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President Biden delivered a two-word message to President-elect Trump at the White House on Monday. 

“Welcome home,” Biden shouted to Trump, as the soon-to-be 47th president arrived outside the White House with his wife, Melania Trump. 

Trump walked up the steps and greeted Biden and first lady Jill Biden. The couples posed for photos, but did not answer questions shouted by the press. The Bidens and the Trumps turned around and entered the White House together to have tea. 

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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet President-elect Trump and Melania Trump upon arriving at the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

After the private tea concluded, Biden and Trump got into their motorcade and traveled together to the Capitol for the inauguration ceremony. Trump will be sworn in as president around noon ET. 

The two-word message mirrored the “welcome back” Biden told Trump when the two met in the Oval Office on Nov. 13 following the Republican’s decisive victory over Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. 

President-elect Trump and Melania Trump are greeted by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden upon their arrival at the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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The welcoming tone is a stark contrast to the combative nature of the June debate between Biden and Trump, as the Democratic president’s rocky performance ultimately led to him suspending his re-election campaign and Harris topping the ticket.

Just weeks later, Trump survived a July 13 assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that sent shock waves through the 2024 election cycle. 

President-elect Trump and Melania Trump arrive at the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Over concern about Biden’s age and mental fitness, Democratic donors and insiders pushed for his ouster from the race, and Harris became the nominee without any primary. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was her vice presidential running mate. 

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called out the hypocrisy of politicians attending inaugural festivities for President-elect Donald Trump after having previously decried the Republican figure as a “threat to democracy.”

“People are more upset at performers/artists attending Trump’s inaugural events but not upset at all the politicians who told them he was a ‘threat to democracy’ going to these events are not serious,” the progressive congresswoman declared in a post on X. 

“Performers at least know they are there to perform and get paid, but these politicians who ran their mouth for 4 yrs and are now willing to be there and clap for him, that’s who they should be mad at. They lied to you and your criticism/anger should be rightfully directed at them,” she continued.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on possible government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Omar suggested that performers should not be expected to have loyalty to a political party.

“Also, no one should ask people who are performers/artists to be loyal to a party because that’s what dictatorships do. In a free country like ours, people should be able to support any party they want without having their livelihood compromised,” the lawmaker concluded.

Fox News Digital emailed the Trump-Vance transition team and the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee on Monday to ask whether any of the performers at the inauguration ceremony or related celebrations are being paid. 

A committee spokesperson replied, stating that the committee did not pay for performances. 

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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have both previously described Trump as “a threat to our democracy,” but are expected to attend Trump’s inauguration ceremony.

Omar has previously described Trump as “an existential threat to our democracy.” 

BIDEN PARDONS MARK MILLEY, ANTHONY FAUCI, J6 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris laugh as they view the fireworks on the National Mall from the White House balcony during a 4th of July event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee announced that Carrie Underwood, Christopher Macchio, and Lee Greenwood will perform at the swearing-in ceremony. 

Various celebratory ball events will also feature performers, including Rascal Flatts and Parker McCollum at the Commander-in-Chief Ball, as well as Jason Aldean, The Village People, and Nelly at the Liberty Ball, and Gavin DeGraw at the Starlight Ball, according to the committee’s announcement.

Republican lawmakers are reacting furiously to President Joe Biden’s eleventh-hour decision to pardon several allies who President-elect Donald Trump and his circle have threatened retribution against, made hours before ceding power to the new commander-in-chief.

“Implication is that they needed the pardons,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “So, let’s call them all before Congress and demand the truth. If they refuse or lie – let’s test the constitutional ‘reach’ of these pardons with regard to their future actions.”

Biden announced early on Monday that he was issuing preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members and staff of the now-defunct House select committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., now the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after Republicans swept the Senate and White House in November, pledged to investigate Fauci in particular with his new leadership power. Fauci has already been the subject of multiple inquiries and public attacks by Paul, who accused him of mismanaging the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other government officials. Fauci has consistently defended his actions, stating that they were solely guided by science.

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Biden issued several preemptive pardons of prominent critics of Donald Trump on Monday. (Left to right: (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images), (Photo by Mandel Ngan – Pool/Getty Images), (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images),  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))

“If there was ever any doubt as to who bears responsibility for the COVID pandemic, Biden’s pardon of Fauci forever seals the deal. As Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I will not rest until the entire truth of the coverup is exposed,” Paul wrote on X. “Fauci’s pardon will only serve as an accelerant to pierce the veil of deception.”

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., said in his own statement: “Joe Biden just issued preemptive pardons for Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, and Members of Congress and staff of the sham J6 Committee. In its final hours, the most CORRUPT Administration in American history is covering up Democrats’ trail of criminal activity.”

“Sneaking this through in the last hours of his presidency only makes them look more guilty. What’s he so desperate to hide? It’s been clear to any honest observer that there is plenty to investigate,” said Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Western Caucus.

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On the other side of the aisle, Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, praised the decision and accused Trump of abusing his power.

“As someone who strongly advocated for these pardons, I applaud President Biden for making this bold and righteous decision. Trump has repeatedly abused power to serve his own interests and threatened to punish his political opponents,” Boyle said in a statement. “These pardons are essential to protecting the public servants and law enforcement who defended our democracy and worked tirelessly to keep us safe.”

