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Trump declares an energy emergency: Will more fossil fuel extraction really cut energy bills?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//21//cop29-what-is-the-paris-agreement-and-how-will-countries-be-held-to-account-in-baku/">What is the Paris Agreement? A full guide to the historic climate treaty that Trump loves to hate<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The move spared the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals, as well as the killings of guards or prisoners in federal facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The three federal inmates that now face execution are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh's Tree of life Synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6689453125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//97//24//808x542_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg/" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks from Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/384x257_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/640x428_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/750x502_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/828x554_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/1080x722_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/1200x803_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/1920x1284_cmsv2_b3acb378-d7b5-57eb-b7d8-1b86390ff182-8989724.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Donald Trump speaks from Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jasper Colt\/USA TODAY NETWORK<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>No, the 2020 presidential election wasn't rigged<\/h2><p>Trump once again alleged in his Emancipation Hall remarks that the 2020 election, which saw him lose to Biden, was \"totally rigged\".<\/p>\n<p>There has never been any evidence that this was the case. Authorities who reviewed the election \u2014 including Trump's own attorney general \u2014 have concluded the election was fair.<\/p>\n<p>Biden won the Electoral College with 306 votes to Trump's 232, and the popular vote by more than 7 million ballots. Recounts in key states affirmed Biden's victory, and lawsuits challenging the results were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump repeats unfounded claim about immigrants<\/h2><p>The Republican president said in his inaugural address that the previous Democratic government \"fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world\".<\/p>\n<p>Yet there is no evidence that other countries are sending their criminals or the mentally ill across the border.<\/p>\n<p>Trump frequently brought up this claim during his most recent campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8980054,8846104\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//14//could-donald-trump-seek-a-third-term-as-president/">Could Donald Trump seek a third term as president?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//17//fact-check-exclusion-of-eu-leaders-from-trump-inauguration-is-in-line-with-tradition/">Fact-check: Exclusion of EU leaders from Trump inauguration is in line with tradition<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>China doesn't operate the Panama Canal<\/h2><p>Discussing his desire for the US to take back the Panama Canal, Trump said in his inaugural address that \"American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy. And, above all, China is operating the Panama Canal\".<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Panama have denied Trump's claims that China is operating the canal and that the US is being overcharged. Ricaurte V\u00e1squez, administrator of the canal, said in an AP interview that \"there's no discrimination in the fees\".<\/p>\n<p>\"The price rules are uniform for absolutely all those who transit the canal and clearly defined,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said China was not operating the canal, noting that Chinese companies operating in the ports on either end of the canal were part of a Hong Kong consortium that won a bidding process in 1997. <\/p>\n<p>V\u00e1squez added that US and Taiwanese companies are operating other ports along the canal as well, and stressed that the canal can't give special treatment to US-flagged ships because of a neutrality treaty. <\/p>\n<p>He said requests for exceptions are routinely rejected because the process is clear and there mustn't be arbitrary variations. The only exception in the neutrality treaty is for American warships, which receive expedited passage.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, complaining about rising charges for ships transiting the canal, has refused to rule out the use of military force to seize control of the canal.<\/p>\n<p>The US built the canal in the early 1900s as it looked for ways to facilitate the transit of commercial and military vessels between its coasts. Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on 31 December 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat.<\/p>\n<h2>The US didn't split the atom first<\/h2><p>Trump claimed that Americans \"split the Atom\", alongside a raft of other claims that they \"crossed deserts, scaled mountains ... launched mankind into the heavens and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand\".<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford, a Nobel Prize winner known as the father of nuclear physics, is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the atom by artificially inducing a nuclear reaction in 1917 while he worked at a university in Manchester in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The achievement is also credited to English scientist John Douglas Cockroft and Ireland's Ernest Walton, researchers in 1932 at a British laboratory developed by Rutherford. It is not attributed to Americans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6982421875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//97//24//808x565_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg/" alt=\"Dr. E.T.S. Walton, left, and Dr. F.D. Cockroft, right, stand with Lord Rutherford outside the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge, U.K, May 2, 1932.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/384x268_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/640x447_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/750x524_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/828x578_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/1080x754_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/1200x838_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/97\/24\/1920x1341_cmsv2_0a09d471-9d30-5aeb-a830-9e0b9a7fa35b-8989724.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dr. E.T.S. 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A website for the US Department of Energy's Office of History and Heritage Resources credits Cockroft and Walton with the milestone, although it describes Rutherford's earlier achievements in mapping the structure of the atom, postulating a central nucleus and identifying the proton.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand politician Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, where Rutherford was born and educated, said he was \"a bit surprised\" by the claim.<\/p>\n<p>\"Rutherford's ground breaking research on radio communication, radioactivity, the structure of the atom and ultra sound technology were done at Cambridge and Manchester Universities in the UK and McGill University in Montreal Canada,\" Smith wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said he would invite the next US ambassador to New Zealand to visit Rutherford's birthplace memorial \"so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom 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His return to power comes after the tumultuous events of 6 January 2021, and a historic effort to reshape Republican control in Washington.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737447871,"updatedAt":1737456126,"publishedAt":1737455743,"firstPublishedAt":1737455743,"lastPublishedAt":1737455743,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/95\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4cfebde6-3f80-559f-a628-067d6c864766-8989566.jpg","altText":"President Donald Trump points to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts","caption":"President Donald Trump points to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kenny Holston\/KENNY HOLSTON\/The New York Times","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5198,"height":3465}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":176,"urlSafeValue":"caraco","title":"Alexis 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THROUGH STRENGTH","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"From 'peace through strength' to pausing aid: Day one of Trump's foreign policy","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"'Peace through strength': Day one of Trump's foreign policy","titleListing2":"Donald Trump's foreign policy programme began by pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization, as well as pausing all foreign aid.","leadin":"Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as US President, withdrawing the country from the Paris climate agreement and reversing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers.","summary":"Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as US President, withdrawing the country from the Paris climate agreement and reversing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers.","keySentence":"","url":"from-peace-through-strength-and-pausing-aid-day-one-of-trumps-foreign-policy","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/21\/from-peace-through-strength-and-pausing-aid-day-one-of-trumps-foreign-policy","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark climate agreement and the World Health Organisation (WHO), advanced his vision for \"peace through strength\", and expressed doubt about the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on his first day as president of the US. \n\nIn one of many executive orders he signed shortly after being inaugurated as the 47th US president on Monday, Trump pulled the country out of the Paris climate agreement \u2014 repeating a move he made during his first term that was reversed by his successor, Joe Biden.\n\nTrump's order said the accord is one of several international agreements and organisations that don't reflect US values and which \u201csteer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people\" \u2014 a nod to the \"America first\" doctrine he first rolled out in 2017 and which he has revived for his second term.\n\n'Peace through strength'\n\nAt a speech during the commander-in-chief inaugural ball, Trump said the US would achieve \"peace through strength,\" an expression often attributed to the 40th President Ronald Reagan. \n\n\"We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we end and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. It's called peace through strength,\" Trump said. \n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged his comment in a post on social media, saying, \"President Trump is always decisive, and the peace through strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace, which is the top priority.\"\n\nDetails on how Trump would broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, however, are scarce.\n\nWhen asked during an improvised press conference at the Oval Office, Trump said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin \"very soon\" and said the Russian leader was \"destroying\" Russia by refusing to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine. \n\n\u201cI have to speak to President Putin, we\u2019re gonna have to find out. He can\u2019t be thrilled. He\u2019s not doing so well,\" Trump said, adding that Zelenskyy \"wants to make a deal\".\n\nKyiv has repeatedly rejected any notion of a peace deal with the Kremlin that would involve relinquishing its territories, including the Russian-occupied Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed during the first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.\n\nIsrael and Hamas \n\nWhen asked by a White House reporter if he thought Israel and Hamas would maintain a landmark ceasefire deal agreed upon days before Trump entered the White House, Trump said, \"That's not our war, it's their war. But I'm not confident.\"\n\nDays earlier, Trump claimed credit for the three-phase ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which was the product of months-long negotiations with the US, Qatar, and Egypt. The deal, based on one that Biden's negotiating team put forward in May, came into effect on Sunday following delays on the Israeli side.\n\nHowever, Trump has now reversed sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on extremist Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of abusing and attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.\n\nAccording to the Times of Israel, the order was used against 17 individuals and 16 entities over the past year, including settlers the US said had violently attacked Palestinians and illegally driven them off their land.\n\nIt is understood that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had raised the issue with Trump ahead of his inauguration. \n\nPause in foreign aid \n\nIn another executive order signed on Monday, Trump temporarily suspended all US foreign aid programmes for 90 days pending review, a move Secretary of State Marco Rubio had hinted at a week earlier. \n\nIt is not immediately clear how many millions of dollars would initially be impacted by the order, as Congress has already mandated the distribution of US foreign aid for many programmes and is thus compelled to spend it. \n\nTrump's order means that Rubio or a junior designee will determine if and where foreign aid should be spent. Rubio said last week that all funding proposals would have to answer three questions: \u201cDoes it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?\u201d\n\nTrump has long complained about US foreign aid spending, as well as the money the US has spent assisting Ukraine as it continues to defend itself against Russia. \n\nThe last official accounting of foreign aid in the Biden administration showed $68 billion (\u20ac65 billion) was earmarked for initiatives abroad, ranging from disaster relief to health and pro-democracy initiatives in 204 countries and regions, according to AP.\n\nCountries such as Israel, Egypt and Jordan are some of the biggest recipients of US foreign aid. They are unlikely to see dramatic reductions in what they receive, at least in the short term, as their donations are included in packages that were set up decades ago. \n\n'Spain is very low'\n\nIn another remark during an Oval Office press conference, Trump said when asked about NATO spending that \"Spain is very low\". The country is one of three European NATO members that have yet to reach NATO's defence spending threshold of 2% of GDP.\n\nHe then asked whether Spain was a \"BRICS\" nation. It is not: the alliance's core members are in fact Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and it shares no member states with NATO or the EU. \n\n\"If the BRICS nations want to do that, that's okay, but we are going to put at least a 100% tariff on the business they do with the United States,\" Trump said nonetheless.\n\nHe has suggested that NATO should hike its threshold to 5%, a figure dramatically higher than most members' current budgets.\n\nElsewhere, Trump declined to act on a campaign threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico on his first day in office. Instead, he announced he would issue new tariffs on Canada on 1 February.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark climate agreement and the World Health Organisation (WHO), advanced his vision for \"peace through strength\", and expressed doubt about the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on his first day as president of the US. <\/p>\n<p>In one of many executive orders he signed shortly after being inaugurated as the 47th US president on Monday, Trump pulled the country out of the Paris climate agreement \u2014 repeating a move he made during his first term that was reversed by his successor, Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump's order said the accord is one of several international agreements and organisations that don't reflect US values and which \u201csteer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people\" \u2014 a nod to the \"America first\" doctrine he first rolled out in 2017 and which he has revived for his second term.<\/p>\n<h2>'Peace through strength'<\/h2><p>At a speech during the commander-in-chief inaugural ball, Trump said the US would achieve \"peace through strength,\" an expression often attributed to the 40th President Ronald Reagan. <\/p>\n<p>\"We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we end and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. It's called peace through strength,\" Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged his comment in a post on social media, saying, \"President Trump is always decisive, and the peace through strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace, which is the top priority.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8989438,8988868\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//01//20//trump-ends-migration-app-that-gave-entry-to-over-1-million-migrants/">Donald Trump ends migration app that gave entry to over 1m migrants in first hour as president<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//21//markets-ride-a-rollercoaster-as-trump-returns-to-us-presidency/">Markets ride a rollercoaster as Trump returns to US presidency<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Details on how Trump would broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, however, are scarce.<\/p>\n<p>When asked during an improvised press conference at the Oval Office, Trump said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin \"very soon\" and said the Russian leader was \"destroying\" Russia by refusing to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to speak to President Putin, we\u2019re gonna have to find out. He can\u2019t be thrilled. He\u2019s not doing so well,\" Trump said, adding that Zelenskyy \"wants to make a deal\".<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has repeatedly rejected any notion of a peace deal with the Kremlin that would involve relinquishing its territories, including the Russian-occupied Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed during the first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Israel and Hamas<\/h2><p>When asked by a White House reporter if he thought Israel and Hamas would maintain a landmark ceasefire deal agreed upon days before Trump entered the White House, Trump said, \"That's not our war, it's their war. But I'm not confident.\"<\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, Trump claimed credit for the three-phase ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which was the product of months-long negotiations with the US, Qatar, and Egypt. The deal, based on one that Biden's negotiating team put forward in May, came into effect on Sunday following delays on the Israeli side.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump has now reversed sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on extremist Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of abusing and attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Times of Israel, the order was used against 17 individuals and 16 entities over the past year, including settlers the US said had violently attacked Palestinians and illegally driven them off their land.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had raised the issue with Trump ahead of his inauguration. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pause in foreign aid<\/strong><\/h2><p>In another executive order signed on Monday, Trump temporarily suspended all US foreign aid programmes for 90 days pending review, a move Secretary of State Marco Rubio had hinted at a week earlier. <\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately clear how many millions of dollars would initially be impacted by the order, as Congress has already mandated the distribution of US foreign aid for many programmes and is thus compelled to spend it. <\/p>\n<p>Trump's order means that Rubio or a junior designee will determine if and where foreign aid should be spent. Rubio said last week that all funding proposals would have to answer three questions: \u201cDoes it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long complained about US foreign aid spending, as well as the money the US has spent assisting Ukraine as it continues to defend itself against Russia. <\/p>\n<p>The last official accounting of foreign aid in the Biden administration showed $68 billion (\u20ac65 billion) was earmarked for initiatives abroad, ranging from disaster relief to health and pro-democracy initiatives in 204 countries and regions, according to AP.<\/p>\n<p>Countries such as Israel, Egypt and Jordan are some of the biggest recipients of US foreign aid. They are unlikely to see dramatic reductions in what they receive, at least in the short term, as their donations are included in packages that were set up decades ago. <\/p>\n<h2>'Spain is very low'<\/h2><p>In another remark during an Oval Office press conference, Trump said when asked about NATO spending that \"Spain is very low\". The country is one of three European NATO members that have yet to reach NATO's defence spending threshold of 2% of GDP.<\/p>\n<p>He then asked whether Spain was a \"BRICS\" nation. It is not: the alliance's core members are in fact Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and it shares no member states with NATO or the EU. <\/p>\n<p>\"If the BRICS nations want to do that, that's okay, but we are going to put at least a 100% tariff on the business they do with the United States,\" Trump said nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>He has suggested that NATO should hike its threshold to 5%, a figure dramatically higher than most members' current budgets.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Trump declined to act on a campaign threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico on his first day in office. Instead, he announced he would issue new tariffs on Canada on 1 February.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737438382,"updatedAt":1737458469,"publishedAt":1737453196,"firstPublishedAt":1737453196,"lastPublishedAt":1737458469,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/93\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3d6c4fbe-b7de-5b2d-ba3d-ec259126c691-8989322.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"paternoster","twitter":null,"id":2940,"title":"Tamsin Paternoster"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump","id":11900,"title":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump"},{"urlSafeValue":"inauguration","titleRaw":"inauguration","id":12547,"title":"inauguration","slug":"inauguration"},{"urlSafeValue":"world-health-organization","titleRaw":"World Health Organization","id":17270,"title":"World Health Organization","slug":"world-health-organization"},{"urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","id":26698,"title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion"},{"urlSafeValue":"israel-hamas-war","titleRaw":"Israel Hamas war","id":29226,"title":"Israel Hamas war","slug":"israel-hamas-war"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2733750},{"id":2733740},{"id":2734196}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"_Kcqe_2xk3o","dailymotionId":"x9cr0qq"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":64560,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":8527572,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/21\/en\/250121_NWSU_57562626_57562658_64560_100445_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":64560,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":12598484,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/21\/en\/250121_NWSU_57562626_57562658_64560_100445_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122011","80222011","84111001","84112005","84112006","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_gov_t_and_politics_u_s_government_resources","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general","terrorism_high_and_medium_risk","terrorism_high_medium_and_low_risk"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2025\/01\/21\/from-peace-through-strength-and-pausing-aid-day-one-of-trumps-foreign-policy","lastModified":1737458469},{"id":2734030,"cid":8989644,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250121_HLSU_57563588","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"HEALTH TRUMP WHO PULLOUT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump will pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here\u2019s what it means","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump will pull the US out of the World Health Organization","titleListing2":"Trump will pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here\u2019s what it means","leadin":"Here\u2019s what the US withdrawal means for global health and what may happen next.","summary":"Here\u2019s what the US withdrawal means for global health and what may happen next.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-will-pull-the-us-out-of-the-world-health-organization-again-heres-what-it-means","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/01\/21\/trump-will-pull-the-us-out-of-the-world-health-organization-again-heres-what-it-means","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"On his first day back in the White House, US President Donald Trump began the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nTrump had initiated the US pullout during his first term, but the decision was reversed by then-President Joe Biden.\n\nScientists fear the move could roll back decades-long gains made in fighting infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, and have cautioned that withdrawing from the global health organisation could weaken the world\u2019s defences against dangerous new outbreaks capable of triggering pandemics.\n\nHere\u2019s a look at what Trump\u2019s decision means.\n\nWhat happened?\n\nIn the first Oval Office appearance of his second term, Trump signed an executive order detailing how the withdrawal process might begin.\n\nHis move calls for pausing the future transfer of US government funds to the organisation, recalling and reassigning federal personnel and contractors working with the WHO, and calls on officials to \u201cidentify credible and transparent United States and international partners to assume necessary activities previously undertaken by\u201d the organisation.\n\nThis isn\u2019t the first time Trump has tried to sever ties with the WHO, the UN\u2019s specialised health agency.\n\nIn July 2020, several months after WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic and as cases surged globally, Trump\u2019s administration officially notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the US was planning to pull out of WHO, suspending funding to the agency.\n\nDr Tom Frieden, president and CEO of the advocacy group Resolve to Save Lives, said Trump\u2019s move \"makes Americans \u2013 and the world \u2013 less safe\".\n\nCan Trump really withdraw the US from WHO?\n\nYes, as long as he gets the approval of Congress and the US meets its financial obligations to WHO for the current fiscal year.\n\nThe US joined WHO via a 1948 joint resolution passed by both chambers of Congress, which has subsequently been supported by all administrations. The resolution requires the US to provide a one-year notice period should it decide to leave WHO.\n\nWhat does this mean for WHO?\n\nIt will put the WHO in a difficult financial position. The US has historically been among WHO\u2019s biggest donors, providing the UN health agency not only with hundreds of millions of dollars, but also hundreds of staffers with specialised public health expertise.\n\nIn the last decade, the US has given WHO about $160 million to $815 million (\u20ac153 million to \u20ac780 million) every year. WHO\u2019s yearly budget is about $2 billion to $3 billion (\u20ac1.9 billion to \u20ac2.9 billion).\n\nThe WHO provides technical assistance to poorer countries, helps distribute scarce vaccines, supplies, and treatments, and sets guidelines for hundreds of health conditions, including mental health and cancer.\n\nLosing US funding could cripple numerous global health initiatives, including the effort to eradicate polio, maternal and child health programs, and research to identify new viral threats.\n\nAmerican scientists would also lose quick access to critical genetic databases run by WHO, which could stall attempts to produce vaccines and medicines.\n\nLawrence Gostin, director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health Law at Georgetown University, said losing American resources would devastate WHO\u2019s global surveillance and epidemic response efforts.