Donald Trump sworn in as president

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Donald Trump took the oath of office as the nation’s 47th president at 12:02 p.m. on Monday, marking a historic comeback for a president who has promised to disrupt Washington even more so than he did during his first term.

Donald Trump is sworn-in as president at the inauguration.

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With four predecessors, several supportive billionaires and scores of elected officials looking on, Trump became president for a second time inside the same Capitol building his supporters stormed four years ago in an effort to halt Congress’ ratification of his defeat.

It was the first time in more than a century that a former president has taken the oath for a second time after leaving office, with the 45th and now 47th president following in the footsteps of Grover Cleveland, the only other president to serve nonconsecutive terms.

The ceremony, which was moved indoors from the traditional location on the west steps due to the sub-freezing temperatures outside, completed a political resurrection unlike anything the country has seen.

Just six months after his criminal conviction in a hush money case, the former reality TV star has made a new, ignominious bit of history, becoming the first former president and felon ever sworn in to serve as president — a testament to his unique political appeal, endurance and remarkable imperviousness to the kinds of consequences that have traditionally cost politicians their careers.

Far from being weakened by a decade of trials and tribulations in and out of office, Trump returns seemingly at his political peak.

The Republican Party that now controls both chambers of Congress has been culled of establishment naysayers and, to a large extent, remade in his image. As evidenced by the stream of CEOs and leaders from the financial, media and tech worlds who have rushed to visit him in Palm Beach during the transition — as did several heads of state — the militant resistance he faced entering the White House eight years go has given way to resignation and fatigue from the left and an eagerness among the powerful to engage the new president…