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes before the August recess on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump has previously threatened retribution against his critics when he returned to the White House, though he’s also clarified at times that he believed his second term would be retribution enough.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who leads a subcommittee investigating the Jan. 6 committee’s probe, called for the criminal prosecution of the former panel’s vice chair, ex-Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in a 128-page report. Cheney said the report “intentionally disregards the truth and the Select Committee’s tremendous weight of evidence, and instead fabricates lies and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what Donald Trump did.”

The incoming president has pardoned political allies like Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, though unlike Biden’s latest decision, both were charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) when those pardons were issued.

There is precedent for preemptive pardons, however. Former President Gerald Ford preemptively pardoned Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.

Former President Gerald Ford issued a preemptive pardon for predecessor Richard Nixon.

Fauci said in a statement regarding the pardon, “Despite the accomplishments that my colleagues and I achieved over my long career of public service, I have been the subject of politically motivated threats of investigation and prosecution. There is absolutely no basis for these threats. Let me be perfectly clear: I have committed no crime and there are no possible grounds for any allegation or threat of criminal investigation or prosecution of me. The fact is, however, that the mere articulation of these baseless threats, and the potential that they will be acted upon, create immeasurable and intolerable distress for me and my family. For these reasons, I acknowledge and appreciate the action that President Biden has taken today on my behalf.”

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Milley said he and his family were “deeply grateful” for Biden’s decision.
 
“After forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights. I do not want to put my family, my friends, and those with whom I served through the resulting distraction, expense, and anxiety,” Milley said. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve our great country in uniform for over four decades, and I will continue to keep faith and loyalty to our nation and Constitution until my dying breath.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the members of the Jan. 6 committee who are still serving in Congress for comment. 

Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report

EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump on Monday will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border, stamp out Biden-era parole policies and designate international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations — in a slew of nearly a dozen executive orders designed to drastically overhaul U.S. border and immigration policy.

Fox News obtained exclusive details of three of the expected 11 executive orders Trump will sign related to border security and immigration after he is inaugurated. 

In one order, Trump will immediately direct the federal government to resume construction of the border wall, which was largely ended under the Biden administration. That order will also end Biden-era parole policies, including the use of the CBP One app to parole migrants into the U.S., and the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) — under which 30,000 nationals a month were allowed to fly in and be admitted under parole.  Nearly 1.5 million migrants have been allowed in under CHNV and CBP One.

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SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA – AUGUST 22: Republican Presidential Candidate and former President Donald Trump walks along the U.S.-Mexico border on August 22, 2024 south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

The order will also order government agencies to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), known as the Remain-in-Mexico policy. That Trump-era policy, ended by the Biden administration, required migrants to stay in Mexico for the duration of their asylum hearings. 

A second order will order U.S. troops to be deployed to the border under U.S. Northern Command and will “instruct the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.” It will direct the military to prioritize U.S. border and territorial integrity in strategic planning.

The Secretary of Defense will be required to provide a Unified Command Plan and military resources will be integrated with federal law enforcement and intelligence “to ensure seamless operations and maximum effectiveness,” according to a fact sheet on the order.

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“This Executive Order sends a clear message that the United States intends to exercise its sovereignty over its land and borders and that the Armed Forces have a role to play in protecting our borders,” Fox News is told.

A third order will designate international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). An FTO designation allows for targeted action against members, including financial penalties.

This March 2, 2019, file photo, shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrolling on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Declaring that the organizations function as quasi-governments in some regions, and flood the U.S. with criminals and drugs, the order will declare the groups a national security threat and invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to stop their operations.

The orders will be three of the expected 11 border-related executive orders that Trump is expected to sign on Monday. He is expected to announce some during his inauguration address, and others during signings at the White House.

It is the clearest sign yet from the incoming administration that it fully intends to deliver on its cornerstone campaign promise of securing the southern border and launching an historic mass deportation campaign.

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It comes after a years-long crisis at the southern border which began in 2021 and continued through into 2024, slowing down after increased action from Mexico and a June Biden executive order that prevented migrants from claiming asylum.

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Trump has appointed former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan as “border czar” to oversee border security and the deportation operation. He has also nominated South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as the next DHS secretary.

“Border security must remain a top priority,” Noem told lawmakers on Friday.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are both calling for the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program.

“I don’t think diplomacy works,” Graham declared during an interview on “Face the Nation,” calling Iran a “religious Nazi regime,” that wants “to destroy the Jewish State.” 

“I am hoping there will be an effort by Israel to decimate the Iran nuclear program, supported by the United States. And if we don’t do that it will be a historical mistake,” Graham said.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. (Left: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Right: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Fetterman agreed with Graham’s call for the decimation of Iran’s nuclear program.

“One Hundred Percent,” the Democratic lawmaker declared in a post on X.

Graham responded, “Spot on, @SenFettermanPA. You get it.”

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Fetterman, an unwavering and outspoken supporter of Israel, has previously advocated for the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program.

“Whatever remains of Iran’s nuclear program needs to be destroyed and I fully support efforts to do so,” he declared in a tweet earlier this month.

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Fetterman recently met with President-elect Donald Trump, later describing the meeting as a “positive experience.”