\n\n\u201cIt would make it more likely that we could see novel diseases spinning out of control, crossing borders, and potentially sparking a pandemic,\u201d Gostin said.\n\nHow will other countries respond?\n\nWhen Trump first pulled out of the WHO, Germany boosted its funding to briefly become the agency\u2019s biggest donor. However, it\u2019s not clear that Germany or other European leaders would have the same appetite to fill those funding gaps this time around.\n\n\u201cIf other member states or philanthropists step up and provide more flexible funding \u2013 even if it\u2019s less than the US provides \u2013 this could help WHO be more agile and focused in delivering its mandate,\u201d Dr Pete Baker, deputy director of the global health policy programme at the US-based think tank Center for Global Development, said in a statement.\n\nWhy is Trump withdrawing the US from WHO?\n\nAt a September campaign rally, Trump said he would \u201ctake on the corruption\u201d at WHO and other public health institutions that he said were \u201cdominated\u201d by corporate power and China.\n\nIn 2020, Trump alleged WHO was \u201ccolluding\u201d with China to hide the extent of the coronavirus\u2019 spread in the early days of the pandemic.\n\nAn AP investigation in June 2020 found that China withheld crucial details about the virus shortly after it emerged, frustrating WHO\u2019s efforts to assess its potential for danger and stop its spread.\n\nWhat has WHO said?\n\nAfter Trump's announcement, the agency said it \"regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw\" from the WHO and that it hopes the US will reconsider.\n\nThe group pointed to decades-long US-WHO cooperation to address global health threats such as smallpox and polio, and noted that it has been reforming its processes in recent years to improve its \"accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>On his first day back in the White House, US President Donald Trump began the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>Trump had initiated the US pullout during his first term, but the decision was reversed by then-President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists fear the move could roll back decades-long gains made in fighting infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, and have cautioned that withdrawing from the global health organisation could weaken the world\u2019s defences against dangerous new outbreaks capable of triggering pandemics.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at what Trump\u2019s decision means.<\/p>\n<h2>What happened?<\/h2><p>In the first Oval Office appearance of his second term, Trump signed an executive order detailing how the withdrawal process might begin.<\/p>\n<p>His move calls for pausing the future transfer of US government funds to the organisation, recalling and reassigning federal personnel and contractors working with the WHO, and calls on officials to \u201cidentify credible and transparent United States and international partners to assume necessary activities previously undertaken by\u201d the organisation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8824892\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//11//02//a-trump-win-could-reshape-global-health-is-europe-ready-to-step-up/">A Trump win could reshape global health. Is Europe ready to step up?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Trump has tried to sever ties with the WHO, the UN\u2019s specialised health agency.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//07//07//us-officially-withdraws-from-the-world-health-organization/">July 2020<\/strong><\/a>, several months after WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic and as cases surged globally, Trump\u2019s administration officially notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the US was planning to pull out of WHO, suspending funding to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tom Frieden, president and CEO of the advocacy group Resolve to Save Lives, said Trump\u2019s move \"makes Americans \u2013 and the world \u2013 less safe\".<\/p>\n<h2>Can Trump really withdraw the US from WHO?<\/h2><p>Yes, as long as he gets the approval of Congress and the US meets its financial obligations to WHO for the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>The US joined WHO via a 1948 joint resolution passed by both chambers of Congress, which has subsequently been supported by all administrations. The resolution requires the US to provide a one-year notice period should it decide to leave WHO.<\/p>\n<h2>What does this mean for WHO?<\/h2><p>It will put the WHO in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//02//03//how-is-the-world-health-organization-funded-and-why-does-it-rely-so-much-on-bill-gates'/">difficult financial position<\/strong><\/a>. The US has historically been among WHO\u2019s biggest donors, providing the UN health agency not only with hundreds of millions of dollars, but also hundreds of staffers with specialised public health expertise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8978704\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//01//20//these-are-the-most-critical-health-crises-facing-the-world-in-2025/">These are the most critical health crises facing the world in 2025<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the last decade, the US has given WHO about $160 million to $815 million (\u20ac153 million to \u20ac780 million) every year. WHO\u2019s yearly budget is about $2 billion to $3 billion (\u20ac1.9 billion to \u20ac2.9 billion).<\/p>\n<p>The WHO provides <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//08//26//who-launches-plan-to-halt-africas-mpox-outbreak-with-funding-need-of-135-million/">technical assistance<\/strong><\/a> to poorer countries, helps distribute scarce vaccines, supplies, and treatments, and sets guidelines for hundreds of health conditions, including mental health and cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Losing US funding could cripple numerous global health initiatives, including the effort to eradicate polio, maternal and child health programs, and research to identify new viral threats.<\/p>\n<p>American scientists would also lose quick access to critical genetic databases run by WHO, which could stall attempts to produce vaccines and medicines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8792098\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//10//15//european-countries-and-non-profits-pledge-nearly-630-million-in-new-funding-for-who/">European countries and non-profits pledge nearly \u20ac630 million in new funding for WHO<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lawrence Gostin, director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health Law at Georgetown University, said losing American resources would devastate WHO\u2019s global surveillance and epidemic response efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would make it more likely that we could see novel diseases spinning out of control, crossing borders, and potentially sparking a pandemic,\u201d Gostin said.<\/p>\n<h2>How will other countries respond?<\/h2><p>When Trump first pulled out of the WHO, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//11//02//a-trump-win-could-reshape-global-health-is-europe-ready-to-step-up/">Germany boosted its funding<\/strong><\/a> to briefly become the agency\u2019s biggest donor. However, it\u2019s not clear that Germany or other European leaders would have the same appetite to fill those funding gaps this time around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf other member states or philanthropists step up and provide more flexible funding \u2013 even if it\u2019s less than the US provides \u2013 this could help WHO be more agile and focused in delivering its mandate,\u201d Dr Pete Baker, deputy director of the global health policy programme at the US-based think tank Center for Global Development, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Trump withdrawing the US from WHO?<\/h2><p>At a September campaign rally, Trump said he would \u201ctake on the corruption\u201d at WHO and other public health institutions that he said were \u201cdominated\u201d by corporate power and China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8913650\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//12//17//after-three-years-of-negotiations-are-hopes-for-a-global-pandemic-treaty-dead/">After three years of negotiations, are hopes for a global pandemic treaty dead?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Trump alleged WHO was \u201ccolluding\u201d with China to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//06//10//us-health-coronavirus-virus-origins/">hide the extent<\/strong><\/a> of the coronavirus\u2019 spread in the early days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>An AP investigation in June 2020 found that China withheld crucial details about the virus shortly after it emerged, frustrating WHO\u2019s efforts to assess its potential for danger and stop its spread.<\/p>\n<h2>What has WHO said?<\/h2><p>After Trump's announcement, the agency said it \"regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw\" from the WHO and that it hopes the US will reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>The group pointed to decades-long US-WHO cooperation to address global health threats such as smallpox and polio, and noted that it has been reforming its processes in recent years to improve its \"accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737448540,"updatedAt":1737466227,"publishedAt":1737450051,"firstPublishedAt":1737450051,"lastPublishedAt":1737466227,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Evan Vucci\/AP Photo","altText":"US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.","callToActionText":null,"width":3772,"caption":"US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, 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Markets ride a rollercoaster amid Trump's inauguration","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Markets ride a rollercoaster as Trump returns to US presidency","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Markets ride a rollercoaster as Trump returns to US presidency","titleListing2":"Markets ride a rollercoaster as Trump returns to US presidency","leadin":"Global markets saw turbulent sessions following Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday and early Tuesday, reacting sharply to comments about Trump's tariff plans, with asset classes including stocks, currencies, commodities, and cryptocurrencies showing significant volatility.","summary":"Global markets saw turbulent sessions following Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday and early Tuesday, reacting sharply to comments about Trump's tariff plans, with asset classes including stocks, currencies, commodities, and cryptocurrencies showing significant volatility.","keySentence":"","url":"markets-ride-a-rollercoaster-as-trump-returns-to-us-presidency","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/01\/21\/markets-ride-a-rollercoaster-as-trump-returns-to-us-presidency","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Global markets faced a rollercoaster of volatility as major asset classes swung sharply during Donald Trump\u2019s first day in office. Investor sentiment was dominated by the US President's potential implementation of the tariff pledges made during his campaign.\n\nOn Monday, European stock markets closed broadly higher after Trump's team signalled that the initial executive orders might exclude tariffs on goods from China, Canada, and Mexico. US stock markets were closed for a public holiday, but the three main futures indices all posted gains. The US dollar sharply retreated, pushing the euro to a two-week high above 1.04. Bitcoin briefly surged to a new record high of over $109,000 before retreating, while gold prices climbed higher and oil declined.\n\nHowever, nearly all trends reversed during Tuesday's Asian session. President Trump announced plans to impose previously pledged tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico starting on 1 February. The announcement sent shockwaves through the markets, with the greenback regaining strength and pressuring other currencies, including the euro. US equity futures declined, setting the stage for potential spillovers into European markets.\n\nPrevailing Risk-Aversion Sentiment\n\nInvestors are increasingly turning to safe-haven assets to hedge against uncertainty, as sentiment appears highly sensitive to Trump\u2019s policy shifts. \u201cThe fact we\u2019ve seen such positive reactions to signals of a more deliberative approach to tariffs shows how concerned the markets are about the impact of trade wars. Further, the volatility seen today shows that sentiment can change in an instant,\u201d said Kyle Rodda, a senior financial market analyst at Compital.com.\n\nEarly on Tuesday in the Asian session, traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and the Japanese yen surged. At 4:25 a.m. European Central Time (ECT), spot gold prices rose 0.72% to $2,725 per ounce, the highest level since election day on 5 November. The USD\/JPY pair fell below 155 for the first time since 19 December. Meanwhile, the euro pared some of its earlier gains against the dollar, retreating to just below 1.04.\n\nHowever, the greenback may maintain its strength as a haven asset. \"For the dollar, uncertainties surrounding tariff policies and potential trade frictions are likely to bolster its safe-haven appeal\", Dilin Wu, a research strategist wrote in an email to Euronews. \"Gold continues to benefit from safe-haven demand, maintaining its upward trajectory\", she added.\u00a0\n\nBitcoin Retreats from a New High\n\nBitcoin reached a new record high of over $109,000 following Trump\u2019s inauguration on Monday, surpassing its previous peak of $108,300. However, the surge was short-lived due to a lack of clarity on cryptocurrency policy from the new administration. By 4:50 a.m. ECT, Bitcoin had rebounded from a session low near $100,000 to approximately $103,000. \"Until regulatory policies and supportive measures become clearer, Bitcoin traders may remain on the sidelines\", said Wu.\n\nPreviously, President Trump had announced plans to establish a US Bitcoin Reserve and ease industrial regulations. Over the weekend, both Trump and his wife unveiled their own meme coins \u2013 Official Trump and Melania Meme \u2013 on the Solana blockchain. Solana and the meme coins rallied before pulling back on Saturday. Despite the volatility, crypto enthusiasts remain optimistic that Trump will introduce pro-crypto policies within his first 100 days in office.\n\nCrude Oil Under Pressure\n\nCrude oil prices fell for a third consecutive trading day on Monday as Trump declared his intention to \"declare a national energy emergency\" to ramp up US production and reverse climate-focused policies implemented during the Biden administration. \"We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help us to do it\", Trump stated.\n\nOil prices saw a modest rebound in the Asian session, with WTI futures rising 0.65% to $76.89 per barrel and Brent futures climbing to $80.20 per barrel.\n\nThe oil market had surged to a six-month high last week, supported by additional sanctions on Russian exports imposed by the Biden administration and stronger-than-expected economic data from China.\n\nHowever, the outlook for oil prices remains uncertain as Trump has pledged to end the war between Ukraine and Russia. His approach could involve either tightening sanctions on Russia or relaxing restrictions to facilitate negotiations, each of which could have adverse impact on crude prices.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Global markets faced a rollercoaster of volatility as major asset classes swung sharply during Donald Trump\u2019s first day in office. Investor sentiment was dominated by the US President's potential implementation of the tariff pledges made during his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, European stock markets closed broadly higher after Trump's team signalled that the initial executive orders might exclude tariffs on goods from China, Canada, and Mexico. US stock markets were closed for a public holiday, but the three main futures indices all posted gains. The US dollar sharply retreated, pushing the euro to a two-week high above 1.04. Bitcoin briefly surged to a new record high of over $109,000 before retreating, while gold prices climbed higher and oil declined.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8986212,8985708\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//20//trumps-return-to-the-white-house-what-it-means-for-eurozone-interest-rates/">Trump's return to the White House: What it means for eurozone interest rates<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//20//trumps-inauguration-day-the-eu-waits-to-see-whats-in-store/">Trump's Inauguration Day: The EU waits to see what's in store<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, nearly all trends reversed during Tuesday's Asian session. President Trump announced plans to impose previously pledged tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico starting on 1 February. The announcement sent shockwaves through the markets, with the greenback regaining strength and pressuring other currencies, including the euro. US equity futures declined, setting the stage for potential spillovers into European markets.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Prevailing Risk-Aversion Sentiment<\/strong><\/h2><p>Investors are increasingly turning to safe-haven assets to hedge against uncertainty, as sentiment appears highly sensitive to Trump\u2019s policy shifts. \u201cThe fact we\u2019ve seen such positive reactions to signals of a more deliberative approach to tariffs shows how concerned the markets are about the impact of trade wars. Further, the volatility seen today shows that sentiment can change in an instant,\u201d said Kyle Rodda, a senior financial market analyst at Compital.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8975486,8977156\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//16//bp-to-axe-thousands-of-jobs-as-it-issues-warning-over-oil-and-gas-production/">BP to axe thousands of jobs as it issues warning over oil and gas production<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//15//eu-consider-lifting-sanction-on-syria-oil-gas-banking-and-transport-on-the-table/">Exclusive: EU considers lifting sanctions on Syria: oil, gas, banking and transport in view<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Early on Tuesday in the Asian session, traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and the Japanese yen surged. At 4:25 a.m. European Central Time (ECT), spot gold prices rose 0.72% to $2,725 per ounce, the highest level since election day on 5 November. The USD\/JPY pair fell below 155 for the first time since 19 December. Meanwhile, the euro pared some of its earlier gains against the dollar, retreating to just below 1.04.<\/p>\n<p>However, the greenback may maintain its strength as a haven asset. \"For the dollar, uncertainties surrounding tariff policies and potential trade frictions are likely to bolster its safe-haven appeal\", Dilin Wu, a research strategist wrote in an email to Euronews. \"Gold continues to benefit from safe-haven demand, maintaining its upward trajectory\", she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bitcoin Retreats from a New High<\/strong><\/h2><p>Bitcoin reached a new record high of over $109,000 following Trump\u2019s inauguration on Monday, surpassing its previous peak of $108,300. However, the surge was short-lived due to a lack of clarity on cryptocurrency policy from the new administration. By 4:50 a.m. ECT, Bitcoin had rebounded from a session low near $100,000 to approximately $103,000. \"Until regulatory policies and supportive measures become clearer, Bitcoin traders may remain on the sidelines\", said Wu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8986470,8944206\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//02//the-rise-of-cryptocurrency-how-high-could-bitcoin-go-in-2025/">The rise of cryptocurrency: How high could Bitcoin go in 2025?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//20//bitcoin-hits-record-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration/">Bitcoin hits record high ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Previously, President Trump had announced plans to establish a US Bitcoin Reserve and ease industrial regulations. Over the weekend, both Trump and his wife unveiled their own meme coins \u2013 Official Trump and Melania Meme \u2013 on the Solana blockchain. Solana and the meme coins rallied before pulling back on Saturday. Despite the volatility, crypto enthusiasts remain optimistic that Trump will introduce pro-crypto policies within his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Crude Oil Under Pressure<\/strong><\/h2><p>Crude oil prices fell for a third consecutive trading day on Monday as Trump declared his intention to \"declare a national energy emergency\" to ramp up US production and reverse climate-focused policies implemented during the Biden administration. \"We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help us to do it\", Trump stated.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices saw a modest rebound in the Asian session, with WTI futures rising 0.65% to $76.89 per barrel and Brent futures climbing to $80.20 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The oil market had surged to a six-month high last week, supported by additional sanctions on Russian exports imposed by the Biden administration and stronger-than-expected economic data from China.<\/p>\n<p>However, the outlook for oil prices remains uncertain as Trump has pledged to end the war between Ukraine and Russia. His approach could involve either tightening sanctions on Russia or relaxing restrictions to facilitate negotiations, each of which could have adverse impact on crude prices.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737444470,"updatedAt":1737445430,"publishedAt":1737445170,"firstPublishedAt":1737445170,"lastPublishedAt":1737445170,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/94\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5a4f647e-a80b-5479-b9d0-f98f3e4bbeab-8989438.jpg","altText":"File picture of Trump supporters listening to a pre-election speech when he assured them he would put America's interests first","caption":"File picture of Trump supporters listening to a pre-election speech when he assured them he would put America's interests first","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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It was most popular among nationals from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Mexico.\n\nThe app was first introduced at the end of Trump's first term as a way for customs brokers to schedule inspections and for visitors with short-term visas to extend stays.\n\nUnder former president Joe Biden, the app's use was expended to replace an opaque patchwork of exemptions to a pandemic-related asylum ban that was then in place. \n\nOfficials from Biden's administration portray the app as a key success in creating legal pathways at the border while still deterring illegal crossings. \n\nThe move adheres to a promise Trump made during his campaign and will please critics who say it was an overly generous magnet for more people to come to Mexico\u2019s border with the United States. \n\nThe end of the CBP One app is among the president's first moves on the immigration file since his Inauguration a couple of hours ago. \n\nAmong other policies, the new US President said in his Inauguration speech that he will be suspending refugee intakes for four months, implement a \"Remain in Mexico\" policy for asylum seekers coming from the southern border, and send the National Guard to reinforce it. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration axed a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States and work.<\/p>\n<p>The app that let migrants make appointments at eight southern border points is no longer available and that existing appointments are cancelled, according to a notice on the US Customs and Border Protection that went up shortly after Trump was sworn in. <\/p>\n<p>The CBP app scheduled roughly 1,450 appointments a day through an online lottery system. It was most popular among nationals from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The app was first introduced at the end of Trump's first term as a way for customs brokers to schedule inspections and for visitors with short-term visas to extend stays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8985844\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//20//donald-trumps-tiktok-shift-from-backing-a-ban-to-being-hailed-a-saviour/">Donald Trump's TikTok shift: From backing a ban to being hailed 'a saviour'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under former president Joe Biden, the app's use was expended to replace an opaque patchwork of exemptions to a pandemic-related asylum ban that was then in place. <\/p>\n<p>Officials from Biden's administration portray the app as a key success in creating legal pathways at the border while still deterring illegal crossings. <\/p>\n<p>The move adheres to a promise Trump made during his campaign and will please critics who say it was an overly generous magnet for more people to come to Mexico\u2019s border with the United States. <\/p>\n<p>The end of the CBP One app is among the president's first moves on the immigration file since his Inauguration a couple of hours ago. <\/p>\n<p>Among other policies, the new US President said in his Inauguration speech that he will be suspending refugee intakes for four months, implement a \"Remain in Mexico\" policy for asylum seekers coming from the southern border, and send the National Guard to reinforce it. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737397102,"updatedAt":1737426977,"publishedAt":1737401265,"firstPublishedAt":1737401265,"lastPublishedAt":1737426977,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kevin Lamarque\/Pool Photo via AP","altText":"President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.","callToActionText":null,"width":3454,"caption":"President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/84\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7b6c9f63-676c-5fcb-983f-cb3abee420e5-8988490.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":2357}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","titleRaw":"Donald 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SPEECH TAKEAWAYS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Six takeaways from Trump's inauguration speech","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Six takeaways from Trump's inauguration speech","titleListing2":"Six takeaways from Trump's inauguration speech","leadin":"Trump hinted at several executive orders in his first speech after being sworn in.","summary":"Trump hinted at several executive orders in his first speech after being sworn in.","keySentence":"","url":"six-takeaways-from-trumps-inauguration-speech","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/20\/six-takeaways-from-trumps-inauguration-speech","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump officially returned to power Monday, becoming the 47th president of the United States in what he hailed as a \u201chistoric political comeback\u201d.\n\nAfter being sworn in at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., he gave a roughly 30-minute speech -- relatively short by Trump's standards.\n\nHere are six key takeaways from the speech:\n\n1. Free Speech\n\nTrump promised to \"bring back free speech\" by ending government censorship -- a likely nod to his support for major social media and tech companies. During the speech, tech CEOs such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos sat a row ahead of Trump's new Cabinet. How that will impact on EU attempts to regulate tech giants will be a key question in the days and weeks to come.\n\n2. \u201cDrill, baby, drill\u201d\n\nTrump called for a \u201cnational energy emergency\u201d to allow for more production. Following his speech, the White House said the US would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, the second time Trump has pulled out of the voluntary agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions. EU officials administering the Green Deal will be anxious for the impact of Trump's policies.\n\n3. Territorial claims from Mars to Panama\n\nIn an apparent reference to his plan to colonise Mars, Trump vowed to \"expand our territory\". He also repeated foreign policy plans, mentioning the Israel-Hamas war and falsely claiming that \u201cChina is operating the Panama Canal\u201d but that \u201cwe\u2019re taking it back\". Earlier this month, he refused to rule out military force to take control of the critical waterway.\n\n4. Better left unsaid...\n\nTrump did not mention the rioters who were convicted for attacking the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a notable omission given he has said he plans to pardon many of them as soon as today.