President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address gave clues about what he will focus on — and how he sees the country.

“The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump said. “From this day forward, our country will flourish.”

He said the country will be the “envy of the world,” and that it would “not be taken advantage of.”

Trump promised during the campaign to push for tariffs on foreign goods, to expand drilling and deport immigrants without legal status in the country.

In his inaugural address, he said he would sign a “series of executive orders” that focus on immigration and the economy. Trump said he would declare a “national emergency at our southern border,” halting immigration and deporting “criminal immigrants.”

“We will do it at a level nobody has ever seen before,” Trump promised.

Trump also said he would declare a “national energy emergency,” would rescind the Green New Deal and the electric vehicle mandate and create an “External Revenue Service” to level tariffs against other countries’ goods.

Trump argues those measures would help build American “prosperity,” though he said post-election that it would be “hard” to lower prices. Prices and inflation were consistently shown to be many Americans’ top concerns.

Trump said he would make it U.S. policy that there are only two genders — “male and female.” LGBTQ+ rights were a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Trump has also promised political retribution, though it’s unclear how far or if he will follow through on that.

“The scales of justice will be rebalanced,” Trump vowed in his address and said the “weaponization” will end.

He also promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America, Mt. Denali in Alaska back to Mt. McKinley and that the country would wrest control of the Panama Canal.

“My legacy will be as a peacemaker and unifier,” Trump said. “That’s what I want to be — a peacemaker and a unifier.”

Of course, many of the things Trump is calling for are not supported by all Americans. The latest NPR poll, for example, found Americans split evenly on deportations and think tariffs will hurt the economy more than help it.

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