Educational institutions and college-affiliated groups are preparing for President-elect Trump’s inauguration by offering mental health advice, delivering travel notices to international students, and organizing anti-Israel rallies.

Most schools will be closed on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, due to it falling on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Similar to Trump’s first inauguration and the weeks following his victory in the 2024 election, universities and education groups are offering different outlets for students on Monday.

Several anti-Israel college groups in Chicago are planning demonstrations. The University of Illinois Chicago’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJPUIC) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters intend to hold an anti-Israel protest, according to social media posts.

The groups will reportedly meet to “fight back against Trump’s racist and reactionary program,” wrote SJPUIC in a post on Instagram. 

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Anti-Israel activists gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso)

Other schools are offering mental health advice ahead of the Republican’s swearing-in.

Emory University’s Rollin School of Public Health conducted an interview with clinical psychologist Rachel Waford, published in December, about how to deal with “anxiety” during presidential transitions. 

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“Americans are experiencing a mix of emotions as Trump prepares to start his second term as President of the United States. For some, a second Trump administration is stirring up fear and anxiety,” the article reads. 

Waford suggested those who have anxiety should stay off social media or unsubscribe from news outlets. “I would encourage anybody who is in that state right now to think about the ways that you can plug into your life tangibly. Plug into your community, social supports, and the things that bring a sense of security, safety, and control,” the psychologist said.

President-elect Trump will be sworn in as president on Jan. 20. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Close Up Foundation, a nonprofit civic education organization, offered middle school students the opportunity to take a seven-day trip to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural celebration in an effort to help “young people see how our national ideals impact us today.”

Meanwhile, in recent weeks, international students have been urged by their universities to return to the U.S. before the inauguration, claiming that Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration could impact them. Several of the schools giving such notices include Cornell University, the University of Southern California (USC), Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Penn State.

“A travel ban is likely to go into effect soon after inauguration,” said Cornell University’s Office of Global Learning in a message to students. “The ban is likely to include citizens of the countries targeted in the first Trump administration: Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Myanmar, Sudan, Tanzania, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Somalia. New countries could be added to this list, particularly China and India.”

A statement from USC said that “this is especially important given that a new presidential administration will take office on January 20 and – as is common – may issue one or more executive orders impacting travel to the US and visa processing.”

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LAPD surrounds students protesting in support of Palestinians at an encampment at the University of Southern California’s Alumni Park, in Los Angeles, April 24, 2024. (Zaydee Sanchez)

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has also directed teachers to evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if they show up to schools.

“We will not allow any law enforcement entity to take any type of immigration action against our students or their families within our care,” LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said during a press conference in January.

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After Trump won the presidential election in November, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy offered a “Self-Care Suite” at school, while Northwestern University offered a “post-election wellness space” that provided puzzles, snacks, and “brain break activities” for students.

Fox News’ Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.

The Justice Department has recommended that a Pennsylvania barber convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot face 20 years behind bars.

Ryan Samsel was found guilty in February 2024 on several charges, including assaulting federal officers, carrying out an act of physical violence on the Capitol grounds and obstruction of an official proceeding.

The DOJ proposed a sentence of 240 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution and a fine, according to court documents.

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The Justice Department has recommended that a Pennsylvania man convicted of multiple charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol spend 20 years in prison. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

“A sentence of 240 months of incarceration reflects the gravity of Samsel’s conduct and provides sufficient deterrence given Samsel’s continued lack of remorse, active and public rehashing of false narratives, violent criminal history, and interest in assaulting the Capitol again,” the DOJ wrote in a memorandum.

Samsel was the first rioter to breach the restricted perimeter of the Capitol with other supporters of now-President-elect Donald Trump in an effort to delay the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory, according to the DOJ.

He was found guilty of verbally abusing officers, forcibly pushing and pulling on metal barricades, and assaulting an officer by lifting a metal barricade and striking him in the face with it.

Ryan Samsel, who was convicted of multiple charges for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, was the first person to breach the Capitol perimeter that day, the DOJ said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Police subsequently became overwhelmed as “the floodgates opened” and “thousands of rioters poured onto the West Front of the U.S. Capitol grounds,” the DOJ said in the document.

“Samsel spent the next hour and a half terrorizing the police on the West Front,” the document said. “He assaulted the police with his flag, grabbed another officer’s shield, tore at scaffolding, flashed officers, grabbed a 2×4 plank and hurled it at the police line, and threw a pole at a different police line.”

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Ryan Samsel was found guilty of verbally abusing officers at the Capitol, forcibly pushing and pulling on metal barricades, and assaulting an officer by lifting a metal barricade and striking him in the face with it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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“Samsel was proud of his actions on that day, taking the time to record a selfie video during the riot and announce with a smile that he had breached the Capitol,” the DOJ wrote. “Samsel was still proud of his actions years later when he told an interviewer that his actions on January 6th were justified, because ‘sometimes civil disorder is needed.'”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., had a tense interaction on Sunday during a live interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Graham told Brennan he was “ready” to vote to confirm Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, and believes Patel’s confirmation hearing “will expose him to be a very qualified man of the law.”

The remarks came after Brennan quoted former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr’s memoir about Patel.