\n\n5. War on woke\n\nThe new president hinted at plans to roll back former President Joe Biden\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, saying his administration will recognise only two genders \u2013 male and female \u2013 and will stop efforts to \u201c\u200bsocially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life\u201d.\n\n6. MAGA redux\n\nTrump promised to raise the US's standing on the global stage, claiming that \"America's decline is over\". He also lauded his return to the Oval Office as \u201cproof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do in America\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump officially returned to power Monday, becoming the 47th president of the United States in what he hailed as a \u201chistoric political comeback\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After being sworn in at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., he gave a roughly 30-minute speech -- relatively short by Trump's standards.<\/p>\n<p>Here are six key takeaways from the speech:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Free Speech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump promised to \"bring back free speech\" by ending government censorship -- a likely nod to his support for major social media and tech companies. During the speech, tech CEOs such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//18//donald-trumps-inauguration-which-tech-leaders-will-be-attending-and-who-will-skip-it/">sat a row ahead<\/strong><\/a> of Trump's new Cabinet. How that will <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//20//us-big-tech-is-ready-for-trump-2-but-is-the-eu'/">impact on EU<\/strong><\/a> attempts to regulate tech giants will be a key question in the days and weeks to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u201cDrill, baby, drill\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump called for a \u201cnational energy emergency\u201d to allow for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//17//a-bonfire-of-climate-regulations-what-trumps-first-days-in-office-could-mean-for-the-envir/">more production<\/strong><\/a>. Following his speech, the White House said the US would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, the second time Trump has pulled out of the voluntary agreement to curb <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//10//the-future-is-in-our-hands-climate-scientists-share-solutions-as-2024-declared-hottest-on-/">greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong><\/a>. EU officials administering the Green Deal will be anxious for the impact of Trump's policies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8947422\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//06//how-could-trumps-policies-impact-europes-economy-and-politics/">How could Trump's policies impact Europe's economy and politics?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Territorial claims from Mars to Panama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an apparent reference to his plan to colonise Mars, Trump vowed to \"expand our territory\". He also repeated foreign policy plans, mentioning the Israel-Hamas war and falsely claiming that \u201cChina is operating the Panama Canal\u201d but that \u201cwe\u2019re taking it back\". Earlier this month, he refused to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//07//trump-says-he-wont-rule-out-military-force-to-try-to-take-control-of-the-panama-canal-and-/">rule out military force<\/strong><\/a> to take control of the critical waterway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Better left unsaid...<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump did not mention the rioters who were convicted for attacking the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a notable omission given he has said he <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//06//opinion-split-among-republicans-over-trump-pardons-for-6-january-rioters/">plans to pardon<\/strong><\/a> many of them as soon as today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8988010\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//20//in-pictures-us-presidential-inaugurations-over-the-years/">In pictures: US presidential inaugurations over the years<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>5. War on woke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new president hinted at plans to roll back former President Joe Biden\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, saying his administration will recognise only two genders \u2013 male and female \u2013 and will stop efforts to \u201c\u200bsocially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. MAGA redux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump promised to raise the US's standing <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//20//trumps-inauguration-day-the-eu-waits-to-see-whats-in-store/">on the global stage<\/strong><\/a>, claiming that \"America's decline is over\". He also lauded his return to the Oval Office as \u201cproof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do in America\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737397738,"updatedAt":1737399630,"publishedAt":1737398683,"firstPublishedAt":1737398683,"lastPublishedAt":1737399630,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP Photo","altText":"President Donald Trump gives his inaugural address in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.","callToActionText":null,"width":6040,"caption":"President Donald Trump gives his inaugural address in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 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US presidential inaugurations - in picture","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"In pictures: US presidential inaugurations over the years","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"In pictures: US presidential inaugurations over the years","titleListing2":"US presidential inaugurations through the years - In Pictures","leadin":"As Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, we look at the most notable ceremonies celebrating US presidents-elect taking office over the years.","summary":"As Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, we look at the most notable ceremonies celebrating US presidents-elect taking office over the years.","keySentence":"","url":"in-pictures-us-presidential-inaugurations-over-the-years","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/20\/in-pictures-us-presidential-inaugurations-over-the-years","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States in Washington on Monday, marking his second, non-consecutive term in office. \n\nThe ceremony initially planned for the National Mall, has been relocated indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to severe cold weather.\n\nThe inauguration of a US president is a historic moment that marks the transition of power and sets the tone for the administration ahead. \n\nFrom the solemn oath-taking to grand parades, each inauguration offers a glimpse into the nation's political and cultural landscape. \n\nWe take a look at the most notable inaugurations of contemporary times as well as historical ones.\n\nJoe Biden inauguration, 2021\n\nTrump's first parade and oath, 2017\n\nBarack Obama's inaugurations in 2009 and 2013\n\nGeorge W Bush's two inaugurations, 2001 and 2005\n\nBill Clinton's second oath, 1997\n\nGeorge H W Bush's inauguration, 1989\n\nRonald Reagan's inaugurations, 1981 and 1985\n\nJimmy Carter's inauguration, 1971\n\nRichard Nixon's parade, ball and oath, 1969 and 1973\n\nJohn F Kennedy's inaugural address, 1961\n\nDwight Eisenhower's inauguration, 1953 and 1957\n\nHarry Truman's inaugural parade, 1949\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States in Washington on Monday, marking his second, non-consecutive term in office. <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony initially planned for the National Mall, has been relocated indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to severe cold weather.<\/p>\n<p>The inauguration of a US president is a historic moment that marks the transition of power and sets the tone for the administration ahead. <\/p>\n<p>From the solemn oath-taking to grand parades, each inauguration offers a glimpse into the nation's political and cultural landscape. <\/p>\n<p>We take a look at the most notable inaugurations of contemporary times as well as historical ones.<\/p>\n<h2>Joe Biden inauguration, 2021<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.693359375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x561_cmsv2_4f9a43a1-b0e9-5e84-88f8-085a287ff9b3-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Biden sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, 2021\" 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(max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Biden sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Andrew Harnik<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg/" alt=\" Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_69d974a5-ec3e-5531-9bc9-a8fa2b564782-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Patrick Semansky<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and family, walk near the White House during a Presidential Escort to the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_c6468401-2e39-57c6-b38a-4cad863a852f-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and family, walk near the White House during a Presidential Escort to the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Doug Mills<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Trump's first parade and oath, 2017<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x608_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - President Donald Trump takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x288_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x480_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x563_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x621_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x810_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x900_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1440_cmsv2_6433e63c-c68e-59f5-aadc-86299dbd94a8-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - President Donald Trump takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jim Bourg<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7158203125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x577_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - President Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron, walk during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x275_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x458_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x537_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x593_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x773_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x859_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1374_cmsv2_cd6da19c-1815-552f-8f76-bc4d98be0d60-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - President Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron, walk during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.609375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x493_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Trump greets former President Barack Obama following Trump&#39;s inaugural address during the Inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x234_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x390_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x457_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x505_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x658_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x731_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1170_cmsv2_524b21df-3531-58d7-977c-57140bb6d298-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Trump greets former President Barack Obama following Trump&#39;s inaugural address during the Inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ricky Carioti<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Barack Obama's inaugurations in 2009 and 2013<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Barack Obama gives his Inaugural address on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_3d90366e-c73a-5aaa-97bc-8fd8b80ae5c7-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Barack Obama gives his Inaugural address on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rob Carr<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Barack Obama is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 44th president of the United States as his wife Michelle looks on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_4cd68948-e4e7-5ee7-b7bd-0ed6c9e0ea06-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Barack Obama is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 44th president of the United States as his wife Michelle looks on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mark Wilson<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x535_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg/" alt=\" Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk the inaugural parade route in Washington, Jan. 20, 2009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x254_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x423_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x495_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x547_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x713_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x792_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1268_cmsv2_3ba3248c-059c-5924-a042-d6dc0a461954-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk the inaugural parade route in Washington, Jan. 20, 2009<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8271484375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x668_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Former President George W. Bush, right, hugs President Barack Obama after Obama was sworn in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x318_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x529_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x620_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x685_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x893_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x993_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1588_cmsv2_615f87cd-2717-591b-8126-223b9a7b3412-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Former President George W. Bush, right, hugs President Barack Obama after Obama was sworn in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ron Edmonds<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>George W Bush's two inaugurations, 2001 and 2005<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.673828125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x546_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"George W. Bush takes the oath of office from Chief Justice William Rehnquist to become the 43rd president Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x259_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x431_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x505_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x558_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x728_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x809_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1294_cmsv2_34776b64-4ac0-5c5b-ba11-b122faecedbf-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">George W. Bush takes the oath of office from Chief Justice William Rehnquist to become the 43rd president Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">DOUG MILLS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6748046875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x546_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk during the inauguration parade infront of the White House. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x259_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x432_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x506_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x559_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x729_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x810_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1296_cmsv2_3fd249fc-adb9-5830-abbc-61724ec5f3c6-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk during the inauguration parade infront of the White House. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">DOUG MILLS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Bill Clinton's second oath, 1997<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7880859375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x636_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"President Clinton is sworn in for his second term Monday, Jan. 20, 1997, in Washington by Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x303_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x504_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x591_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x653_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x851_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x946_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1513_cmsv2_ab68a6cc-94db-50ba-a538-d13a357de344-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Clinton is sworn in for his second term Monday, Jan. 20, 1997, in Washington by Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">DOUG MILLS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8857421875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x715_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"The Capitol stands ready for the second inauguration of President Clinton Monday, Jan. 20, 1997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x340_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x567_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x664_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x733_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x957_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x1063_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1701_cmsv2_44f64097-b7dd-5482-90be-345f52422bc5-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Capitol stands ready for the second inauguration of President Clinton Monday, Jan. 20, 1997<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">RON EDMONDS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.626953125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x505_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"President Clinton signs the National Day of Hope and Renewal Proclamation on Capitol Hill Monday Jan. 20, 1997 after taking the oath for his second term\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x241_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x401_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x470_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x519_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x677_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x752_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1204_cmsv2_7acb45e7-121e-51f7-b304-ea25aae0488d-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Clinton signs the National Day of Hope and Renewal Proclamation on Capitol Hill Monday Jan. 20, 1997 after taking the oath for his second term<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">JOE MARQUETTE<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>George H W Bush's<\/strong> inauguration, 1989<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6630859375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x535_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg/" alt=\" George Bush, left, raises his hand as he takes the oath of office as President of the United States outside the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 1989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x255_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x424_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x497_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x549_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x716_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x796_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1273_cmsv2_ef2c0519-ae75-5d48-b99a-e65127ae58f2-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> George Bush, left, raises his hand as he takes the oath of office as President of the United States outside the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 1989<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ron Edmonds<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6806640625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x550_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara walk to the inaugural parade reviewing stand at the White House in Washington, Jan. 21, 1989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x261_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x436_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x510_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x564_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x735_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x817_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1307_cmsv2_b1e68de8-ab90-58de-8df0-5e20fd47af70-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara walk to the inaugural parade reviewing stand at the White House in Washington, Jan. 21, 1989<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Doug Mills<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Ronald Reagan's inaugurations, 1981 and 1985<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.671875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x542_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - First lady Nancy Reagan, center, looks on as President Ronald Reagan is sworn in during ceremonies in the Rotunda beneath the Capitol Dome in Washington, Jan. 21, 1985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x258_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x430_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x504_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x556_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x726_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x806_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1290_cmsv2_73fb08ae-1a2c-5895-81bc-c45e85bd0435-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - First lady Nancy Reagan, center, looks on as President Ronald Reagan is sworn in during ceremonies in the Rotunda beneath the Capitol Dome in Washington, Jan. 21, 1985<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ron Edmonds<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.697265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x565_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"FILE- This Jan. 20, 1981 file photo, shows Ronald Reagan as he gives a thumbs up to the crowd during the inaugural parade in Washington \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x268_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x446_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x523_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x577_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x753_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x837_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1339_cmsv2_50545509-ecd6-51ec-bec4-ddf197a8fd4b-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE- This Jan. 20, 1981 file photo, shows Ronald Reagan as he gives a thumbs up to the crowd during the inaugural parade in Washington <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/1981<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6943359375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x561_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife, first lady Nancy Reagan, wave to the crowd on the west front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x267_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x444_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x521_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x575_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x750_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x833_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1333_cmsv2_d14b5c42-9f44-5734-9edc-7f878e131974-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife, first lady Nancy Reagan, wave to the crowd on the west front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/1981<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Jimmy Carter's inauguration, 1971<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.689453125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x557_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - Judge Robert H. Jordan administers the oath of office to Gov. Jimmy Carter at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, Jan. 12, 1971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x265_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x441_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x517_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x571_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x745_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x827_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1324_cmsv2_3270d5d5-ee88-5802-8288-cbce57105e7d-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - Judge Robert H. Jordan administers the oath of office to Gov. Jimmy Carter at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, Jan. 12, 1971<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.69921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x565_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife Rosalynn along Pennsylvania Avenue and their daughter Amy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x269_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x448_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x524_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x579_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x755_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x839_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1343_cmsv2_1ede1873-1255-5d19-9339-05b87027c757-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife Rosalynn along Pennsylvania Avenue and their daughter Amy<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">SUZANNE VLAMIS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Richard Nixon's parade, ball and oath, 1969 and 1973<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6552734375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x528_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"U.S. President Richard Nixon takes the oath of office as he is sworn in for a second term in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x252_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x419_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x491_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x543_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x708_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x786_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1258_cmsv2_ad8314d6-6aa7-5d6e-a49d-60c32ff159ab-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">U.S. President Richard Nixon takes the oath of office as he is sworn in for a second term in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1973<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.70703125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x573_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"President Nixon and his wife Pat hold hands as they greet at the Shoreham Hotel Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x272_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x453_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x530_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x585_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x764_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x848_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1358_cmsv2_196038c3-7bcd-5b86-86d6-5edd0c516ca0-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Nixon and his wife Pat hold hands as they greet at the Shoreham Hotel Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1969<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg/" alt=\" Nixon applauds a passing unit during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x257_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x428_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x501_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x553_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x721_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x802_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1283_cmsv2_93aac070-04e0-5177-97f2-51a70a3faa24-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> Nixon applauds a passing unit during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1969<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.96125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x1584_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Richard M. Nixon takes the oath as President of the United States on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 1969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x753_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x1255_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x1471_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x1624_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x2118_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x2354_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x3766_cmsv2_5b7ee7fc-77bf-57bd-9a43-551493319674-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Richard M. Nixon takes the oath as President of the United States on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 1969<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>John F Kennedy's inaugural address, 1961<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.28\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x1036_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office at the Capitol in Washington Jan. 20, 1961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x492_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x819_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x960_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x1060_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x1382_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x1536_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x2458_cmsv2_196bc13b-adfa-59b2-9dcf-f1c4d9f03c2f-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office at the Capitol in Washington Jan. 20, 1961<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.0068829891838742\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x816_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"John F. Kennedy speaking for the first time as President of the United States in front of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 1961, during the inaugural ceremonies\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x387_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x644_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x755_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x834_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x1087_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x1208_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1933_cmsv2_9355102b-9ccf-5d1e-856d-e0ddffe4f0fa-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">John F. Kennedy speaking for the first time as President of the United States in front of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 1961, during the inaugural ceremonies<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP1961<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6591796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x532_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"President John F. Kennedy took oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren in Washington January 20, 1961.