thousands gathered at Washington's Lincoln Memorial at his inaugural
'Make America Great Again' concert.
A day ahead of his inauguration as the 45th President of the
United States (US), Donald Trump on Thursday said he is going to unite the
country as he promised the Americans to work hard and turn things around."We
are going to unify our country and we will make America great again. We will
make America great for all of our people, everybody throughout the
country," Trump said while a crowd of thousands gathered at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington at his inaugural 'Make America Great Again' rally and
concert.
Joined
by his wife and incoming First Lady Melania Trump, daughter Ivanka and
son-in-law Jared Kushner, his sons and their their families, Trump enjoyed the
nearly two-and-a-half hour concert. Speaking to the cheering crowd comprising
of young military personnel and veterans among common people, Trump assured
that things will change in America for the good under his leadership.
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