“Patel had virtually no experience that would qualify him to serve at the highest level of the world’s preeminent law enforcement agency,” Barr wrote in his 2022 memoir.  

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Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is seen during a news conference on Dec. 21, 2020. CBS’ “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan quoted Barr’s 2022 memoir while speaking with Sen. Lindsey Graham on Jan. 19, 2025. (Michael Reynolds-Pool)

Graham said Barr was wrong when he wrote it, and wrong now about Patel. He said he takes his advice on the nominee from former Rep. Trey Gowdy, who worked with Patel.

“Kash was a public defender, he was a prosecutor, he worked with Trey Gowdy about the Russia hoax,” Graham said. “So I do think he has the experience. He has the trust of the president.”  

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President-elect Donald Trump has named longtime ally Kashyap “Kash” Patel, who has been a frequent and harsh critic of the FBI, to serve as the bureau’s next director in the new administration. (Reuters)

“I’m ready to vote for him because I know him too. See [you] never asked about the Russia hoax that he exposed,” Graham continued. “People on the right believe that he was part of the solution, not the problem.”

Graham then began to talk about this situation in the Middle East and its relation to the “world stage.”

“You took me all the way to Israel from Kash Patel,” Brennan said. 

Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Lindsey Graham following a meeting with Senate Republicans at the National Republican Senatorial Committee office in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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“You shouldn’t worry about Kash Patel,” Graham responded when Brennan asked about Patel “going after journalists.” 

“You should worry about reporting the news fairly, which you don’t do when it comes to everything Trump,” Graham concluded.

The CBS host then reminded Graham he is a guest on the show because “we wanted to hear you out,” before cutting to a commercial break.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has ordered flags in the state to fly at full-staff on Monday for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the nation remains in a mourning period to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

“Tomorrow, we are all Americans as we observe the centuries-old traditions of Inauguration Day,” Hochul said in a statement to the New York Post on Sunday.

“For that reason, I am directing flags to fly at full staff throughout the State of New York on January 20 and return to half staff to honor the late President Carter on January 21,” she added. “Regardless of your political views, the American tradition of the peaceful transition of power is something to celebrate.”

The governor’s directive comes during President Biden’s order that flags at all government and public buildings and grounds across the country fly at half-staff for a 30-day mourning period following Carter’s death on Dec. 29, 2024, which happens to include Inauguration Day.

YOUNGKIN ORDERS FLAGS TO BE RAISED FOR TRUMP’S INAUGURATION AMID MOURNING PERIOD FOR JIMMY CARTER’S DEATH

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered flags to fly at full-staff on Monday for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump amid the mourning period following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Biden said the U.S. flag “should be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions.”

It is a tradition when a former president dies to order a 30-day mourning period and for flags to be displayed at half-staff.

Hochul joins a trio of Democratic governors — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson — in ordering flags to fly at full-staff for Trump’s inauguration before the mourning period ends on Jan. 28.

WASHINGTON GOVERNOR ORDERS FLAGS AT FULL-STAFF FOR TRUMP INAUGURATION DESPITE MOURNING PERIOD FOR JIMMY CARTER

A 30-day mourning period is active until Jan. 28 following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. (Photo via Emma Woodhead/Fox Digital)

Several Republican governors have also directed flags to be raised on Monday, including Idaho Gov. Brad Little, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

Nearly 30 states will raise their flags on Monday for Trump’s inauguration, as will flags at the U.S. Capitol following an order from House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Trump had publicly taken issue with the idea that flags could be displayed at half-staff for his inauguration following Carter’s death.

President-elect Donald Trump previously said on Truth Social that Democrats were “giddy” that flags would be flying at half-staff during his inauguration.  (Evan Vucci/AP)

“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Jan. 3. “They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves.”

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“Look at what they’ve done to our once GREAT America over the past four years – It’s a total mess! In any event, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast,” he continued. “Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Flags were flown at half-staff when former President Nixon was sworn-in for his second term in 1973 after Nixon ordered the flags to be lowered following the death of former President Truman.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday denied that President-elect Trump’s mass deportation plan could cost trillions of dollars, though said that there is no better investment than restoring the safety and security of the country.

Johnson made the remarks during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when he was asked about the border crisis and grocery prices, the two issues that Trump says helped him win the election.

“I cannot think of a better dollar for dollar investment than to restore the security and the safety of the country,” Johnson said. “We’ve had a wide-open border for four years and millions upon millions of illegal persons. We have dangerous illegals in the country, criminals who have already committed crimes here, violent crimes against American citizens.”

The speaker cited crime and “the untold humanitarian cost in terms of trafficking and fentanyl deaths” in the U.S. as important reasons to tackle border security, saying, “getting rid of that criminal element … is something the American people want us to do.”

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President Trump tours a section of the border wall in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

“The number one job of the federal government is protecting the citizenry,” he said. “And when you have a wide-open border, you don’t have safety, security or even sovereignty, for that matter. President Trump is going to follow through on his campaign promises and the promises that we all made on the campaign trail. It costs money to do that. But there is a small investment in terms of what it costs us.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday and said Trump’s mass deportation plan was a “small investment” to restore safety and security to the country. (Getty Images, File)

When asked whether the plan would come with a price tag in the trillions of dollars, Johnson rejected the notion.