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x253_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x422_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x494_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x546_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x712_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x791_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1266_cmsv2_faffcc40-ebdc-51d9-8fad-7911e9ef4617-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President John F. Kennedy took oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren in Washington January 20, 1961.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP1961<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration, 1953 and 1957<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x557_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as President as U.S. Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath of office during the ceremony in Washington. Jan. 20, 1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x264_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x440_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x516_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x569_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x743_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x825_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1320_cmsv2_1dc05bf4-74bb-596e-a078-37f00a773373-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as President as U.S. Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath of office during the ceremony in Washington. Jan. 20, 1953<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7890625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x636_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"President Dwight Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower applaud entertainment at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on Jan. 21, 1957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x303_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x505_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x592_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x653_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x852_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x947_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1515_cmsv2_2acb0851-7227-52a4-938b-cc28afedf5b0-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Dwight Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower applaud entertainment at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on Jan. 21, 1957<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Anonymous\/1957<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Harry Truman's inaugural parade, 1949<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.580078125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x470_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg/" alt=\" Harry S. Truman, left, and Vice President Alben W. Barkley wave from the inaugural parade reviewing stand in front of the White House after their inauguration in Washington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x223_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x371_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x435_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x480_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x626_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x696_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1114_cmsv2_747b4c29-33a9-5c7b-a0b0-788b403f7c92-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> Harry S. Truman, left, and Vice President Alben W. Barkley wave from the inaugural parade reviewing stand in front of the White House after their inauguration in Washington<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7646484375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x617_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"People gather in front of the Capitol Building for Harry S. Truman&#39;s inauguration ceremony as he takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x294_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x489_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x573_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x633_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x826_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x918_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x1468_cmsv2_d094cf8f-e0c3-59a6-ba3d-ee0c30e43f8c-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People gather in front of the Capitol Building for Harry S. Truman&#39;s inauguration ceremony as he takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1949<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.2427184466019416\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//80//10//808x1010_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg/" alt=\"President Harry S. Truman delivers inaugural address from Capitol portico, January 20, 1949, after taking oath of office for his first full term as chief executive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/384x477_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/640x795_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/750x932_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/828x1029_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1080x1342_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1200x1491_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/1920x2386_cmsv2_9753f4fd-9e4d-501d-93ed-6aec592bc57e-8988010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Harry S. Truman delivers inaugural address from Capitol portico, January 20, 1949, after taking oath of office for his first full term as chief executive<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">BECKER\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737384650,"updatedAt":1737393638,"publishedAt":1737393612,"firstPublishedAt":1737393612,"lastPublishedAt":1737393612,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/80\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6c9eee45-42bf-583a-abd0-406bf203c8b1-8988010.jpg","altText":"Different US presidential inaugurations over the years","caption":"Different US presidential inaugurations over the years","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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Trump\u2019s statement about Africa wasn\u2019t a generic comment on the continent but one in response to an issue becoming an inflexion point for the entire world from the global south to the industrialised north: immigration.\n\nIndeed, President Trump\u2019s remarks in 2018 would find an eerie resonance, if not perhaps as publicly, among many political leaders of my own country, South Africa.\n\nImmigration is a massive issue and especially in Africa, as subsequent editions of the unique biennial African Youth survey have shown since it was first released in 2020.\n\nThe issue is not binary, black or white (pun intended), so the solution must be more nuanced. \n\nIronically it is the nuances that many will ignore when approaching a Trump administration. There is no doubt that President Trump\u2019s first term in office was disruptive, sometimes deliberately so, at other times organically. This time seems very different, the early choices of the office bearers in his administration have been a very signal statement of intent. Outside the clamour of the commentariat, there has been a real expectation that this administration will be different. \n\nI believe the same will hold for Africa.\n\nThe continent has much to offer, from its incredible mineral and human resources \u2013 including the youngest population in the world \u2013 to its global strategic importance in a multi-polar society that sees the US jostling with China and Russia for influence. \n\nBut Africa also depends a lot on the US, especially in the form of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Pepfar, which has been one of the main pillars to combating the HIV and Aids pandemic in southern Africa. \n\nAfrica needs these programs to continue, but there is a very real fear that they will be cut. \n\nI do not believe they will. Instead, the White House will have very real and measurable expectations about the 47th administration's return on investment. \n\nRelationships that make sense and provide value\n\nPresident Trump made no secret of this when he warned in December that any de-dollarisation attempts by BRICS members would be met with punitive trade tariffs. \n\nAnd there have always been expectations from the US, whether from the White House or State Department, but these have been tempered by the conventions of diplomacy and the pressures of being kind to Africa because of the century-long ravages we have borne through colonialism and post-colonial exploitation. \n\nThe Trump administration is not as burdened by the niceties of polite conversation or historical guilt \u2014 instead it is one that will be guided by its own set of principles, both domestically and on the global stage.\n\nWe know what those are; it is no longer a priority for America to play its role on the world stage, shouldering responsibilities for others when it cannot look after its own people in the manner in which it is expected. \n\nThis will have an immediate impact on the balance of trade, on the US\u2019s re-industrialisation and, indeed, on receiving immigrants who will require US government assistance. \n\nWhen the US does look beyond its borders in this administration, it will be based on relationships that make sense to the US \u2014 and provide value. \n\nThose relationships will no longer be one-sided at the perceived expense of the American people, which of course will have significant impact on countries wishing to engage with the US.\n\nIn Africa, and South Africa in particular, this might prove difficult because of the country\u2019s avowed policy of non-alignment, which has become an increasing point of contention with some US senators. \n\nThe war in Ukraine has been a case in point, with South Africa ostensibly seeking a resolution to the war while maintaining extremely cordial relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s administration, including resolutely refusing to vote against Russia in the United Nations General Assembly.\n\nPresident Trump\u2019s accession to power \u2014 and his stated intention to end this war \u2014 might make South Africa\u2019s prior stance very useful for the White House. \n\nThe same cannot be said for Pretoria\u2019s position on the Middle East and especially its increasingly overt hostility to Israel, seen against Trump\u2019s unequivocal attitude towards Hamas, effectively giving them an ultimatum via social media to release all the remaining hostages before his inauguration. \n\nEven though these conflicts are not contiguous to Africa, the US\u2019 impact on stopping them will be felt on the continent, especially in the case of Russia which is now the greatest arms supplier to African rulers who have dispensed with democratic processes.\n\nDon't underestimate Donald Trump\n\nI believe the Trump administration\u2019s attitude towards Africa will ultimately be a blend of pragmatism and business sense with a leavening of altruism. \n\nWars cost money and lead to instability that reverberates ever outwards, across seas and ultimately to the Land of the Free as the Statue of Liberty is forced to welcome another wave of unwanted refugees. \n\nIt makes business sense to keep people in the countries where they are rather than fleeing to the US. \n\nAnd the best business is the business of business itself, trade, is unsustainable in times of conflict \u2014 it is one of the reasons why President Trump\u2019s victory was welcomed on both sides of the Middle East conflict, if not among the commentariat themselves, for the people on the ground remember a time only four years ago when peace looked like becoming a generational reality, unlike now.\n\nPeople the world over, and Americans in particular, continue to make the mistake of underestimating Donald Trump. He\u2019s a tough negotiator, but he\u2019s a businessman. If Africa can find the confidence to take sentiment out of the equation and make a business pitch that makes sense, this could well be a very profitable and peaceful four years indeed.\n\nIvor Ichikowitz is an African industrialist and philanthropist.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It is no overstatement to say the entire world is waiting with bated breath for the 47th president of the United States to take office and to see just what President Donald Trump will do. <\/p>\n<p>Africa is especially keen \u2014 and for good reason.<\/p>\n<p>The continent did not feature too highly when Mr Trump was president the last time - Indeed, his attitude towards Africa is perennially remembered through a comment that rapidly became a social media meme: sh*thole countries.<\/p>\n<p>But like many things about the man who will go down in history as America\u2019s 45th and 47th president, the only president since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to win non-consecutive terms in the White House, it\u2019s wise to remember the context.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s statement about Africa wasn\u2019t a generic comment on the continent but one in response to an issue becoming an inflexion point for the entire world from the global south to the industrialised north: immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, President Trump\u2019s remarks in 2018 would find an eerie resonance, if not perhaps as publicly, among many political leaders of my own country, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration is a massive issue and especially in Africa, as subsequent editions of the unique biennial African Youth survey have shown since it was first released in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is not binary, black or white (pun intended), so the solution must be more nuanced. <\/p>\n<p>Ironically it is the nuances that many will ignore when approaching a Trump administration. There is no doubt that President Trump\u2019s first term in office was disruptive, sometimes deliberately so, at other times organically. This time seems very different, the early choices of the office bearers in his administration have been a very signal statement of intent. Outside the clamour of the commentariat, there has been a real expectation that this administration will be different. <\/p>\n<p>I believe the same will hold for Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The continent has much to offer, from its incredible mineral and human resources \u2013 including the youngest population in the world \u2013 to its global strategic importance in a multi-polar society that sees the US jostling with China and Russia for influence. <\/p>\n<p>But Africa also depends a lot on the US, especially in the form of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Pepfar, which has been one of the main pillars to combating the HIV and Aids pandemic in southern Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Africa needs these programs to continue, but there is a very real fear that they will be cut. <\/p>\n<p>I do not believe they will. Instead, the White House will have very real and measurable expectations about the 47th administration's return on investment. <\/p>\n<h2>Relationships that make sense and provide value<\/h2><p>President Trump made no secret of this when he warned in December that any de-dollarisation attempts by BRICS members would be met with punitive trade tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>And there have always been expectations from the US, whether from the White House or State Department, but these have been tempered by the conventions of diplomacy and the pressures of being kind to Africa because of the century-long ravages we have borne through colonialism and post-colonial exploitation. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is not as burdened by the niceties of polite conversation or historical guilt \u2014 instead it is one that will be guided by its own set of principles, both domestically and on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>We know what those are; it is no longer a priority for America to play its role on the world stage, shouldering responsibilities for others when it cannot look after its own people in the manner in which it is expected. <\/p>\n<p>This will have an immediate impact on the balance of trade, on the US\u2019s re-industrialisation and, indeed, on receiving immigrants who will require US government assistance. <\/p>\n<p>When the US does look beyond its borders in this administration, it will be based on relationships that make sense to the US \u2014 and provide value. <\/p>\n<p>Those relationships will no longer be one-sided at the perceived expense of the American people, which of course will have significant impact on countries wishing to engage with the US.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Even though these conflicts are not contiguous to Africa, the US\u2019 impact on stopping them will be felt on the continent, especially in the case of Russia which is now the greatest arms supplier to African rulers who have dispensed with democratic processes.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//71//50//808x539_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg/" alt=\"President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at the Building Museum, 19 January 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/384x257_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/640x428_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/750x501_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/828x553_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/1080x721_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/1200x802_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/1920x1283_cmsv2_a366db7d-02df-526a-b124-3938ac0d2be0-8987150.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at the Building Museum, 19 January 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Evan Vucci\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Africa, and South Africa in particular, this might prove difficult because of the country\u2019s avowed policy of non-alignment, which has become an increasing point of contention with some US senators. <\/p>\n<p>The war in Ukraine has been a case in point, with South Africa ostensibly seeking a resolution to the war while maintaining extremely cordial relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s administration, including resolutely refusing to vote against Russia in the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s accession to power \u2014 and his stated intention to end this war \u2014 might make South Africa\u2019s prior stance very useful for the White House. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8987548,8986416\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//20//all-eyes-on-washington-for-trump-inauguration/">Trump vows to restore US's global standing in inaugural address<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The same cannot be said for Pretoria\u2019s position on the Middle East and especially its increasingly overt hostility to Israel, seen against Trump\u2019s unequivocal attitude towards Hamas, effectively giving them an ultimatum via social media to release all the remaining hostages before his inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>Even though these conflicts are not contiguous to Africa, the US\u2019 impact on stopping them will be felt on the continent, especially in the case of Russia which is now the greatest arms supplier to African rulers who have dispensed with democratic processes.<\/p>\n<h2>Don't underestimate Donald Trump<\/h2><p>I believe the Trump administration\u2019s attitude towards Africa will ultimately be a blend of pragmatism and business sense with a leavening of altruism. <\/p>\n<p>Wars cost money and lead to instability that reverberates ever outwards, across seas and ultimately to the Land of the Free as the Statue of Liberty is forced to welcome another wave of unwanted refugees. <\/p>\n<p>It makes business sense to keep people in the countries where they are rather than fleeing to the US. <\/p>\n<p>And the best business is the business of business itself, trade, is unsustainable in times of conflict \u2014 it is one of the reasons why President Trump\u2019s victory was welcomed on both sides of the Middle East conflict, if not among the commentariat themselves, for the people on the ground remember a time only four years ago when peace looked like becoming a generational reality, unlike now.<\/p>\n<p>People the world over, and Americans in particular, continue to make the mistake of underestimating Donald Trump. He\u2019s a tough negotiator, but he\u2019s a businessman. If Africa can find the confidence to take sentiment out of the equation and make a business pitch that makes sense, this could well be a very profitable and peaceful four years indeed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ivor Ichikowitz is an African industrialist and philanthropist.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737372798,"updatedAt":1737391835,"publishedAt":1737391832,"firstPublishedAt":1737391832,"lastPublishedAt":1737391832,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/71\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_503d7ec9-48d1-523e-a53c-39226dc18569-8987150.jpg","altText":"US President Donald Trump, November 2024","caption":"US President Donald Trump, November 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS RISKS BENEFITS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Blockbuster weight-loss drugs linked to lower risk of addiction, schizophrenia, dementia, and more","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Scientists unveil benefits and risks of blockbuster weight-loss drugs","titleListing2":"Blockbuster weight-loss drugs linked to lower risk of addiction, schizophrenia, dementia, and more","leadin":"While weight-loss drugs were linked to lower risk of some conditions, they were also associated with some adverse health outcomes.","summary":"While weight-loss drugs were linked to lower risk of some conditions, they were also associated with some adverse health outcomes.","keySentence":"","url":"blockbuster-weight-loss-drugs-linked-to-lower-risk-of-addiction-schizophrenia-dementia-and","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/01\/20\/blockbuster-weight-loss-drugs-linked-to-lower-risk-of-addiction-schizophrenia-dementia-and","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Blockbuster weight loss drugs can help treat ailments as disparate as addiction, blood clotting, and dementia \u2013 but they also come with risks that might give some patients pause, a landmark new study has found.\n\nThe analysis used data from more than two million diabetes patients in the United States, including about 216,000 taking the popular drugs, to map out their risks and benefits across 175 possible health outcomes.\n\nWegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound, and related medicines belong to a class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, which are diagnosed for obesity or type 2 diabetes and work by suppressing people\u2019s appetites to help them lose weight.\n\nBut the medicines are also linked to a lower risk of drug and alcohol addiction, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, seizures, blood clotting problems, infections, several respiratory issues, chronic kidney disease, and neurocognitive disorders, according to the study, which was published in the journal Nature Medicine.\n\nThat includes a 12 per cent reduction in the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, which the study authors described as a small but significant impact given there are limited treatments and no cures for dementia.\n\n\u201cWe tend to think of drugs as sort of designed to do only one thing, but it\u2019s almost never like this,\u201d Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, the study\u2019s lead author and director of the clinical epidemiology centre at a US veterans\u2019 hospital, said during a press briefing.\n\nThe weight loss drugs appear to help in two ways: first by curbing obesity, which is a risk factor for many other health conditions, and second by reducing inflammation, affecting the brain\u2019s reward signals and impulse control, and improving blood flow.\n\n\u201cHowever, their beneficial profile is not without risks,\u201d Al-Aly said.\n\nThey were associated with a higher risk of gastrointestinal problems, low blood pressure, fainting, arthritis, kidney stones, a type of kidney disease, and drug-induced pancreatitis.\n\nThe increase in gastrointestinal problems has been well-documented, and the rise in low blood pressure and kidney stones is probably because GLP-1 patients could be \u201csomewhat fluid-depleted\u201d from not eating or drinking as much, said Dr Stephen O\u2019Rahilly, co-director of the Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge.\n\nOverall, \u201cthe study provides useful reassurance about the safety of this class of drugs,\u201d O\u2019Rahilly said in a statement.\n\nChanging medical views on obesity\n\nThe findings come as our understanding of obesity\u2019s impact on health evolves.\n\nLast week, a global expert panel said that a high body mass index (BMI) is not enough to diagnose obesity and that greater focus should be given to how weight is distributed and how obesity affects organ function.\n\nDr Antonio Vidal-Puig, a professor of molecular nutrition and metabolism at the University of Cambridge, said the BMI update could change how researchers think about how well anti-obesity drugs work.\n\n\u201cThe increasing relevance of body composition and distribution makes the focus on weight and BMI less relevant,\u201d Vidal-Puig told Euronews Health.\n\nHe also warned that people are increasingly accessing these drugs through uncontrolled sources, which could raise the risks of adverse side effects.\n\nCounterfeit weight loss medicines have been circulating in Europe, the US, and Brazil, and some people who took compounded versions of the drugs have died or wound up in the hospital.\n\nLimitations of the research\n\nThe new study did not analyse how dosage or compounds affected patients\u2019 health outcomes, but Al-Aly said his team will be looking into this.\n\nMore research will be needed to verify some of the study\u2019s other conclusions.