"I think this was a better speech than the one I made upstairs,” Trump said in a second rambling speech that was darker than the first.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that he said aims to restore freedom of speech and end censorship, drawing fire from critics who point to his past actions threatening and suing journalists,

In the first remarks of his second term, President Trump painted a grim portrait of the country while declaring that “the golden age of America begins right now.”

As Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, PolitiFact fact-checked the speeches and statements of the day.

Reuters assessed seven statements made by President Donald Trump during his inaugural address on Monday. While we monitored the speech in its entirety, we did not examine opinions or policy pledges. The statements are listed with timestamps in Eastern Standard Time (ET).

"Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans' speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States Monday at an intimate inauguration ceremony inside the Rotunda of the Capitol.