“It won’t cost trillions of dollars. I think we don’t yet know the dollar figure,” he said. “But I will tell you that the American people are going to support that effort. And we’re going to begin with the most dangerous elements. And you’re going to see a dramatic change in the country because of it.”

Johnson did not provide an estimated cost for the deportation plan.

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Regarding grocery prices, Johnson said those costs would unquestionably come down under Trump with the return to “fiscal sanity” and “common sense.”

Johnson said that Congress and the Trump administration will “turn the economic engines back on” like during the first Trump term when lawmakers “reduced the tax burden on the American people, but even more importantly, the regulatory burden.”

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“That’s going to be a major theme of the upcoming administration in this Congress, because if you release the red tape, you unleash the free market again. And that’s good for everybody,” he said.

President-elect Donald Trump  Vice President-elect JD Vance participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Sunday, the eve of his return to the White House.

Trump was participating in a series of Washington events prior to his return to office.

The president-elect’s wife, Melania Trump, was also there, as were his children: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump and Ivanka Trump. Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, was also in attendance.

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President-elect Donald Trump lays a wreath during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Some of Trump’s Cabinet picks were in the crowd, including Pete Hegseth, his pick for defense secretary; Marco Rubio, his pick for secretary of state; Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence; and Elise Stefanik, his pick for United Nations ambassador. 

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance participate in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday in Arlington, Virgina, as Melania Trump and Usha Vance watch at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump appeared solemn as he placed a wreath on an easel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in drizzly rain and in front of a silent crowd. Moments later, Vance did the same. 

Trump held a salute while Vance held a hand over his heart during the ceremony.

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President-elect Donald Trump salutes as Vice President-elect JD Vance holds a hand over his heart while participating in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, on Sunday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The two left Arlington National Cemetery once the ceremony was complete. 

Trump is set to hold a campaign-style “MAGA Victory” rally at Capitol One Arena on Sunday evening.

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Travelers arriving in Music City may soon be greeted by Trump International Airport.

On Friday, Tennessee Republican State Rep. Todd Warner filed House Bill 217, which would rename Nashville International Airport to honor Trump.

The bill would require the metropolitan airport authority to take actions to execute the name change.

Those actions would include setting up new signage, changing registered trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), revising all existing contracts and legal documents to reflect the new name, and updating references with local, state and federal agencies.

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A new bill filed on Friday could change the name of Nashville’s airport to Trump International Airport. (Getty Images)

During the transition period, the bill states that the airport may operate business using its current name with the designation of “doing business as Trump International Airport” or “d/b/a Trump International Airport.”

If passed, the bill would take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

This is not the first time a lawmaker has pushed to rename an airport after Trump.

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A Tennessee lawmaker wants to rename Nashville’s airport Trump International Airport. (iStock)

Back in April 2024, a group of House Republicans also pushed to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after Trump.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., the House GOP’s chief deputy whip, introduced the bill, along with six cosponsors. 

“In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,” Reschenthaler previously told Fox News Digital. “As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil.”

If passed, it would be the second D.C.-area airport named for a Republican commander in chief after Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.

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A group of House Republicans is pushing to have Dulles International Airport renamed for President-elect Trump. ( Spencer Platt/Getty Images and DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images )

Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., previously told Fox News Digital that “it is only fitting that we would do the same for another one of our greatest presidents.”

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Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., also echoed Moore and said “I can see no more fitting recognition than naming both airports in our nation’s capital after America’s two best presidents: DCA after President Reagan and Dulles after President Trump.”

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. 

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Millions of people across the country are expected to tune in to President-elect Trump’s second inauguration ceremony. Television networks, online publications and social media outlets are preparing for the big event. The way inaugurations have been presented to the public has changed drastically over the years.

“We must think big and dream even bigger,” Trump said during his first inaugural address in 2017.

Tens of millions of people watched his first address in real time – both on television and through online streaming. But inaugural addresses and analysis of the speeches were not always available immediately. In 1789, when George Washington was sworn in for the first time, his speech was not available to the public until several days later.

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Thomas Jefferson became the first president to have his inauguration speech printed in a newspaper the same day he gave his address in 1801. The National Intelligencer printed the speech on the morning of Jefferson’s inauguration.

James Polk was the first president to have his address reported by telegraph. It was also the first time a speech was shown in a newspaper illustration, by the Illustrated London News.

James Polk takes the presidential oath in this illustration of his inauguration. Polk’s inauguration was the first to be published as an illustration in newspapers. (Library of Congress)

Drawings were the main visual for inaugurations for another 12 years, until photography became more frequently used. James Buchanan was the first president to have a photograph taken at his swearing-in. Another 40 years later, video was used to record inaugurations for the public.

William McKinley was the first president to appear on a movie camera during his inaugural address in 1901. Only silent films were available then, but that would change over the years as inaugural addresses began to incorporate audio.

James Buchanan was the first president to have a photograph taken when he was sworn into office. (Library of Congress)

In 1921, Warren Harding was the first to use loudspeakers to address the crowd attending his inauguration in person. Four years later, Calvin Coolidge was the first to have his inaugural broadcast nationally by radio. The White House Historical Association estimates his 1925 address reached more than 23 million radio listeners. Herbert Hoover gave the first multimedia inaugural. His 1929 address was the first recorded on a talking newsreel.