\n\nDr Naveed Sattar, a professor of cardiometabolic medicine and an honorary consultant at the University of Glasgow, said the findings \u201ccannot be considered anywhere near definitive\u201d because they come from observational research, rather than the gold standard of randomised clinical trials.\n\nMeanwhile, O\u2019Rahilly noted that because the data came from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the patient group was skewed toward older white men, which could affect the results.\n\nMore research is also needed with patients who have obesity but not diabetes, he added.\n\nDespite those limitations, Al-Aly said the findings shed new light on obesity as a disease.\n\n\u201cPeople used to think that [obesity is due to] a lack of willpower,\u201d Al-Aly said. \u201cIt\u2019s a disease that can be treated with a medication very effectively. And more than that, treating obesity and metabolic syndromes are likely to have broad benefits\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Blockbuster weight loss drugs can help treat ailments as disparate as addiction, blood clotting, and dementia \u2013 but they also come with risks that might give some patients pause, a landmark new study has found.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis used data from more than two million diabetes patients in the United States, including about 216,000 taking the popular drugs, to map out their risks and benefits across 175 possible health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound, and related medicines belong to a class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, which are diagnosed for obesity or type 2 diabetes and work by suppressing people\u2019s appetites to help them lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>But the medicines are also linked to a lower risk of drug and alcohol <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//10//17//popular-weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-could-treat-opioid-overdose-and-alcohol-intoxicatio/">addiction, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, seizures, blood clotting problems, infections, several respiratory issues, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//11//26//weight-loss-drugs-could-help-fight-chronic-kidney-disease-study-finds/">chronic kidney disease<\/strong><\/a>, and neurocognitive disorders, according to the study, which was published <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//s41591-024-03412-w/">in the journal Nature Medicine.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That includes a 12 per cent reduction in the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, which the study authors described as a small but significant impact given there are limited treatments and no cures for dementia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8971028\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//01//15//dementia-cases-in-europe-are-expected-to-rise-by-up-to-92-by-2060-this-is-how-to-lower-you/">How to lower your dementia risk as cases expected to rise by 2060<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe tend to think of drugs as sort of designed to do only one thing, but it\u2019s almost never like this,\u201d Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, the study\u2019s lead author and director of the clinical epidemiology centre at a US veterans\u2019 hospital, said during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The weight loss drugs appear to help in two ways: first by curbing obesity, which is a risk factor for many other health conditions, and second by reducing inflammation, affecting the brain\u2019s reward signals and impulse control, and improving blood flow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, their beneficial profile is not without risks,\u201d Al-Aly said.<\/p>\n<p>They were associated with a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//07//03//ozempic-wegovy-tied-to-rare-condition-that-causes-one-eye-blindness-study-says/">higher risk<\/strong><\/a> of gastrointestinal problems, low blood pressure, fainting, arthritis, kidney stones, a type of kidney disease, and drug-induced pancreatitis.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in gastrointestinal problems has been well-documented, and the rise in low blood pressure and kidney stones is probably because GLP-1 patients could be \u201csomewhat fluid-depleted\u201d from not eating or drinking as much, said Dr Stephen O\u2019Rahilly, co-director of the Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8782708\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//10//11//france-wont-pay-for-weight-loss-drug-wegovy-what-about-other-european-countries/">France won\u2019t pay for weight loss drug Wegovy. What about other European countries?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Overall, \u201cthe study provides useful reassurance about the safety of this class of drugs,\u201d O\u2019Rahilly said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Changing medical views on obesity<\/strong><\/h2><p>The findings come as our understanding of obesity\u2019s impact on health evolves.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//01//15//global-expert-panel-suggests-overhauling-how-obesity-is-diagnosed-says-bmi-is-not-enough/">global expert panel said<\/strong><\/a> that a high body mass index (BMI) is not enough to diagnose obesity and that greater focus should be given to how weight is distributed and how obesity affects organ function.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Antonio Vidal-Puig, a professor of molecular nutrition and metabolism at the University of Cambridge, said the BMI update could change how researchers think about how well anti-obesity drugs work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8630934\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//08//05//weight-loss-drugs-new-study-sheds-light-on-illegal-online-pharmacies-selling-wegovy-and-oz/">Weight loss drugs: New study sheds light on illegal online pharmacies selling Wegovy and Ozempic<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe increasing relevance of body composition and distribution makes the focus on weight and BMI less relevant,\u201d Vidal-Puig told Euronews Health.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned that people are increasingly accessing these drugs through uncontrolled sources, which could raise the risks of adverse side effects.<\/p>\n<p>Counterfeit weight loss medicines <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//06//21//ozempic-global-health-authorities-issue-warning-about-falsified-injection-pens/">have been circulating<\/strong><\/a> in Europe, the US, and Brazil, and some people who took compounded versions of the drugs have died or wound up in the hospital.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Limitations of the research<\/strong><\/h2><p>The new study did not analyse how dosage or compounds affected patients\u2019 health outcomes, but Al-Aly said his team will be looking into this.<\/p>\n<p>More research will be needed to verify some of the study\u2019s other conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Naveed Sattar, a professor of cardiometabolic medicine and an honorary consultant at the University of Glasgow, said the findings \u201ccannot be considered anywhere near definitive\u201d because they come from observational research, rather than the gold standard of randomised clinical trials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8922042\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//12//20//italy-unveiled-plans-for-a-multi-million-euro-dedicated-public-fund-to-fight-obesity/">Italy unveils plans for a multi-million euro dedicated public fund to fight obesity<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, O\u2019Rahilly noted that because the data came from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the patient group was skewed toward older white men, which could affect the results.<\/p>\n<p>More research is also needed with patients who have obesity but not diabetes, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those limitations, Al-Aly said the findings shed new light on obesity as a disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople used to think that [obesity is due to] a lack of willpower,\u201d Al-Aly said. \u201cIt\u2019s a disease that can be treated with a medication very effectively. And more than that, treating obesity and metabolic syndromes are likely to have broad benefits\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737385629,"updatedAt":1737402759,"publishedAt":1737388836,"firstPublishedAt":1737388836,"lastPublishedAt":1737388871,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/81\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2e9d04d9-3798-5df8-b279-2ea4129521f6-8988114.jpg","altText":"A patient holds her weight loss medication at a clinic in the US in December 2024.","caption":"A patient holds her weight loss medication at a clinic in the US in December 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kathleen Batten\/AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4498,"height":3000}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3108,"urlSafeValue":"galvin","title":"Gabriela 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Does a Trump presidency really mean disaster for the climate","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"How Alaska\u2019s beauty, China\u2019s renewables and Biden\u2019s caution could save the climate from Trump","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Does a Trump presidency really mean disaster for the climate?","titleListing2":"How Alaska\u2019s beauty, China\u2019s renewables and Biden\u2019s prudence could save the climate from Trump","leadin":"Trump might not be able to cut as much \u201cred tape\u201d as he has said he will.","summary":"Trump might not be able to cut as much \u201cred tape\u201d as he has said he will.","keySentence":"","url":"how-alaskas-beauty-chinas-renewables-and-bidens-prudence-could-save-the-climate-from-trump","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/20\/how-alaskas-beauty-chinas-renewables-and-bidens-prudence-could-save-the-climate-from-trump","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"With the inauguration now upon us, President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to waste no time in undoing the environmental \u201cred tape\u201d of the previous administration. \n\nThat includes stripping out environmental protections, putting a stop to clean energy projects, rolling back Biden\u2019s landmark climate law - the Inflation Reduction Act - and drilling as much oil as the US has to offer from day one of his presidency. \n\nIt comes just after the country experienced its most costly and impactful 12 months of extreme weather in 90 years. The US has been hit with between $693 and $799 billion (\u20ac672 to 774 billion) in total damages and economic losses from extreme weather events in the last year, according to estimates from AccuWeather\u2019s Global Weather Center. \n\nTrump\u2019s climate scepticism is likely to take its toll outside of the country\u2019s borders too. Pulling the second biggest polluter in the world out of the Paris Agreement once again could bring questions to the commitment of others. \n\nBut will the Trump presidency be a complete nightmare for climate action and was the US really still in the climate fight to begin with?\n\nBiden protects billions in clean energy grants\n\nThe Biden Administration has protected 84 per cent of roughly $96.7 billion (\u20ac93.7 billion) of clean energy grants from being clawed back by the next administration. These were created as part of the Inflation Reduction Act \n\nThey are \u201cobligated\u201d which means contracts between US agencies and recipients have already been signed. This money from the landmark climate law includes programmes to provide rebates to retrofit homes and appliances and to help co-ops produce more clean energy. \n\nSome $38 billion (\u20ac36.6 billion) for the Environmental Protection Agency has been obligated - 100 per cent of the greenhouse gas reduction fund and around 94 per cent of its other Inflation Reduction Act programmes. \n\nAnother $11 billion (\u20ac10.6 billion) in funds has not yet been obligated but the outgoing administration hopes that, as it has already been publicly announced, there will be pressure to follow through with these commitments. \n\nMuch of the cash from the Inflation Reduction Act has already been distributed and - with a significant portion going to Republican states - Trump is likely to face some kickback if he attempts to repeal the law.\n\nThe global transition away from fossil fuels is now well underway - even more so than it was during Trump\u2019s first presidency. In the words of UK Energy Secretary Ed Milliband, the move towards renewable energy is now \u201cunstoppable\u201d and no government can prevent it. \n\nThe US is already producing record amounts of oil and gas\n\nTrump\u2019s headline pledge to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d isn\u2019t necessarily a change from the status quo. In 2023, the country broke oil production records, producing more crude oil than any country ever has before. Experts say preliminary figures indicate the US was on track to break this record again in 2024. \n\nResponses to new projects have been less than enthusiastic too. \n\nInterest in drilling the pristine Alaskan wilderness has also been almost non-existent. Republican lawmakers were sure that it would generate billions of dollars. Trump himself called it \u201cthe biggest find anywhere in the world, as big as Saudi Arabia\u201d. \n\nAfter drilling was banned in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) - a unique environment home to caribou and polar bears as well as land sacred to Indigenous communities - in 1980. \n\nA 2017 tax bill signed into law by Trump in his first term opened it up for oil and gas production. Republicans passed legislation that required two lease sales in ANWR to be held by 2024.\n\nThey believed it would raise $2 billion (\u20ac1.9 billion) in royalties over 10 years. \n\nBut in the latest early January lease sale, no companies bid for the chance to drill in the ANWR. It is the second such auction for oil and gas leases in this pristine wilderness in four years that has flopped. Several major banks have refused to finance any projects in the refuge. \n\n\u201cThe lack of interest from oil companies in development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge reflects what we and they have known all along \u2013 there are some places too special and sacred to put at risk with oil and gas drilling,\u201d acting deputy secretary of the US Interior Department, Laura Daniel-Davis said in a statement. \n\nShe added that oil and gas companies were sitting on huge areas of land with undeveloped leases elsewhere. \u201cWe\u2019d suggest that\u2019s a prudent place to start, rather than engage further in speculative leasing in one of the most spectacular places in the world.\u201d\n\nWhether because of this \u201cspecial and sacred\u201d place, or the fact that the remote location, harsh conditions and lack of infrastructure make drilling in the ANWR difficult and expensive, it seems that this new \u201cSaudi Arabia\u201d is not quite the fossil fuel gold mine it might seem. \n\nOther countries can step up to the plate\n\nTackling the climate crisis isn\u2019t all about shifting to renewable energy and cutting fossil fuel production. By leaving the Paris Agreement, Trump will pull the world\u2019s biggest historical contributor to climate change out of a pact that commits them to cut a fair share of emissions, keeping global warming below 1.5C and a whole host of other actions. \n\nIt is a problem for the entire world. \n\nThe absence of the superpower, however, could encourage other countries to take up the helm on climate action. At COP29 in Azerbaijan in November last year, UN climate chief Simon Stiell praised China for \u201cleading by example\u201d on investments in clean energy tech. \n\nHe said that a strong new national climate plan known as a nationally determined contribution, or NDC, would \u201csend an important signal to other countries that stronger targets drive investment, that courageous leadership pays off, that development and sustainability are not at odds - that they are compatible.\u201d\n\nChina, the world\u2019s biggest emitter, is already building more solar and wind power than the rest of the world combined. \n\nThe EU too is poised to continue pushing forward with its green transition. Last year, the bloc generated more than half of its electricity from renewable sources for the first time. Wind and solar alone generated 30 per cent, surpassing fossil fuels. Net greenhouse gas emissions are now 37 per cent below 1990 levels, while EU Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 68 per cent over the same period. \n\nThe European Greens have urged EU leaders to form alliances that will counterbalance Trump\u2019s \u201cdangerous, anti-climate, anti-democracy, far-right agenda\u201d. \n\n\u201cOver the last five years, the European Union, with strong support from the Greens, has started to turn the Green Deal from vision into action,\u201d says Ciar\u00e1n Cuffe, co-chair of the European Green Party. \n\n\u201cTrump would take us backwards. Now is the time to be guided by science, to step up ambitious climate action, and to resist Trump's attempts to dismantle global climate agreements.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>With the inauguration now upon us, President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to waste no time in undoing the environmental \u201cred tape\u201d of the previous administration. <\/p>\n<p>That includes stripping out environmental protections, putting a stop to clean energy projects, rolling back Biden\u2019s landmark climate law - the Inflation Reduction Act - and drilling as much oil as the US has to offer from day one of his presidency. <\/p>\n<p>It comes just after the country experienced its most costly and impactful 12 months of extreme weather in 90 years. The US has been hit with between $693 and $799 billion (\u20ac672 to 774 billion) in total damages and economic losses from extreme weather events in the last year, according to estimates from AccuWeather\u2019s Global Weather Center. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s climate scepticism is likely to take its toll outside of the country\u2019s borders too. Pulling the second biggest polluter in the world out of the Paris Agreement once again could bring questions to the commitment of others. <\/p>\n<p>But will the Trump presidency be <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//17//a-bonfire-of-climate-regulations-what-trumps-first-days-in-office-could-mean-for-the-envir/">a complete nightmare for climate action<\/strong><\/a> and was the US really still in the climate fight to begin with?<\/p>\n<h2>Biden protects billions in clean energy grants<\/h2><p>The Biden Administration has protected 84 per cent of roughly $96.7 billion (\u20ac93.7 billion) of clean energy grants from being clawed back by the next administration. These were created as part of the Inflation Reduction Act <\/p>\n<p>They are \u201cobligated\u201d which means contracts between US agencies and recipients have already been signed. This money from the landmark climate law includes programmes to provide rebates to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//23//england-and-wales-heat-leaking-homes-unleashing-same-amount-of-co2-as-denmark-emits-annual/">retrofit homes<\/strong><\/a> and appliances and to help co-ops produce more clean energy. <\/p>\n<p>Some $38 billion (\u20ac36.6 billion) for the Environmental Protection Agency has been obligated - 100 per cent of the greenhouse gas reduction fund and around 94 per cent of its other Inflation Reduction Act programmes. <\/p>\n<p>Another $11 billion (\u20ac10.6 billion) in funds has not yet been obligated but the outgoing administration hopes that, as it has already been publicly announced, there will be pressure to follow through with these commitments. <\/p>\n<p>Much of the cash from the Inflation Reduction Act has already been distributed and - with a significant portion going to Republican states - <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//17//he-will-not-buy-us-greelanders-defiant-over-trumps-desire-to-take-over-their-island/">Trump is likely to face some kickback if he attempts to repeal the law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8982784\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//18//we-dont-want-to-be-americans-trumps-bid-to-buy-greenland-does-not-sit-well-with-greenlande/">/u2018We don\u2019t want to be Americans\u2019: Trump\u2019s bid to buy Greenland does not sit well with Greenlanders<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The global transition away from fossil fuels is now well underway - even more so than it was during Trump\u2019s first presidency. In the words of UK Energy Secretary Ed Milliband, the move towards renewable energy is now \u201cunstoppable\u201d and no government can prevent it. <\/p>\n<h2>The US is already producing record amounts of oil and gas<\/h2><p>Trump\u2019s headline pledge to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d isn\u2019t necessarily a change from the status quo. In 2023, the country broke oil production records, producing more crude oil than any country ever has before. Experts say preliminary figures indicate <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//31//solar-panels-and-saving-energy-jimmy-carter-will-be-remembered-as-americas-first-green-pre/">the US<\/strong><\/a> was on track to break this record again in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Responses to new projects have been less than enthusiastic too. <\/p>\n<p>Interest in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//01//29//arctic-refuge-oil-drilling-delayed-or-halted/">drilling the pristine Alaskan wilderness<\/strong><\/a> has also been almost non-existent. Republican lawmakers were sure that it would generate billions of dollars. Trump himself called it \u201cthe biggest find anywhere in the world, as big as Saudi Arabia\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//79//08//808x539_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg/" alt=\"The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/79\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1face1a1-eb50-502c-9fde-b4e1dbcd3c49-8987908.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After drilling was banned in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) - a unique environment home to caribou and polar bears as well as land sacred to Indigenous communities - in 1980. <\/p>\n<p>A 2017 tax bill signed into law by Trump in his first term opened it up for oil and gas production. Republicans passed legislation that required two lease sales in ANWR to be held by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>They believed it would raise $2 billion (\u20ac1.9 billion) in royalties over 10 years. <\/p>\n<p>But in the latest early January lease sale, no companies bid for the chance to drill in the ANWR. It is the second such auction for oil and gas leases in this pristine wilderness in four years that has flopped. Several major banks have refused to finance any projects in the refuge. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8981744,8981578\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//17//global-gdp-could-be-halved-without-urgent-action-on-climate-change-report-warns/">Global GDP could be halved without urgent action on climate change, report warns<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//17//a-bonfire-of-climate-regulations-what-trumps-first-days-in-office-could-mean-for-the-envir/">/u2018A bonfire of climate regulations\u2019: What Trump\u2019s first days in office could mean for the environment<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe lack of interest from oil companies in development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge reflects what we and they have known all along \u2013 there are some places too special and sacred to put at risk with oil and gas drilling,\u201d acting deputy secretary of the US Interior Department, Laura Daniel-Davis said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>She added that oil and gas companies were sitting on huge areas of land with undeveloped leases elsewhere. \u201cWe\u2019d suggest that\u2019s a prudent place to start, rather than engage further in speculative leasing in one of the most spectacular places in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether because of this \u201cspecial and sacred\u201d place, or the fact that the remote location, harsh conditions and lack of infrastructure make drilling in the ANWR difficult and expensive, it seems that this new \u201cSaudi Arabia\u201d is not quite the fossil fuel gold mine it might seem. <\/p>\n<h2>Other countries can step up to the plate<\/h2><p>Tackling the climate crisis isn\u2019t all about shifting to renewable energy and cutting fossil fuel production. By leaving the Paris Agreement, Trump will pull the world\u2019s biggest historical contributor to climate change out of a pact that commits them to cut a fair share of emissions, keeping global warming below 1.5C and a whole host of other actions. <\/p>\n<p>It is a problem for the entire world. <\/p>\n<p>The absence of the superpower, however, could encourage other countries to take up the helm on climate action. At COP29 in Azerbaijan in November last year, UN climate chief Simon Stiell praised China for \u201cleading by example\u201d on investments in clean energy tech. <\/p>\n<p>He said that a strong new national climate plan known as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//10//24//crunch-time-is-here-current-climate-policies-put-world-on-track-for-31c-by-2100-un-warns/">a nationally determined contribution, or NDC<\/strong><\/a>, would \u201csend an important signal to other countries that stronger targets drive investment, that courageous leadership pays off, that development and sustainability are not at odds - that they are compatible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China, the world\u2019s biggest emitter, is already building more solar and wind power than the rest of the world combined. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8982508,8954308\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//07//an-epic-ocean-victory-can-bidens-new-offshore-drilling-ban-outlast-trump/">/u2018An epic ocean victory\u2019: Can Biden\u2019s new offshore drilling ban outlast Trump?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//19//from-flames-over-sunset-boulevard-to-insurance-calls-a-week-in-the-life-of-la-wildfire-vic/">From flames over Sunset Boulevard to insurance calls: A week in the life of LA wildfire victims <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The EU too is poised to continue pushing forward with its green transition. Last year, the bloc generated more than half of its electricity from renewable sources for the first time. Wind and solar alone generated 30 per cent, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//12//wind-and-solar-have-risen-to-new-highs-in-the-eu-overtaking-fossil-fuels-for-the-first-tim/">surpassing fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a>. Net greenhouse gas emissions are now 37 per cent below 1990 levels, while EU Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 68 per cent over the same period. <\/p>\n<p>The European Greens have urged EU leaders to form alliances that will counterbalance Trump\u2019s \u201cdangerous, anti-climate, anti-democracy, far-right agenda\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last five years, the European Union, with strong support from the Greens, has started to turn the Green Deal from vision into action,\u201d says Ciar\u00e1n Cuffe, co-chair of the European Green Party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump would take us backwards. Now is the time to be guided by science, to step up ambitious climate action, and to resist Trump's attempts to dismantle global climate agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737382611,"updatedAt":1737386532,"publishedAt":1737385410,"firstPublishedAt":1737385410,"lastPublishedAt":1737385581,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Matt Rourke","altText":"President-elect Donald Trump arrives for church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"President-elect Donald Trump arrives for church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in 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There has been wild talk of annexing Greenland, Canada and Panama, or at least its canal. And a repudiation of global efforts to arrest climate change.\n\nTrump has promised to sign a flurry of executive orders as soon as he takes office. Nothing unusual in that \u2013 but it\u2019s the content that will count. Stay with us for ongoing updates as the day unfolds.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump, the famously unpredictable former property developer and reality television personality, has returned to the Presidency vowing to restore US's global standing, and promising a new \"golden age\" for America.