Trump at D.C. rally vows border crackdown will begin on Inauguration Day
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President-Elect Trump walks onstage at his victory rally at the Capital One Arena on Sunday, Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
President-elect Trump pledged during a pre-inauguration victory rally in Washington, D.C. to act when he begins his second term starting Monday "with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country."
The big picture: Trump claimed at Sunday's rally in Capital One Arena on the eve of his inauguration that "before even taking office, you are already seeing results that nobody expected to see."
State of play: Trump pointed to a surging stock market, optimism among small businesses, Bitcoin's record highs, among other positive news that's happened in recent months.
- "And as of today, TikTok, is back," he said, in reference to the company's move to restore the video app in the U.S. after Trump vowed to sign an executive order on his first day in office to delay enforcing the ban of the platform that's owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.
- Trump also highlighted the Gaza ceasefire that saw Hamas release three Israeli hostages on Sunday, which Axios' Barak Ravid reports wouldn't have been possible without unprecedented coordination between President Biden's and Trump's teams.
- "This agreement could only have happened as a result of our historic victory in November," Trump said.
Zoom in: Trump promised during his speech that people are "going to see executive orders that are going to make you extremely happy, lots of them" when he takes office on Monday and renewed his vow for a hardline crackdown on immigration.
- "I will outline in my inaugural address tomorrow ... the most aggressive, sweeping effort to restore our borders the world has ever seen," Trump said.
- "By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have come to a halt and all the illegal border trespassers will, in some form or another, be on their way back home."
What we're watching: The president-elect said he would visit wildfire-ravaged Southern California on Friday.
- Meanwhile, incoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-leader Elon Musk pledged onstage at the rally to "make significant changes" and "cement those changes and set the foundation for America to be strong for a century, for centuries, forever."
In photos: Supporters rally for Trump
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Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.