“It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service of our people,” Hoover said during his address.

After World War II, an increasing number of Americans bought television sets for their homes. By 1949, almost all major cities had at least one local television station, and 4.2 million American homes had TV sets. Harry Truman became the first president to have his inauguration broadcast live that year. More than a decade later, John F. Kennedy had his address broadcast in color for the estimated 500,000 Americans who had color television sets.

“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,” Kennedy famously said during his inauguration speech.

Ronald Reagan sought to bring the pageantry of inauguration events to Americans across the country. His inaugural committee hosted around 100 satellite inaugural balls that were broadcast in 32 cities.

Americans used to have to wait days to read a president’s inaugural address in the newspaper. Today, the event can be livestreamed in real time all over the world. (Associated Press)

“Almost 200 years ago, at the first inaugural, people came by stagecoach. This time, people all over America, millions of people, are attending this one by satellite,” Reagan said during a ball at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

More than a decade later, Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1997 was available on the internet via livestream. Clinton had signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 just a year before at the Library of Congress.

“Ten years ago, the internet was the mystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren,” Clinton said during his inaugural address. “As we look back at this remarkable century, we may ask, ‘Can we hope not just to follow, but even to surpass the achievements of the 20th century in America?'”

With the growth of the internet, social media use also expanded.

“We have always understood that when times change, so must we,” Barack Obama said at his second inaugural address in 2013.

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Obama was the first president to join Twitter. His 2013 address generated more than 1 million tweets. According to Pew Research, around 51% of Americans owned a smartphone at the time. When Trump was sworn into office in 2017, that percentage rose to 77%. Cellphone carriers installed extracellular antennas ahead of the address for the massive crowd that would be sharing photos and videos from the day’s events on social media.

When Joe Biden gave his address in 2021, his inaugural committee relied on technology for nearly every aspect of the event. The coronavirus pandemic forced much of Biden’s festivities to move online.

“The world is watching all of us today. So, here is my message to those beyond our borders: America has been tested, and we have come out stronger for it,” Biden said during his address.

President Biden vowed to stick around in public life following his departure from the White House, telling a South Carolina church congregation on Sunday, “I’m not going anywhere.” 

On his last full day in office, Biden traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, where he spoke at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church to celebrate Martin Luther King Day early. 

On the topic of clemency, Biden commended himself for issuing more commutations and individual pardons than “any other president in American history,” adding that he also aspired to “end the federal death penalty” by commuting most sentences to life in prison without parole. The president also said he commuted the sentences of individuals “serving disproportionately hard, long, and harsh sentences for nonviolent drug offenses” and showed “mercy” for individuals who did their time or served a significant amount of time and “have shown significant remorse and rehabilitation.”

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President Biden speaks during a church service at Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

“These decisions are difficult. Some have never been done before, but, in my experience, with my conscience, I believe taking together justice and mercy requires as a nation to bear witness, to see people’s pain, not to look away and do the work, to move pain to purpose, to show we can get a person, a nation, to a day of redemption,” Biden said. “We know the struggle to redeem the soul of this nation is difficult and ongoing.”

“This is the shore between peril and possibility. But faith, faith teaches us the America of our dreams is always closer than we think. That’s the faith we must hold on to for the Saturdays to come. We must hold on a hope. We must stay engaged. Must always keep the faith in a better day to come,” Biden said, adding: “I’m not going anywhere. I’m not kidding… The people in South Carolina, thank you for keeping the faith. It’s been the honor of my life to serve as your president.” 

President Biden, first lady Jill Biden and Rep. James Clyburn attend a service at Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

“As I close out this journey with you, I’m just as passionate about our work as I was as a 29-year-old kid when I got elected,” Biden added. “I’m in no ways tired.” 

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Biden, who turned 82 in November, must be back in Washington, D.C., on Monday for the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Trump. 

After a disastrous debate performance against Trump over the summer, Biden suspended his re-election campaign amid serious concerns within the Democratic Party over his age and mental fitness. 

“It’s been the honor of my life to serve as your president,” President Biden told a congregation in North Charleston, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Vice President Kamala Harris headed the Democratic ticket in Biden’s place and suffered a decisive defeat by Trump in November.

Biden was the oldest U.S. president sworn into office four years ago. Trump, 78, will eclipse that record by a few months on Monday. 

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Earlier Sunday, Biden granted clemency to an additional five people, including pardoning political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey.

EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump will sign more than 200 executive actions on Inauguration Day—a massive, first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for American families, ending DEI programs across the federal government, and more, Fox News Digital has learned. 

A senior administration official who is familiar with the executive actions and authorized to brief Fox News Digital said Trump on day one will end “Catch and Release;” pause all offshore wind leases; terminate the electric vehicle mandate; abolish the Green New Deal; withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord; and take several major steps to assert presidential control over the federal bureaucracy.

The official said Trump will sign multiple “omnibus” executive orders that each contain dozens of major executive actions. 

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“The president is issuing a historic series of executive orders and actions that will fundamentally reform the American government, including the complete and total restoration of American sovereignty,” the official told Fox News Digital. 