<\/p>\n<p>\"From this moment on, America's decline is over,\" he said after taking the oath of office.<\/p>\n<p>He will step back into the White House as the survivor by an inch of an assassination attempt, the alleged instigator of a failed coup d'etat \u2013 and as a convicted felon, a first for a US president.<\/p>\n<p>The weeks between his resounding election win over the Democratic Party\u2019s last-minute substitute Kamala Harris have been abuzz with feverish speculation over what the newly emboldened Trump will do next.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen threats of trade tariffs against all and sundry \u2013 not least the EU. There has been wild talk of annexing Greenland, Canada and Panama, or at least its canal. And a repudiation of global efforts to arrest climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has promised to sign a flurry of executive orders as soon as he takes office. Nothing unusual in that \u2013 but it\u2019s the content that will count. 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DIPLO REAX","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Europe reaffirms strong ties with US despite concerns over Trump' policies","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Europe reaffirms strong ties with US despite Trump policy concerns","titleListing2":"Europe wary of Trump's policies ahead of his inauguration","leadin":"As Trump prepares to take office, European leaders highlighted the importance of strong ties with Washington and the need to adapt to potential shifts in international policies and agreements.","summary":"As Trump prepares to take office, European leaders highlighted the importance of strong ties with Washington and the need to adapt to potential shifts in international policies and agreements.","keySentence":"","url":"europe-reaffirms-strong-ties-with-us-despite-concerns-over-trump-policies","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/20\/europe-reaffirms-strong-ties-with-us-despite-concerns-over-trump-policies","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ahead of the 47th US president's inauguration on Monday, European leaders have said their focus remains on keeping strong ties with Washington despite possible concerns about Donald Trump's policies and leadership.\n\nBritish Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK is committed to its \"special relationship\" with the US. \u201cWe look forward to working with Donald Trump over the next four years,\" Lammy added.\n\nLatvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds said US-Latvia relations have been strong in the past, regardless of unease over future challenges, including defence spending, climate policies, and keeping European countries united.\n\n\u201cWe will have a rather uncertain and turbulent year,\u201d he said. Rink\u0113vi\u010ds added that Europe needs to adapt to Trump\u2019s unpredictable leadership, especially if the US pulls out of international agreements like the Paris Climate Accord.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot emphasised the need for Europe to establish clear boundaries in its relationship with the United States, a sign France could be keen on setting red lines. \n\nBarrot called for protecting the \"integrity of the European public debate\" and safeguarding European sovereignty against external influences, including those from US-based social media platforms.\n\nBarrot\u2019s comments come amid growing concerns over South African billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s political interventions via his social media platform X. \n\nMusk\u2019s endorsement of Germany\u2019s far-right AfD party and continued criticism of the UK Labour government of PM Keir Starmer have amplified fears of foreign interference in European politics in recent times.\n\nDanish Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen warned of a possible foreign policy crisis if Trump continues with controversial ideas, including those about Greenland\u2019s strategic role. \n\nEarlier this month, Trump claimed Denmark should hand over its territory to the US to \"protect the free world,\" whilst not excluding the possibility of using military force to seize control of Greenland.\n\nIn response, Greenland's Prime Minister M\u00fate B Egede said Greenland wants to assert its independence, saying, \u201cWe are Greenlandic. We don\u2019t want to be American or Danish.\u201d\n\nFollowing the inauguration, Trump is expected to move quickly, signing executive orders to accelerate deportations, expand fossil fuel production and weaken civil service protections for government employees. \n\nHe has promised that his presidency will usher in \u201ca brand new day of American strength, prosperity, dignity, and pride.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ahead of the 47th US president's inauguration on Monday, European leaders have said their focus remains on keeping strong ties with Washington despite possible concerns about Donald Trump's policies and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK is committed to its \"special relationship\" with the US. \u201cWe look forward to working with Donald Trump over the next four years,\" Lammy added.<\/p>\n<p>Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds said US-Latvia relations have been strong in the past, regardless of unease over future challenges, including defence spending, climate policies, and keeping European countries united.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have a rather uncertain and turbulent year,\u201d he said. Rink\u0113vi\u010ds added that Europe needs to adapt to Trump\u2019s unpredictable leadership, especially if the US pulls out of international agreements like the Paris Climate Accord.<\/p>\n<p>French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot emphasised the need for Europe to establish clear boundaries in its relationship with the United States, a sign France could be keen on setting red lines. <\/p>\n<p>Barrot called for protecting the \"integrity of the European public debate\" and safeguarding European sovereignty against external influences, including those from US-based social media platforms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8986484,8986416\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//01//20//which-european-trump-allies-will-be-in-washington-for-inauguration/">Which European Trump allies will be in Washington for inauguration?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Barrot\u2019s comments come amid growing concerns over South African billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s political interventions via his social media platform X. <\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s endorsement of Germany\u2019s far-right AfD party and continued criticism of the UK Labour government of PM Keir Starmer have amplified fears of foreign interference in European politics in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>Danish Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen warned of a possible foreign policy crisis if Trump continues with controversial ideas, including those about Greenland\u2019s strategic role. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump claimed Denmark should hand over its territory to the US to \"protect the free world,\" whilst not excluding the possibility of using military force to seize control of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Greenland's Prime Minister M\u00fate B Egede said Greenland wants to assert its independence, saying, \u201cWe are Greenlandic. 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are all trying to capitalise off the TikTok ban in the United States by launching their own video editing tools and vertical video feeds.\u00a0\n\nElon Musk\u2019s X on Sunday said it was adding a video tab for users in the US to let them have quick access to video content on the site.\n\n\u201cAn immersive new home for videos is rolling out to users in the US today,\u201d the company said in a post on Sunday.\n\nSome X users reacted to the news by saying: \u201cVideo reels on X will be the new TikTok\u201d.\n\nThose on Musk\u2019s platform could already scroll through short videos but the new tab allows just videos to be shown.\n\nMeta also announced on Sunday that it would launch a new video editing app called Edits.\n\nMeta\u2019s video editing app\n\nWhile it is not a direct TikTok rival, it is a competitor to CapCut, the video editing app from TikTok owner ByteDance, which was also removed from Apple\u2019s App Store and Google Play Store due to the US ban.\u00a0\n\n\u201cToday we\u2019re announcing a new app called \u2018Edits,\u2019 for those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone,\u201d said Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on Threads.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens, it\u2019s our job to provide the best possible tools for creators,\u201d he wrote, adding that it would launch next month on iOS and later on Android.\u00a0\n\nMosseri said the app will have tools such as a high-quality camera and the ability to send draft videos to others. It will also allow the video creator to see how their content is performing on Instagram.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nBluesky\u2019s custom video feed\u00a0\n\nBluesky also announced it was joining the trend in a post on Sunday: \u201cWe had to get in on the video action too - Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!\u201d\n\nThe feature in the \u2018Explore\u2019 tab allows users to swipe up to see more videos. Users can also pin a video feed on their home screen or add it to a list of personalised feeds.\u00a0\n\nIn addition, creators can upload videos but they are restricted to being only 59 seconds long.\u00a0\n\nAs uncertainty over ByteDance and its apps looms, Bluesky saw its users grow to 28 million this weekend.\u00a0\n\nThe Chinese firm chose to shut down its services in the US on Sunday, cutting off access to its apps such as TikTok in the US.\u00a0\n\nIt comes after the US Supreme Court voted to uphold a law that banned TikTok over national security concerns and its links to China.\u00a0\n\nByteDance said on Sunday it was in the process of reinstating user access to TikTok after President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn in on Monday, said he would try to pause the ban on his first day in office.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Social media companies Meta, X, and Bluesky are all trying to capitalise off <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//20//donald-trumps-tiktok-shift-from-backing-a-ban-to-being-hailed-a-saviour/">the TikTok ban in the United States<\/strong><\/a> by launching their own video editing tools and vertical video feeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X on Sunday said it was adding a video tab for users in the US to let them have quick access to video content on the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn immersive new home for videos is rolling out to users in the US today,\u201d the company said in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////x.com//X//status//1881169071179514167/">a post on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some X users reacted to the news by saying: \u201cVideo reels on X will be the new TikTok\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7437744\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//17//which-countries-have-banned-tiktok-cybersecurity-data-privacy-espionage-fears/">Which countries have banned TikTok and why?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Those on Musk\u2019s platform could already scroll through short videos but the new tab allows just videos to be shown.<\/p>\n<p>Meta also announced on Sunday that it would launch a new video editing app called Edits.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Meta\u2019s video editing app<\/strong><\/h2><p>While it is not a direct TikTok rival, it is a competitor to CapCut, the video editing app from TikTok owner ByteDance, which was also removed from Apple\u2019s App Store and Google Play Store due to the US ban.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we\u2019re announcing a new app called \u2018Edits,\u2019 for those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone,\u201d said Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on Threads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8973820\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//15//trump-inauguration-meta-ceo-to-co-host-meeting-with-republican-billionaires/">Trump inauguration: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to co-host meeting with Republican billionaires<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens, it\u2019s our job to provide the best possible tools for creators,\u201d he wrote, adding that it would launch next month on iOS and later on Android.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mosseri said the app will have tools such as a high-quality camera and the ability to send draft videos to others. It will also allow the video creator to see how their content is performing on Instagram.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bluesky\u2019s custom video feed<\/strong><\/h2><p>Bluesky also announced it was joining the trend in a post on Sunday: \u201cWe had to get in on the video action too - Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The feature in the \u2018Explore\u2019 tab allows users to swipe up to see more videos. Users can also pin a video feed on their home screen or add it to a list of personalised feeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, creators can upload videos but they are restricted to being only 59 seconds long.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As uncertainty over ByteDance and its apps looms, Bluesky saw its users grow to 28 million this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8857808\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//11//18//what-is-bluesky-and-why-are-millions-of-people-joining-it/">What is Bluesky and why are millions of people joining it?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Chinese firm chose to shut down its services in the US on Sunday, cutting off access to its 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issues pre-emptive pardons for Fauci and Jan 6 riot committee","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and 6 January committee members in unprecedented move","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Biden pardons Fauci and 6 January committee in unprecedented move","titleListing2":"Biden pre-emptively pardons Anthony Fauci and 6 Jan riot committee","leadin":"The US president used the final hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons to those he described as potentially being a target of \"unjustified (and) politically motivated prosecutions\", as well as a number of close family members.","summary":"The US president used the final hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons to those he described as potentially being a target of \"unjustified (and) politically motivated prosecutions\", as well as a number of close family 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In the final minutes of his presidency, he also pardoned several close family members.\n\n\u201cThe issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgement that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offence,\u201d Biden said in a statement, adding that the US \"owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.\u201d\n\nThe preemptive decision comes after Donald Trump, who is due to be inaugurated as president of the US on Monday, warned of an \"enemies list\" featuring those who have targeted him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his role in the Capitol Hill riots. \n\nAlthough it is customary for a president to grant pardons at the end of his term, it's normally offered to everyday US citizens who have been convicted of crimes. With this move, Biden is pardoning individuals who haven't been investigated yet. \n\nFauci was Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser until his retirement in 2022, best known for helping to coordinate the nation\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was targeted by Trump when he refused to back his claims about the virus. \n\nMark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Trump a \"fascist\" and detailed Trump\u2019s conduct around the Capitol Hill insurrection. In a statement, Milley said he was \u201cdeeply grateful\u201d for Biden\u2019s action. \n\nThe pardons also include members and staff of the 6 January committee, including former Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both Republicans, and the US Capitol and DC Metropolitan police officers who testified before the committee.\n\nIn the final minutes of his presidency prior to Donald Trump's inauguration, five members of his family also received pardons - his younger brother, James Biden, and his wife, his younger sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband as well as his younger brother, Francis W. Biden.\n\nThe former president wrote in a statement that \"My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me -- the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end.\"\n\nBiden promised a smooth transition to the next administration, but during his farewell address, he warned of a growing oligarchy of \"tech billionaires\" in the US.\n\nWith his final act as president, Biden has set the record for the most individual pardons and commutations issued as president. On Friday, he announced he would commute the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offences.\n\nLast month, he also commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on death row, converting their sentences to life imprisonment instead of execution. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of a House committee that investigated the Capitol Hill riot on 6 January 2021 in an unprecedented move aimed at protecting those impacted from potential revenge by the Trump administration. In the final minutes of his presidency, he also pardoned several close family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgement that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offence,\u201d Biden said in a statement, adding that the US \"owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The preemptive decision comes after Donald Trump, who is due to be inaugurated as president of the US on Monday, warned of an \"enemies list\" featuring those who have targeted him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his role in the Capitol Hill riots. <\/p>\n<p>Although it is customary for a president to grant pardons at the end of his term, it's normally offered to everyday US citizens who have been convicted of crimes. With this move, Biden is pardoning individuals who haven't been investigated yet. <\/p>\n<p>Fauci was Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser until his retirement in 2022, best known for helping to coordinate the nation\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was targeted by Trump when he refused to back his claims about the virus. <\/p>\n<p>Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Trump a \"fascist\" and detailed Trump\u2019s conduct around the Capitol Hill insurrection. In a statement, Milley said he was \u201cdeeply grateful\u201d for Biden\u2019s action. <\/p>\n<p>The pardons also include members and staff of the 6 January committee, including former Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both Republicans, and the US Capitol and DC Metropolitan police officers who testified before the committee.<\/p>\n<p>In the final minutes of his presidency prior to Donald Trump's inauguration, five members of his family also received pardons - his younger brother, James Biden, and his wife, his younger sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband as well as his younger brother, Francis W. Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The former president wrote in a statement that \"My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me -- the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8975990,8928324\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//23//biden-commutes-most-us-federal-death-sentences-before-trump-takes-power/">Biden commutes most US federal death sentences before Trump takes power<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//16//biden-warns-of-ultra-wealthy-oligarchy-threatening-us-democracy-in-farewell-address-to-the/">Biden warns of ultra-wealthy 'oligarchy' threatening US democracy in farewell address to the nation<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Biden promised a smooth transition to the next administration, but during his farewell address, he warned of a growing oligarchy of \"tech billionaires\" in the US.<\/p>\n<p>With his final act as president, Biden has set the record for the most individual pardons and commutations issued as president. On Friday, he announced he would commute the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offences.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, he also commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on death row, converting their sentences to life imprisonment instead of execution. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737377259,"updatedAt":1737403105,"publishedAt":1737378734,"firstPublishedAt":1737378734,"lastPublishedAt":1737403105,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"President Joe Biden speaks during a church service at Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"President Joe Biden speaks during a church service at Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C., Sunday, Jan. 19, 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-Bitcoin hit record high ahead of Trump taking office","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bitcoin hits record high ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump unveiled his own cryptocurrency and cashed in billions in days","titleListing2":"Bitcoin hits record high before Donald Trump's inauguration","leadin":"Riding the waves of the crypto markets, and leading up to his inauguration, the incoming US President Donald Trump last week unveiled his own cryptocurrency, which sold for billions of dollars.","summary":"Riding the waves of the crypto markets, and leading up to his inauguration, the incoming US President Donald Trump last week unveiled his own cryptocurrency, which sold for billions of dollars.","keySentence":"","url":"bitcoin-hits-record-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/01\/20\/bitcoin-hits-record-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The world's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, hit a new all-time high on Monday morning, surpassing $109,900 (\u20ac106,485), while incoming US President Trump saw his own meme coin being sold for billions of dollars in just two days, as the cryptocurrency market buzzed with hopes for the 47th US President's crypto-friendly policies. \n\n\"The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant surge in volatility, reaching an all-time high of $3.72tn (\u20ac3.63tn) in total capitalisation on Monday morning,\" said Alex Kuptsikevich, the FxPro chief market analyst in his written commentary, adding that he expects further gains boosted by market enthusiasm towards crypto assets. \n\nBitcoin has been climbing ever since Trump was elected and surged from around $70,000 (\u20ac67,825) at the beginning of November to beyond $100,000 (\u20ac96,893) in two months. \n\nTrump family's meme coins yielded billions over the weekend\n\nThe then President-elect - now President - launched his own meme-coin on Friday. The token dubbed $Trump was priced at around $6 (\u20ac5.81) but surged to as high as $75.35 (\u20ac73.01). About 80% of these coins are held by CIC Digital LLC, which is directly linked to the Trump family business.\n\nIts success was slightly diminished when another meme coin appeared on Sunday, as incoming First Lady Melania Trump followed suit with her launch of $MELANIA. The price of the latter doubled, gaining a more-than $2bn (\u20ac1.9bn) market capitalisation for the coin. \n\nThe total value of Trump's token reached more than $14bn (\u20ac13.6bn) over the weekend, before falling to some $10bn (\u20ac9.7bn) by Monday morning, according to CoinMarketCap. \n\nThe launch of the meme coins sparked criticism that Donald Trump is taking financial advantage of his political position. \n\nTrump, the 'crypto president'\n\nOnce a sceptic who said some years ago that bitcoin \"seems like a scam\", Trump has embraced digital currencies with a convert's zeal. He's launched a new cryptocurrency venture and vowed on the campaign trail to take steps early in his presidency to make the US into the \"crypto capital\" of the world.\n\nHis promises included creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and enacting industry-friendly regulations.\n\nTrump's picks for key cabinet and regulatory positions are stocked with crypto supporters, including his choice to lead the Treasury and Commerce departments and the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.\n\n\"You're going to be very happy with me\", Trump told crypto-enthusiasts at a Bitcoin conference last summer.\n\nKey industry players were throwing a first-ever \"Crypto Ball\" Friday evening, which promised on its website to include \"an elite lineup of musical entertainment\" to celebrate the first \"crypto president\". The event is sold out, with tickets costing several thousand dollars.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//02//the-rise-of-cryptocurrency-how-high-could-bitcoin-go-in-2025/">world's largest cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> Bitcoin, hit a new all-time high on Monday morning, surpassing $109,900 (\u20ac106,485), while incoming US President Trump saw his own meme coin being sold for billions of dollars in just two days, as the cryptocurrency market buzzed with hopes for the 47th US President's crypto-friendly policies. <\/p>\n<p>\"The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant surge in volatility, reaching an all-time high of $3.72tn (\u20ac3.63tn) in total capitalisation on Monday morning,\" said Alex Kuptsikevich, the FxPro chief market analyst in his written commentary, adding that he expects further gains boosted by market enthusiasm towards crypto assets. <\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has been climbing ever since Trump was elected and surged from around $70,000 (\u20ac67,825) at the beginning of November to beyond $100,000 (\u20ac96,893) in two months. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trump family's meme coins yielded billions over the weekend<\/strong><\/h2><p>The then President-elect - now President - launched his own meme-coin on Friday. The token dubbed $Trump was priced at around $6 (\u20ac5.81) but surged to as high as $75.35 (\u20ac73.01). About 80% of these coins are held by CIC Digital LLC, which is directly linked to the Trump family business.<\/p>\n<p>Its success was slightly diminished when another meme coin appeared on Sunday, as incoming First Lady Melania Trump followed suit with her launch of $MELANIA. The price of the latter doubled, gaining a more-than $2bn (\u20ac1.9bn) market capitalisation for the coin. <\/p>\n<p>The total value of Trump's token reached more than $14bn (\u20ac13.6bn) over the weekend, before falling to some $10bn (\u20ac9.7bn) by Monday morning, according to CoinMarketCap. <\/p>\n<p>The launch of the meme coins sparked criticism that Donald Trump is taking financial advantage of his political position. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8953576,8944206\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//02//the-rise-of-cryptocurrency-how-high-could-bitcoin-go-in-2025/">The rise of cryptocurrency: How high could Bitcoin go in 2025?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//07//bitcoin-regains-key-level-amid-renewed-investor-interest/">Bitcoin regains key level amid renewed investor interest<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Trump, the 'crypto president'<\/strong><\/h2><p>Once a sceptic who said some years ago that bitcoin \"seems like a scam\", Trump has embraced digital currencies with a convert's zeal. He's launched a new cryptocurrency venture and vowed on the campaign trail to take steps early in his presidency to make the US into the \"crypto capital\" of the world.<\/p>\n<p>His promises included creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and enacting industry-friendly regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump's picks for key cabinet and regulatory positions are stocked with crypto supporters, including his choice to lead the Treasury and Commerce departments and the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\"You're going to be very happy with me\", Trump told crypto-enthusiasts at a Bitcoin conference last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Key industry players were throwing a first-ever \"Crypto Ball\" Friday evening, which promised on its website to include \"an elite lineup of musical entertainment\" to celebrate the first \"crypto president\". The event is sold out, with tickets costing several thousand dollars.