On day one, the president-elect will declare a national border emergency; direct the U.S. military to work with the Department of Homeland Security to fully secure the southern border; and establish a national priority to eliminate all criminal cartels operating on U.S. soil. 

Trump will close the border to all illegal aliens via proclamation, Fox News Digital has learned. 

President-elect Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Trump will also create task forces for the protection of homeland security with officers from the FBI, ICE, CEA, and other agencies to “fully eradicate the presence of criminal cartels.” 

Trump will also direct designations of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, which the official said will unlock new authorities to achieve the Trump homeland security mission. 

Fox News Digital has learned that Trump will re-institute “Remain in Mexico,” and direct the military to construct a new area of border wall. He will grant emergency authorities to suspend the entry of illegal aliens across the southwest border, allowing for individuals apprehended to be “swiftly returned to their countries of origin.” 

Trump will “fully unleash” Alaskan energy, which the official described as essential to U.S. national security. 

The senior official told Fox News Digital that the energy executive order deals with “every single energy policy,” and addresses liquid natural gas, ports, fracking, pipelines, permitting and more, while also terminating President Biden polices he said “have constrained U.S. energy supply.” 

On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. (Trump-Vance Transition Team)

The official also said Trump will fully reform the federal bureaucracy by reestablishing presidential control over the career federal workforce and make clear to federal workers that they can be removed from posts for failing to comply with executive directives. 

Trump will sign an executive order to strengthen presidential control over senior government officials and implement a new merit-based hiring review. Trump will also take action to return federal workers to in-person work. 

The official also said Trump will end the “weaponization of the federal government,” and “restore freedom of speech” and “end federal censorship.” 

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Trump, on his first day, will also suspend the security clearances for the 51 national security officials who “lied” about Hunter BIden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 presidential election. 

He is also expected to establish biological sex definitions; rename places like the Gulf of Mexico, which will become the “Gulf of America,” and more.

Trump, on day one, will also end all Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs across the federal government. 

Trump will also establish a new Department of Government Efficiency hiring freeze and, the official said, gain control over foreign aid and NGO funding. 

“He is reasserting muscular control of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government,” the official told Fox News Digital. 

As for reducing the cost for American families, Trump will sign a presidential memorandum directing all agencies and departments to remove all federal actions that increase costs for families and consumers, which the official told Fox News Digital will be the beginning of Trump’s “historic de-regulatory effort” of his second term.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“This is a massive, record-setting, unmatched first wave,” the official told Fox News Digital. “Even after this, there is a whole host in the queue to continue the restoration of America.” 

The official added: “This is the most extensive list of executive actions in American history, all guided by a relentless commitment to deliver on the campaign promise.” 

The official told Fox News Digital that “everything” voters voted for “is being translated into executive policy.” 

“There is a massive federal workforce that has been moving its objectives at expense of the American people–and President Trump is taking command, saying you will serve the American people and only American people,” the official said. “This is about stopping corrupt, abusive behavior and re-focusing the government on its fundamental duties to the American people.” 

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Incoming Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that the overarching theme of his Day One actions is “promises made, promises kept.”

“As soon as President Trump places his hand on the Bible and swears the Oath to the United States Constitution, the Golden Age of America will begin,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital. “The American people will have a leader who will deliver on the promises he made to restore our country’s greatness.” 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reacts as he takes the stage during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

The president-elect on Sunday, previewed one of his Day One executive orders related to the popular video-sharing app TikTok, which was forced to go dark in the United States following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. 

Trump said he will sign an order on Monday that will “extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security.” Trump also said the order would confirm that there “will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.” 

A Trump official described the wave of actions as “shock and awe on a scale never seen before.”

President-elect Donald Trump outlined his plans for the opening days of his administration during his Victory Rally in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, vowing an onslaught of executive orders that will make voters “extremely happy.” 

“You’re going to see something tomorrow. You’re going to see executive orders that are going to make you extremely happy. Lots of them, lots of them. We have to set our country on a proper course. 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,” Trump said during his rally on Sunday. 

Fox News Digital exclusively reported earlier Sunday that Trump will sign more than 200 executive actions on his first day in office. 

“Every radical and foolish executive order of the Biden administration will be repealed within hours of when I take the oath of office,” Trump said. “You’re going to have a lot of fun watching television tomorrow.”

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump vowed that he will make “remaining records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Doctor Martin Luther King Jr” publicly available. He also vowed to start constructing the “Great Iron Dome missile defense shield,” as well as to get North Carolina back on its feet after hurricanes ripped through the state last year. As for January 6 protesters who were charged or convicted, Trump hinted they will be “very, very happy.”

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“The American people have given us their trust, and in return, we’re going to give them the best first day, the biggest first week, and the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history. To implement this historic agenda, I have assembled an all-star cabinet of patriots and visionary reformers for America, and together we will win, win, win for America,” he said before giving a shout out to his cabinet picks. 

Trump’s speech also focused on the immigration crisis that throttled the nation, vowing again that his administration will carry out a massive deportation operation. 