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737365632,"updatedAt":1737393222,"publishedAt":1737373430,"firstPublishedAt":1737373430,"lastPublishedAt":1737393222,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","altText":"President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. ","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/64\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c9d79151-7b39-5815-93d4-30dd1ed1b604-8986470.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"katanich","twitter":"@doloreskatanich","id":582,"title":"Doloresz Katanich"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump","id":11900,"title":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump"},{"urlSafeValue":"melania-trump","titleRaw":"Melania Trump","id":12699,"title":"Melania Trump","slug":"melania-trump"},{"urlSafeValue":"bitcoin","titleRaw":"Bitcoin","id":12679,"title":"Bitcoin","slug":"bitcoin"},{"urlSafeValue":"cryptocurrency","titleRaw":"cryptocurrency","id":12822,"title":"cryptocurrency","slug":"cryptocurrency"},{"urlSafeValue":"market-capitalisation","titleRaw":"Market capitalisation","id":10665,"title":"Market capitalisation","slug":"market-capitalisation"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"related"}],"related":[{"id":2733258},{"id":2733344},{"id":2733440}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"markets","urlSafeValue":"markets","title":"Markets","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/markets\/markets"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"business","id":11,"title":"Business","slug":"business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"markets","id":"markets","title":"Markets","url":"\/business\/markets"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":74,"urlSafeValue":"markets","title":"Markets"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84031001","84032001","84111001","84112005","84131001","84132012","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["business","business_general","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","personal_finance","personal_finance_stocks","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2025\/01\/20\/bitcoin-hits-record-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration","lastModified":1737393222},{"id":2732894,"cid":8985844,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250120_BZSU_57553823","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NEXT AP WIRE TIKTOK","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Donald Trump's TikTok shift: From backing a ban to being hailed 'a saviour'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump's TikTok shift: From backing a ban to being hailed 'a saviour'","titleListing2":"Donald Trump's TikTok shift: From backing a ban to being hailed 'a saviour'","leadin":"\"I\u2019m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!\" Donald Trump wrote in a post on his social media app Truth Social on Sunday morning.","summary":"\"I\u2019m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!\" Donald Trump wrote in a post on his social media app Truth Social on Sunday morning.","keySentence":"","url":"donald-trumps-tiktok-shift-from-backing-a-ban-to-being-hailed-a-saviour","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/01\/20\/donald-trumps-tiktok-shift-from-backing-a-ban-to-being-hailed-a-saviour","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to US national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app's saviour.\n\nAfter going dark for users this weekend, Trump said on his social media site that he would issue an executive order after he's sworn in for a second term on Monday delaying a TikTok ban \"so that we can make a deal to protect our national security\". \n\nHe said the order would make clear that companies will not be held liable for violating a law that aimed to force TikTok's sale by its China-based parent company. Hours later, the app returned, to the relief of its legions of dedicated users.\n\n\"Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the US!\" read the announcement.\n\nTrump's legal authority to unilaterally decide not to enforce the law, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in April and was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday, is unclear. \n\nBut the rapid developments over the weekend served as a reminder of how dramatically debates over technology, social media and national security have changed since Trump was last in the White House. \n\nIt also signalled how closely Trump is following those shifts after waging a successful campaign in which he made inroads with voters in part by harnessing the appeal of some social media platforms.\n\n'Beholden to Trump'\n\nTrump can now take credit for reviving an app with 170 million users that is especially popular with younger Americans, many of whom spend hours a day on the platform to get news, make money and find entertainment.\n\n\"This is one of those things where the domestic politics has become so upside down and crazy that it turns out there\u2019s only upside for Trump now,\" said Bill Bishop, a China expert who has been closely following the back-and-forth. \n\nIf the ban ends up being enforced, he said, Trump will say it was on outgoing President Joe Biden\u2019s watch. \n\n\"And if it does come back then Trump is a saviour. And he will be rewarded both by users\" as well as the company, which he said is now \"beholden to Trump\" and will have an incentive to make sure content on the platform is favourable to him.\n\nTikTok\u2019s move comes as tech companies and CEOs have been working furiously to improve their standing with Trump. \n\nX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has enjoyed unprecedented access to the president-elect after spending more than $200 million (around \u20ac195 million) and personally campaigning to help him get elected.\n\nMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and reshaped his social media platforms\u2019 policies to align more closely with Trump\u2019s worldview earlier this month, ending third-party fact-checking, loosening rules against hate speech, ending his company\u2019s diversity and equity policies and naming Dana White, the president and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship and a familiar figure in Trump\u2019s orbit, to its board.\n\nOpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon, Meta and Google have all pledged to donate $1 million (\u20ac990,000) each to Trump\u2019s inaugural fund.\n\nThe companies have a lot on the line, including regulatory challenges. \n\nAlthough federal regulators began cracking down on Google and Facebook during Trump\u2019s first term as president - and flourished under Biden - most experts expect his second administration to ease up on antitrust enforcement and be more receptive to business mergers.\n\nTikTok also worked to curry Trump's favour, with CEO Shou Chew meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago in December and later present in Washington over the weekend for Trump's inauguration. \n\nIn a video responding to the US Supreme Court decision, Chew was careful to praise Trump and cast the app's fate as dependent on him.\n\n'Support of a president' \n\n\"On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,\u201d he said.\n\n\"We are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform\".\n\nWhen the app went dark, it had initially posted a simple message informing users of the change, but later updated the language to include Trump.\n\n\"Sorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now,\" it read. \n\n\"A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US Unfortunately, that means you can\u2019t use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!\"\n\nThe federal law had required TikTok parent company ByteDance to cut ties with the platform\u2019s US operations by Sunday. The Biden administration had stressed in recent days that it did not intend to enforce the ban before Trump took office. \n\nBut TikTok said it would nonetheless \"go dark\" because the Biden administration had not provided \"necessary clarity and assurance\" to service providers. \n\nTrump said in an interview with NBC News on Saturday that he was considering granting ByteDance a 90-day extension to sell. ByteDance has repeatedly refused to sell, but the company is being eyed by investors including Trump\u2019s former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and billionaire businessman Frank McCourt.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//19//tiktok-ban-begins-in-the-us-a-day-before-donald-trumps-inauguration/">effort to ban TikTok<\/strong><\/a>, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to US national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app's saviour.<\/p>\n<p>After going dark for users this weekend, Trump said on his social media site that he would issue an executive order after he's sworn in for a second term on Monday delaying a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//18//what-will-happen-when-tiktok-shuts-down-heres-how-to-prepare-for-the-platform-going-dark/">TikTok ban<\/strong><\/a> \"so that we can make a deal to protect our national security\". <\/p>\n<p>He said the order would make clear that companies will not be held liable for violating a law that aimed to force TikTok's sale by its China-based parent company. Hours later, the app returned, to the relief of its legions of dedicated users.<\/p>\n<p>\"Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the US!\" read the announcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8984664\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//19//inappropriate-and-dangerous-what-will-happen-if-tiktok-is-bought-by-tech-billionaires/">'Inappropriate and dangerous': What will happen if TikTok is bought by tech billionaires?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump's legal authority to unilaterally decide not to enforce the law, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in April and was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday, is unclear. <\/p>\n<p>But the rapid developments over the weekend served as a reminder of how dramatically debates over technology, social media and national security have changed since Trump was last in the White House. <\/p>\n<p>It also signalled how closely Trump is following those shifts after waging a successful campaign in which he made inroads with voters in part by harnessing the appeal of some social media platforms.<\/p>\n<h2>'Beholden to Trump'<\/h2><p>Trump can now take credit for reviving an app with 170 million users that is especially popular with younger Americans, many of whom spend hours a day on the platform to get news, make money and find entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is one of those things where the domestic politics has become so upside down and crazy that it turns out there\u2019s only upside for Trump now,\" said Bill Bishop, a China expert who has been closely following the back-and-forth. <\/p>\n<p>If the ban ends up being enforced, he said, Trump will say it was on outgoing President Joe Biden\u2019s watch. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7437744\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//17//which-countries-have-banned-tiktok-cybersecurity-data-privacy-espionage-fears/">Which countries have banned TikTok and why?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"And if it does come back then Trump is a saviour. And he will be rewarded both by users\" as well as the company, which he said is now \"beholden to Trump\" and will have an incentive to make sure content on the platform is favourable to him.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s move comes as tech companies and CEOs have been working furiously to improve their standing with Trump. <\/p>\n<p>X owner and Tesla CEO <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//30//techno-libertarians-why-elon-musk-is-supporting-donald-trump-in-the-us-election/">Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> has enjoyed unprecedented access to the president-elect after spending more than $200 million (around \u20ac195 million) and personally campaigning to help him get elected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">This is one of those things where the domestic politics has become so upside down and crazy that it turns out there\u2019s only upside for Trump now.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Bill Bishop\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n China expert\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and reshaped his social media platforms\u2019 policies to align more closely with Trump\u2019s worldview earlier this month, ending third-party fact-checking, loosening rules against hate speech, ending his company\u2019s diversity and equity policies and naming Dana White, the president and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship and a familiar figure in Trump\u2019s orbit, to its board.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon, Meta and Google have all pledged to donate $1 million (\u20ac990,000) each to Trump\u2019s inaugural fund.<\/p>\n<p>The companies have a lot on the line, including regulatory challenges. <\/p>\n<p>Although federal regulators began cracking down on Google and Facebook during Trump\u2019s first term as president - and flourished under Biden - most experts expect his second administration to ease up on antitrust enforcement and be more receptive to business mergers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8982044\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//18//donald-trumps-inauguration-which-tech-leaders-will-be-attending-and-who-will-skip-it/">Donald Trump's inauguration: Which tech leaders attended and who skipped it?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>TikTok also worked to curry Trump's favour, with CEO Shou Chew meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago in December and later present in Washington over the weekend for Trump's inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>In a video responding to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//17//tiktok-ban-upheld-by-us-supreme-court-if-its-not-sold-by-chinese-parent-company-bytedance/">US Supreme Court decision<\/strong><\/a>, Chew was careful to praise Trump and cast the app's fate as dependent on him.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>'Support of a president'<\/strong><\/h2><p>\"On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform\".<\/p>\n<p>When the app went dark, it had initially posted a simple message informing users of the change, but later updated the language to include Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\"Sorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now,\" it read. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8969928\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//14//will-musk-buy-tiktok-social-media-group-says-no-to-tech-billionaire/">Will Musk buy TikTok? Social media group says no to tech billionaire<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US Unfortunately, that means you can\u2019t use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!\"<\/p>\n<p>The federal law had required TikTok parent company ByteDance to cut ties with the platform\u2019s US operations by Sunday. The Biden administration had stressed in recent days that it did not intend to enforce the ban before Trump took office. <\/p>\n<p>But TikTok said it would nonetheless \"go dark\" because the Biden administration had not provided \"necessary clarity and assurance\" to service providers. <\/p>\n<p>Trump said in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//trump-likely-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-avoid-ban-rcna188258/">an interview with NBC News<\/strong><\/a> on Saturday that he was considering granting ByteDance a 90-day extension to sell. ByteDance has repeatedly refused to sell, but the company is being eyed by investors including Trump\u2019s former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and billionaire businessman Frank McCourt.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737361881,"updatedAt":1737372082,"publishedAt":1737370008,"firstPublishedAt":1737370008,"lastPublishedAt":1737370114,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File","altText":"FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during an event in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.","callToActionText":null,"width":1280,"caption":"FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during an event in the briefing room of the White House in 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CHINA VP HAN ZHENG","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Who is Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Who is Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration?","titleListing2":"Who is Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration?","leadin":"Vice President Han Zheng will represent China at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, signalling a potential thaw in Washington-Beijing relations.","summary":"Vice President Han Zheng will represent China at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, signalling a potential thaw in Washington-Beijing relations.","keySentence":"","url":"who-is-han-zheng-chinas-representative-at-trumps-inauguration","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/20\/who-is-han-zheng-chinas-representative-at-trumps-inauguration","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In an unorthodox move, US President-elect Donald Trump has invited several foreign leaders to his inauguration in Washington on Monday, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. \n\nNo head of state has previously made an official visit to the US for the inauguration. In Beijing's case, senior officials never received the invitation, either.\n\nOn Monday however, Vice President Han Zheng, a trusted advisor to Xi, will be there to represent China.\n\nBeijing's decision to send Han, rather than its ambassador to Washington as is usual, appears to be a carefully calibrated signal that it is willing to improve relations with the US, while not leaving Xi exposed to criticism should ties worsen.\n\nWho is Han, and why is his presence at the Washington fete crucial to US-China relations?\n\nA silent diplomat\n\nLike many young Chinese, Han, who was born in the financial centre of Shanghai, was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution on orders from then-leader Mao Zedong to \u201clearn from the peasants\u201d. \n\nHe worked at a collective farm in Chongming, followed by a stint as a warehouse worker and an employee of the same company's marketing division.\n\nUpon his return to Shanghai, Han rose up the ranks during the 1980s and 1990s, just as China's economy was catching fire, concurrently holding Communist Party and managerial positions in the chemical and rubber industries. \n\nThere, he caught the eye of senior leaders and was elevated to district-level governance before becoming the city's mayor and then party secretary, the city's highest position, following a financial scandal involving his predecessor. \n\nXi also briefly held the same position before becoming China's new leader. He employed Han as his advisor, strengthening the ties between the two.\n\nIn 2017, Han reached the apex of Chinese political power, the party's seven-member Politburo Standing Committee. \n\nAfter serving one five-year term, he was given the position of vice president, a position Xi has imbued with new weight as adviser and envoy, known for his discreet approach dubbed \"silent diplomacy\".\n\nTikTok and trade tariffs\n\nOn Sunday, Han met with US vice president-elect JD Vance and domestic business leaders, including Elon Musk.\n\nAccording to a readout of his meeting with Vance issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday, Han stressed the \u201cextensive common interests and enormous space of cooperation\u201d the United States and China share in economic and trade relations despite \u201csome disagreements and frictions.\"\n\nMany of the most divisive bilateral issues involve trade, with Trump threatening to impose 60% tariffs on imports from China. Relations have also frayed over technology and China\u2019s moves to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea.\n\nIf enacted, Trump's plans to hike tariffs would likely raise prices in America and squeeze sales and profit margins for Chinese exporters. If American customers won\u2019t accept higher prices, they would have no choice but to turn elsewhere. \n\nAccording to China customs data, the share of China\u2019s exports going to the US has already dropped from 19% in 2018 to 15% last year, even as China\u2019s overall exports are forecast to reach a record high this year.\n\nThe Chinese vice president reiterated promises for an improved business environment for foreign firms in China and expressed hope that US companies will continue expanding their investments in the country.\n\nWith Musk, Han also discussed the TikTok ban imposed in the US on Sunday.\n\nThe Chinese social media app restored service to American users on Sunday, just hours after it went dark in response to a federal ban, which Trump said he would pause by executive order on Monday.\n\nMusk, whose company Tesla operates a factory in Shanghai, posted on his platform X after the meeting that he has long opposed the TikTok ban \u201cbecause it goes against freedom of speech.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced,\u201d he wrote. \u201cSomething needs to change.\u201d\n\nX is banned in China alongside other major US social media and news apps and websites, including YouTube, Google and Facebook.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In an unorthodox move, US President-elect Donald Trump has invited several foreign leaders to his inauguration in Washington on Monday, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. <\/p>\n<p>No head of state has previously made an official visit to the US for the inauguration. In Beijing's case, senior officials never received the invitation, either.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday however, Vice President Han Zheng, a trusted advisor to Xi, will be there to represent China.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing's decision to send Han, rather than its ambassador to Washington as is usual, appears to be a carefully calibrated signal that it is willing to improve relations with the US, while not leaving Xi exposed to criticism should ties worsen.<\/p>\n<p>Who is Han, and why is his presence at the Washington fete crucial to US-China relations?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A silent diplomat<\/strong><\/h2><p>Like many young Chinese, Han, who was born in the financial centre of Shanghai, was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution on orders from then-leader Mao Zedong to \u201clearn from the peasants\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He worked at a collective farm in Chongming, followed by a stint as a warehouse worker and an employee of the same company's marketing division.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return to Shanghai, Han rose up the ranks during the 1980s and 1990s, just as China's economy was catching fire, concurrently holding Communist Party and managerial positions in the chemical and rubber industries. <\/p>\n<p>There, he caught the eye of senior leaders and was elevated to district-level governance before becoming the city's mayor and then party secretary, the city's highest position, following a financial scandal involving his predecessor. <\/p>\n<p>Xi also briefly held the same position before becoming China's new leader. He employed Han as his advisor, strengthening the ties between the two.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Han reached the apex of Chinese political power, the party's seven-member Politburo Standing Committee. <\/p>\n<p>After serving one five-year term, he was given the position of vice president, a position Xi has imbued with new weight as adviser and envoy, known for his discreet approach dubbed \"silent diplomacy\".<\/p>\n<h2>TikTok and trade tariffs<\/h2><p>On Sunday, Han met with US vice president-elect JD Vance and domestic business leaders, including Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>According to a readout of his meeting with Vance issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday, Han stressed the \u201cextensive common interests and enormous space of cooperation\u201d the United States and China share in economic and trade relations despite \u201csome disagreements and frictions.\"<\/p>\n<p>Many of the most divisive bilateral issues involve trade, with Trump threatening to impose 60% tariffs on imports from China. Relations have also frayed over technology and China\u2019s moves to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, Trump's plans to hike tariffs would likely raise prices in America and squeeze sales and profit margins for Chinese exporters. If American customers won\u2019t accept higher prices, they would have no choice but to turn elsewhere. <\/p>\n<p>According to China customs data, the share of China\u2019s exports going to the US has already dropped from 19% in 2018 to 15% last year, even as China\u2019s overall exports are forecast to reach a record high this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese vice president reiterated promises for an improved business environment for foreign firms in China and expressed hope that US companies will continue expanding their investments in the country.<\/p>\n<p>With Musk, Han also discussed the TikTok ban imposed in the US on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8984968,8984664\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//19//inappropriate-and-dangerous-what-will-happen-if-tiktok-is-bought-by-tech-billionaires/">'Inappropriate and dangerous': What will happen if TikTok is bought by tech billionaires?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//19//trump-says-hell-issue-an-executive-order-on-monday-to-get-tiktok-back-up/">TikTok restoring access in US after Donald Trump pledges to issue executive order<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Chinese social media app restored service to American users on Sunday, just hours after it went dark in response to a federal ban, which Trump said he would pause by executive order on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, whose company Tesla operates a factory in Shanghai, posted on his platform X after the meeting that he has long opposed the TikTok ban \u201cbecause it goes against freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced,\u201d he wrote. \u201cSomething needs to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>X is banned in China alongside other major US social media and news apps and websites, including YouTube, Google and Facebook.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737365235,"updatedAt":1737372793,"publishedAt":1737369787,"firstPublishedAt":1737369787,"lastPublishedAt":1737369787,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/63\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_74dbbcd5-a94f-50c6-9614-2a0c946a47dc-8986378.jpg","altText":"FILE - Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, centre, arrives at Buckingham Palace in London, 5 May 2023","caption":"FILE - Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, centre, arrives at Buckingham Palace in London, 5 May 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jacob King, Pool via AP, 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MIGRANTS EXPECTATIONS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Undocumented migrants in the US prepare for worst-case scenario","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Undocumented migrants in the US prepare for worst-case scenario","titleListing2":"Undocumented migrants in the US prepare for the worst-case scenario","leadin":"Immigrants in cities such as Chicago are bracing for potential mass deportations under Donald Trump's incoming administration.","summary":"Immigrants in cities such as Chicago are bracing for potential mass deportations under Donald Trump's incoming administration.","keySentence":"","url":"undocumented-migrants-in-the-us-prepare-for-the-worst-case-scenario","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/20\/undocumented-migrants-in-the-us-prepare-for-the-worst-case-scenario","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Immigrants in the US have been preparing for mass deportations since Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, but reports that his initial focus would be in the Chicago area have brought a new sense of urgency and fear to the city and its surrounding areas. \n\nSome immigrants in the country without legal status have been designating power of attorney to trusted friends, making plans for childcare in case of separations and installing security cameras on their doors in case immigration agents come. \n\nOthers have left voluntarily, as Trump aides have encouraged them to do.\n\nPlans for deportations aren't yet official, but an official speaking on anonymity has said that officers will start by targeting more than 300 people with histories of egregious, violent crimes after Trump takes office Monday.