“Very soon we’ll begin the largest deportation operation in American history. Larger, even larger than President, Dwight Eisenhower, who has the record right now,” he said.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.  (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

“And we’re going to end the Biden war and American energy and unleash our energy resources to quickly defeat inflation and achieve the lowest cost of energy and electricity on Earth. And we’re going to be using our emergency powers to allow countries and entrepreneurs and people with a lot of money to build big plants,” he said. 

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Trump’s speech is his last as president-elect ahead of taking the oath of office for the second time and returning to the Oval Office on Monday. A bevy of longtime high-profile Trump supporters joined Trump at the rally to deliver remarks or perform, including musicians Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood, as well as UFC CEO Dana White, tech billionaire Elon Musk and actor Jon Voight. 

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19:  Actor Jon Voight speaks at Donald Trump’s victory rally on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in on January 20. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

“What an honor. What an honor it is for me to be up here in front of you. Great men and women who’ve all come here to celebrate the greatest win of all time. The greatest of all time. The victory we were all fighting for,” Voight said from the Capital One Arena on Sunday afternoon ahead of Trump. 

“To save our country, our democracy. And I’m so grateful that I’m able to say that Donald J. Trump is the 47th president of the United States of America. And now he will make America thrive again. He will make America great again, safer again. And we the people will honor our flag again,” he continued. Trump recently announced Voight will serve as a special ambassador “to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California.”

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to attend a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.  (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Trump also brushed off President Biden taking victory for securing the hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas last week. Hamas began releasing hostages on Sunday ahead of Trump’s rally. 

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“I’m glad to report that the first hostages have just been released. And who knows what’s going to happen. I know that Biden thinks that they made the deal,” Trump said while supporters booed Biden’s name. 

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: Elon Musk speaks at a President-Elect Donald Trump’s victory rally at the Capital One Arena on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Trump will be sworn in as the 47th U.S. president on January 20. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (Scott Olson/Getty Images))

Biden took credit for inking the cease fire deal in his opening remarks of his final address to the nation last week. Credit for reaching the agreement, however, was bolstered by the incoming Trump administration, according to sources who told Fox Digital that a recent meeting between Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly played a pivotal role in the deal. 

Trump thanked Witkoff for his efforts to help secure the deal during the rally, while arguing war would not have broken out in the Middle East if he had been president. 

Attendees cheer before President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a rally. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump wrapped up his speech vowing to Make America Great Again – noting “it all starts tomorrow” after his inaugration. 

“We put America first, and it all starts tomorrow. When I raise my hand or they vote to be sworn as your. We’ll be sworn in tomorrow. We’re all going to be sworn in together. That’s the way I look at it,” he said. 

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report. 

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, on Sunday, doubled down on his vow to oppose President-elect Trump’s sweeping reform aimed at removing dangerous illegal immigrants accused of crimes from the U.S. once he returns to the Oval Office on Monday.

In preparation for a change in federal administration, the mayor’s office has assured the city would continue to comply with the 2017 Illinois Trust Act, which prohibits local law enforcement from participating in federal immigration enforcement.

On Sunday, his opposition continued to ring loud and clear.

“Chicago stands strong: regardless of the circumstances, our commitment to protecting and supporting this city remains unwavering,” Johnson wrote in a social media post. “We will continue to fight for the justice and safety of all who call this place home.”

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The mayor also shared comments he made back in November, after Trump won the election.

In a nearly minute and ten second clip, Johnson said he and other city officials were going to defend the people of Chicago, telling those in attendance Trump’s threats are not just toward new arrivals and undocumented families, but also Black families.

He also accused Trump of wanting to destroy public education and “leveling opportunities for families who are descendants of slaves.”

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“We’re going to stand up, and we’re going to protect undocumented individuals,” Johnson said. “We’re going to protect Black folks, brown folks, Asian folks… Listen, the anti-sentiment that exists in this political space is unconscionable and it’s dangerous.

“Whether it’s anti-Black or antisemitic, we’re going to protect people, and we’re going to invest in people,” Johnson continued. “The city of Chicago will be better, stronger and safer despite who’s in the White House.”

Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.

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Chicago residents ripped Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to his face during a City Council meeting convened to vote on his new property tax hike proposal. (Reuters/Vincent Alban)

Earlier this month, Johnson released guidelines for how to handle visits from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), should officials from the agency enter city property.

Johnson’s guidelines advise, “Contact your agency or department’s designated attorney or general counsel for further guidance. Contact the highest ranking official or designated supervisor onsite and do not take any action until that person arrives.” 

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Migrants arrive in Chicago from Texas in 2022. (Fox News)

The guidance says to demand copies of warrants, not to consent to ICE entering “any private or ‘sensitive’ locations,” but not to interfere with any search, even if refused. There are further recommendations, including taking notes and keeping contemporaneous written records.

Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are residing in Chicago, despite residents pleading with city officials about how there are not enough resources to provide for them. More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in the city since August 2022, according to previous reports from Fox 32 Chicago, and thousands are in shelters.

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Sheltering migrants has drawn ire from residents after it has reportedly cost the city $574.5 million since August 2022. At a previous city council meeting on December 3rd, residents objected to an approximately $60 million property tax increase that was proposed to help officials overcome a $1 billion budget shortfall by the end of last year.

Fox News Digital’s Joshua Q. Nelson contributed to this report.