\n\nThe official said the operation will be concentrated in the Chicago area and continue all week, subject to potential weather delays. \n\nTemperatures in Chicago dipped to almost -15 degrees Celsius, with cold temperatures forecast throughout the week.\n\nUS Immigration and Customs and Enforcement arrests a fraction of its targets in such operations, though Trump is expected to cast a wider net than President Joe Biden, whose focus on picking up people away from the border was largely limited to those with serious criminal histories and national security threats. \n\nBiden's administration also ended the practice of mass worksite arrests, which were common under Trump, including a 2019 operation targeting Mississippi chicken plants.\n\nTrump aides have said they will arrest others, such as spouses or roommates, who are not targets but happen to be in the country illegally. The soon-to-be president told NBC News on Saturday that mass deportations remain a top priority. He didn\u2019t give an exact date or city where they\u2019ll start, but he said they would begin soon.\n\nSanctuary cities, which limit how local police can cooperate with federal immigration agents, have been one of Trump's favourite targets \u2014 especially Chicago. Chicago became a so-called sanctuary city in the 1980s and has beefed up its policies multiple times since, including after Trump first took office in 2017. \n\nLast week, the City Council heartily rejected a longshot plan calling for exceptions allowing local police to work with ICE agents on deportation cases for people accused or convicted of crimes. \n\nImmigrants are told to exercise their rights\n\nImmigrant rights advocates, including Democratic US Representatives Jesus Garcia and Delia Ramirez, urged immigrants in Chicago to remain calm and exercise their rights, particularly to stay silent and refuse to allow officers into their homes without warrants. \n\nSome advocacy groups have planned legal workshops anticipating mass arrests next week.\n\nCarlos, an immigrant from Mexico, has lived in the US for decades. The 56-year-old doesn\u2019t have legal status to stay in the country but has work authorisation in construction and welding. \n\nHe declined to give his last name and discuss details of his immigration status for fear of being targeted for deportation.\n\nHe has three children with legal status to stay in the country through the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which could also be scrapped under Trump\u2019s agenda. \n\nCarlos said the family\u2019s contingency planning for deportation includes finding someone to manage their bank accounts, home and car. They\u2019ve also installed a camera on their suburban Chicago home and will screen all visitors, especially ICE agents. \n\nElena Barrera, a food cart vendor during summer and a cleaner in the winter, immigrated from Mexico in the late 1990s by crossing the border. \n\nThe 48-year-old single mom does not have legal status to stay in the country but has three children who are US citizens.\n\nHer biggest fear is being separated from her children. \n\nShe said the family has been making contingency plans in case of deportation, including her older children taking care of the youngest until they can be reunited. \n\nThey have discussed living in Mexico, which would require one of her children to leave her studies at a prestigious Chicago-area university.\n\nWhen the topic comes up, her youngest child, who is 9, cries, she said.\n\n\u201cHe tells me he is afraid his mom won\u2019t come home one day. He cries. Nothing has happened yet, but he is already anxious.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Immigrants in the US have been preparing for mass deportations since Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, but reports that his initial focus would be in the Chicago area have brought a new sense of urgency and fear to the city and its surrounding areas. <\/p>\n<p>Some immigrants in the country without legal status have been designating power of attorney to trusted friends, making plans for childcare in case of separations and installing security cameras on their doors in case immigration agents come. <\/p>\n<p>Others have left voluntarily, as Trump aides have encouraged them to do.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for deportations aren't yet official, but an official speaking on anonymity has said that officers will start by targeting more than 300 people with histories of egregious, violent crimes after Trump takes office Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the operation will be concentrated in the Chicago area and continue all week, subject to potential weather delays. <\/p>\n<p>Temperatures in Chicago dipped to almost -15 degrees Celsius, with cold temperatures forecast throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>US Immigration and Customs and Enforcement arrests a fraction of its targets in such operations, though Trump is expected to cast a wider net than President Joe Biden, whose focus on picking up people away from the border was largely limited to those with serious criminal histories and national security threats. <\/p>\n<p>Biden's administration also ended the practice of mass worksite arrests, which were common under Trump, including a 2019 operation targeting Mississippi chicken plants.<\/p>\n<p>Trump aides have said they will arrest others, such as spouses or roommates, who are not targets but happen to be in the country illegally. The soon-to-be president told NBC News on Saturday that mass deportations remain a top priority. He didn\u2019t give an exact date or city where they\u2019ll start, but he said they would begin soon.<\/p>\n<p>Sanctuary cities, which limit how local police can cooperate with federal immigration agents, have been one of Trump's favourite targets \u2014 especially Chicago. Chicago became a so-called sanctuary city in the 1980s and has beefed up its policies multiple times since, including after Trump first took office in 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the City Council heartily rejected a longshot plan calling for exceptions allowing local police to work with ICE agents on deportation cases for people accused or convicted of crimes. <\/p>\n<h2>Immigrants are told to exercise their rights<\/h2><p>Immigrant rights advocates, including Democratic US Representatives Jesus Garcia and Delia Ramirez, urged immigrants in Chicago to remain calm and exercise their rights, particularly to stay silent and refuse to allow officers into their homes without warrants. <\/p>\n<p>Some advocacy groups have planned legal workshops anticipating mass arrests next week.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos, an immigrant from Mexico, has lived in the US for decades. The 56-year-old doesn\u2019t have legal status to stay in the country but has work authorisation in construction and welding. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8985402\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//20//donald-trump-promises-flurry-of-executive-orders-on-first-day-back-in-white-house/">Donald Trump promises flurry of executive orders on first day back in White House<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He declined to give his last name and discuss details of his immigration status for fear of being targeted for deportation.<\/p>\n<p>He has three children with legal status to stay in the country through the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which could also be scrapped under Trump\u2019s agenda. <\/p>\n<p>Carlos said the family\u2019s contingency planning for deportation includes finding someone to manage their bank accounts, home and car. They\u2019ve also installed a camera on their suburban Chicago home and will screen all visitors, especially ICE agents. <\/p>\n<p>Elena Barrera, a food cart vendor during summer and a cleaner in the winter, immigrated from Mexico in the late 1990s by crossing the border. <\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old single mom does not have legal status to stay in the country but has three children who are US citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Her biggest fear is being separated from her children. <\/p>\n<p>She said the family has been making contingency plans in case of deportation, including her older children taking care of the youngest until they can be reunited. <\/p>\n<p>They have discussed living in Mexico, which would require one of her children to leave her studies at a prestigious Chicago-area university.<\/p>\n<p>When the topic comes up, her youngest child, who is 9, cries, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe tells me he is afraid his mom won\u2019t come home one day. He cries. 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Dylan auction","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bob Dylan's 'Mr Tambourine Man' drafts fetch nearly \u20ac500,000 at auction","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Bob Dylan's 'Mr Tambourine Man' drafts sell for nearly \u20ac500,000 ","titleListing2":"Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man drafts fetch nearly \u20ac500,000 at auction","leadin":"Two sheets of typewritten lyrics were the lead items in a record-breaking auction of Bob Dylan memorabilia in Nashville.","summary":"Two sheets of typewritten lyrics were the lead items in a record-breaking auction of Bob Dylan memorabilia in Nashville.","keySentence":"","url":"bob-dylans-mr-tambourine-man-drafts-fetch-nearly-500000-at-auction","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/01\/20\/bob-dylans-mr-tambourine-man-drafts-fetch-nearly-500000-at-auction","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In a landmark auction at Nashville\u2019s Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, Bob Dylan\u2019s original drafts for his iconic 1965 song 'Mr Tambourine Man' fetched an impressive $508,000 (\u20ac494,000). \n\nThe two yellow typewritten sheets, originally expected to go for between $400,000-$600,000 (\u20ac388,000-\u20ac582,000), contained three evolving versions of the song\u2019s lyrics.\n\nThe fascinating backstory behind the drafts added even more interest to the sale on Saturday. Back in March 1964, renowned American music journalist Al Aronowitz woke up to find a young Dylan (then age 22) asleep on his sofa, having spent the night writing and rewriting 'Mr Tambourine Man' on a typewriter. The discarded early drafts were later found crumpled up in Aronowitz's bin \u2013 a little piece of songwriting history.\n\nThese precious pages were among 60 Dylan-related items to go on sale, including 50 pieces from Aronowitz\u2019s personal archive. The sale was a major success, with the total value of the 60 items coming to nearly $1.5 million (\u20ac1.45 million).\n\nThe auction also saw the sale of a 1968 oil painting by Dylan, which went for $260,000 (\u20ac252,000). This piece, created in the early days of Dylan\u2019s foray into art \u2013 after his first wife, Sara, gave him oil paints for his 27th birthday \u2013 depicts a bold, cubist-style figure.\u00a0\n\nAmong the other notable items was a 1983 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, which once belonged to Dylan. The instrument exceeded its expected value, selling for $222,250 (\u20ac216,000), while a sketch of a hand by Dylan, originally estimated at just $1,500-$2,500 (\u20ac1,455-$2.425), stunned bidders with a final price of $88,900 (\u20ac86,285).\n\nFans also had the opportunity to acquire a hand-embellished Levi\u2019s denim jacket worn by Dylan in the 1987 film Hearts of Fire, which sold for $25,400 (\u20ac24,650). Other items included a rare handbill from Dylan\u2019s first major headline performance at New York City\u2019s Town Hall in 1963, early vintage photographs, and a signed harmonica.\n\nMartin Nolan, executive director and co-founder of Julien\u2019s Auctions, described the event as \u201ca fantastic auction with outstanding sales\u201d.\u00a0\n\n\"We\u2019re honoured to highlight this truly unique collection with so many historic Bob Dylan items from the grandfather of rock journalism, Al Aronowitz,\u201d he said, quoted by The Guardian, reflecting on the significance of the auction. \u201cToday\u2019s white glove auction just reinforces the extraordinary impact and everlasting love that people have for Dylan, which transcends generations.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a landmark auction at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//10//31//civil-rights-sit-ins-and-rhythm-n-blues-sample-the-history-and-culture-of-nashville/">Nashville/u2019s Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//15//culture-re-view-bob-dylan-records-an-all-time-classic/">Bob Dylan\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> original drafts for his iconic 1965 song 'Mr Tambourine Man' fetched an impressive $508,000 (\u20ac494,000). <\/p>\n<p>The two yellow typewritten sheets, originally expected to go for between $400,000-$600,000 (\u20ac388,000-\u20ac582,000), contained three evolving versions of the song\u2019s lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>The fascinating backstory behind the drafts added even more interest to the sale on Saturday. Back in March 1964, renowned American music journalist Al Aronowitz woke up to find a young Dylan (then age 22) asleep on his sofa, having spent the night writing and rewriting 'Mr Tambourine Man' on a typewriter. The discarded early drafts were later found crumpled up in Aronowitz's bin \u2013 a little piece of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//04//24//best-of-british-and-irish-songwriting-celebrated-in-ivor-novello-nominees/">songwriting history.<\/p>\n<p>These precious pages were among 60 Dylan-related items to go on sale, including 50 pieces from Aronowitz\u2019s personal archive. The sale was a major success, with the total value of the 60 items coming to nearly $1.5 million (\u20ac1.45 million).<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.685546875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//56//58//808x553_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg/" alt=\"An image released by Julien&#39;s Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan&#39;s lyrics for various famed songs are show in this undated image.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/384x263_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/640x439_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/750x514_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/828x568_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/1080x740_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/1200x823_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/1920x1316_cmsv2_7175fc52-6f21-5aec-815d-9664333b526e-8985658.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An image released by Julien&#39;s Auctions shows musician Bob Dylan&#39;s lyrics for various famed songs are show in this undated image.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Julien&#39;s Auctions via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The auction also saw the sale of a 1968 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//11//07//just-stop-oil-climate-activists-attack-velazquez-painting-in-londons-national-gallery/">oil painting<\/strong><\/a> by Dylan, which went for $260,000 (\u20ac252,000). This piece, created in the early days of Dylan\u2019s foray into art \u2013 after his first wife, Sara, gave him oil paints for his 27th birthday \u2013 depicts a bold, cubist-style figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the other notable items was a 1983 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, which once belonged to Dylan. The instrument exceeded its expected value, selling for $222,250 (\u20ac216,000), while a sketch of a hand by Dylan, originally estimated at just $1,500-$2,500 (\u20ac1,455-$2.425), stunned bidders with a final price of $88,900 (\u20ac86,285).<\/p>\n<p>Fans also had the opportunity to acquire a hand-embellished Levi\u2019s denim jacket worn by Dylan in the 1987 film Hearts of Fire, which sold for $25,400 (\u20ac24,650). Other items included a rare handbill from Dylan\u2019s first major headline performance at New York City\u2019s Town Hall in 1963, early vintage photographs, and a signed harmonica.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.3329571106094809\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//56//58//808x1077_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg/" alt=\"Bob Dylan in Barcelona in 1984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/384x512_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/640x853_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/750x1000_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/828x1104_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/1080x1440_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/1200x1600_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/56\/58\/1920x2559_cmsv2_df7c89ef-a568-50bf-bf4a-85968063fa1e-8985658.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bob Dylan in Barcelona in 1984<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">F. 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Trump\u2019s return to the White House: What it means for eurozone interest rates","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump's return to the White House: What it means for eurozone interest rates","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"President Trump's return: What it means for eurozone interest rates","titleListing2":"Trump's return to the White House: What it means for eurozone interest rates","leadin":"This president's second term is set to reshape global economic policy, with trade tariffs, tax cuts, and a stronger dollar impacting inflation and interest rates. While the Fed may hold or tighten rates, the ECB is expected to cut further as eurozone growth remains weak.","summary":"This president's second term is set to reshape global economic policy, with trade tariffs, tax cuts, and a stronger dollar impacting inflation and interest rates. While the Fed may hold or tighten rates, the ECB is expected to cut further as eurozone growth remains weak.","keySentence":"","url":"trumps-return-to-the-white-house-what-it-means-for-eurozone-interest-rates","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/20\/trumps-return-to-the-white-house-what-it-means-for-eurozone-interest-rates","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, marking the beginning of a second term that is expected to reshape economic policy at home and abroad.\n\nHis agenda, centred on sweeping trade tariffs, corporate tax cuts, immigration restrictions and increased pressure on NATO allies, could have far-reaching consequences for growth, inflation and interest rates, not just in the US but globally.\n\nIn the eurozone, Trump's policies are likely to influence the European Central Bank's monetary decisions in the months ahead, potentially accelerating rate cuts and impacting exchange rates.\n\nWill the ECB continue cutting rates?\n\nEconomists expect a widening gap between US and eurozone monetary policy. While the Federal Reserve is likely to keep interest rates steady, or even tighten policy to combat inflationary pressures, the ECB is expected to continue cutting rates.\n\nFor H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Baudchon, a senior economist at BNP Paribas, the US will face the inflationary effects of \"Trumponomics,\" a mix of trade protectionism and expansionary fiscal policies that could keep price pressures elevated and force the Fed to maintain the status quo on interest rates.\u00a0\n\nFor the eurozone, she sees a different trajectory: \"The expected strengthening of growth will remain limited and constrained, but the return of inflation to the 2% target will be secured, allowing the ECB to continue its rate cuts.\"\n\nAt Bank of America, economist Ruben Segura-Cayuela warns that a 10% tariff on European Union imports could weigh on economic activity, shaving \"0.4-0.5 percentage points of euro area GDP.\"\n\nHe adds that, if uncertainty and tariff shocks materialise, the ECB may be forced to cut rates \"larger than 25 basis points\" and lower its terminal rate below 1.5%.\n\nHow will tariffs impact inflation and the euro?\n\nThe ECB's rate path will depend on how Trump's policies unfold and their spillover effects on the European economy.\u00a0\n\nCaixaBank notes that the ECB follows a \"data-dependent\" strategy but suggests that its decisions will likely be shaped by expectations surrounding US economic policy.\n\nTrump's proposed tariffs - ranging from 10-20% on all imports and up to 60% on Chinese goods - are widely seen as inflationary.\n\n\"The implementation of widespread tariffs will put inflationary pressure on the US\", says Rogier Quaedvlieg, an economist at ABN Amro, noting that this contradicts Trump's campaign pledge to bring down inflation.\n\nDominic Wilson, an economist at Goldman Sachs, sees additional risks for the eurozone, saying it is \"especially vulnerable\" to the uncertainty surrounding new trade restrictions. \n\n\"It is hard to envisage a coordinated fiscal response to an already weak cyclical position given the political uncertainty in Germany and France\", he says. As a result, further ECB easing remains the most likely policy response.\n\nA stronger dollar is another likely outcome of Trump's policies, which could weigh on the euro. Goldman Sachs foreign exchange analyst Kamakshya Trivedi says: \"We expect the dollar to rally by about 5% over the coming year on the realisation of new tariffs and continued US outperformance. We now forecast EUR\/USD below parity.\"\n\nFor the eurozone, the extent of the tariff impact will depend on how the ECB responds.\u00a0\n\nBrussels-based think tank Bruegel warns that tariffs will act as a \"negative supply shock\" for the EU economy.\u00a0\n\nHowever, US fiscal stimulus, higher inflation, and a stronger dollar could boost demand for European exports, partially offsetting the damage. \"The net macroeconomic effect on the EU will depend largely on the reaction of the European Central Bank\", Bruegel analysts say.\n\nCould US economic growth slow?\n\nDespite Trump's push for tax cuts and protectionist trade policies, some economists argue that his agenda could create headwinds for US growth.\n\nQuaedvlieg at ABN Amro warns that tariffs could backfire, hitting the US economy at an inopportune moment.\u00a0\n\n\"Tariffs will likely hit at a particularly inconvenient time\", he says, pointing out that inflation remains above target and signs of disinflation have stalled.\u00a0\n\nAccording to the expert, this could force the Fed to keep interest rates higher for longer, making Trump's goal of stronger economic growth harder to achieve. \"These tariffs will distort global trade and also threaten the recoveries of the eurozone and China.\"\n\nHe argues that higher tariffs is likely to distort global trade flows, creating challenges not only for the US but also for the eurozone and China.\n\nBNP Paribas' Baudchon indicates that 2025 could reduce the divergence between US and eurozone growth rates, as both economies face trade-related challenges. \n\nHowever, she believes that inflation dynamics will instead remain on different paths, leading to a \"decoupling of monetary policies\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, marking the beginning of a second term that is expected to reshape economic policy at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>His agenda, centred on sweeping trade tariffs, corporate tax cuts, immigration restrictions and increased pressure on NATO allies, could have far-reaching consequences for growth, inflation and interest rates, not just in the US but globally.<\/p>\n<p>In the eurozone, Trump's policies are likely to influence the European Central Bank's monetary decisions in the months ahead, potentially accelerating rate cuts and impacting exchange rates.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will the ECB continue cutting rates?<\/strong><\/h2><p>Economists expect a widening gap between US and eurozone monetary policy. While the Federal Reserve is likely to keep interest rates steady, or even tighten policy to combat inflationary pressures, the ECB is expected to continue cutting rates.<\/p>\n<p>For H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Baudchon, a senior economist at BNP Paribas, the US will face the inflationary effects of \"Trumponomics,\" a mix of trade protectionism and expansionary fiscal policies that could keep price pressures elevated and force the Fed to maintain the status quo on interest rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the eurozone, she sees a different trajectory: \"The expected strengthening of growth will remain limited and constrained, but the return of inflation to the 2% target will be secured, allowing the ECB to continue its rate cuts.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8985402,8985054\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//19//german-ambassador-warns-trump-will-test-the-us-constitutional-order-report-says/">German ambassador warns Trump will test the US constitutional order, report says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//20//donald-trump-promises-flurry-of-executive-orders-on-first-day-back-in-white-house/">Donald Trump promises flurry of executive orders on first day back in White House<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At Bank of America, economist Ruben Segura-Cayuela warns that a 10% tariff on European Union imports could weigh on economic activity, shaving \"0.4-0.5 percentage points of euro area GDP.\"<\/p>\n<p>He adds that, if uncertainty and tariff shocks materialise, the ECB may be forced to cut rates \"larger than 25 basis points\" and lower its terminal rate below 1.5%.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How will tariffs impact inflation and the euro?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The ECB's rate path will depend on how Trump's policies unfold and their spillover effects on the European economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CaixaBank notes that the ECB follows a \"data-dependent\" strategy but suggests that its decisions will likely be shaped by expectations surrounding US economic policy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump's proposed tariffs - ranging from 10-20% on all imports and up to 60% on Chinese goods - are widely seen as inflationary.<\/p>\n<p>\"The implementation of widespread tariffs will put inflationary pressure on the US\", says Rogier Quaedvlieg, an economist at ABN Amro, noting that this contradicts Trump's campaign pledge to bring down inflation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8977542,8980998\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//16//ecb-minutes-show-concerns-over-economic-outlook-and-geopolitical-risks/">ECB minutes show concerns over economic outlook and geopolitical risks<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//17//eurozone-inflation-rises-for-third-month-as-energy-costs-edge-up/"> Eurozone inflation rises for third month as energy costs edge up<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dominic Wilson, an economist at Goldman Sachs, sees additional risks for the eurozone, saying it is \"especially vulnerable\" to the uncertainty surrounding new trade restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>\"It is hard to envisage a coordinated fiscal response to an already weak cyclical position given the political uncertainty in Germany and France\", he says. As a result, further ECB easing remains the most likely policy response.<\/p>\n<p>A stronger dollar is another likely outcome of Trump's policies, which could weigh on the euro. Goldman Sachs foreign exchange analyst Kamakshya Trivedi says: \"We expect the dollar to rally by about 5% over the coming year on the realisation of new tariffs and continued US outperformance. We now forecast EUR\/USD below parity.\"<\/p>\n<p>For the eurozone, the extent of the tariff impact will depend on how the ECB responds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brussels-based think tank Bruegel warns that tariffs will act as a \"negative supply shock\" for the EU economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, US fiscal stimulus, higher inflation, and a stronger dollar could boost demand for European exports, partially offsetting the damage. \"The net macroeconomic effect on the EU will depend largely on the reaction of the European Central Bank\", Bruegel analysts say.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could US economic growth slow?<\/strong><\/h2><p>Despite Trump's push for tax cuts and protectionist trade policies, some economists argue that his agenda could create headwinds for US growth.<\/p>\n<p>Quaedvlieg at ABN Amro warns that tariffs could backfire, hitting the US economy at an inopportune moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Tariffs will likely hit at a particularly inconvenient time\", he says, pointing out that inflation remains above target and signs of disinflation have stalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8914086,8924210\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//12//20//trump-threatens-trade-tariffs-unless-europe-buys-a-lot-more-us-oil-and-gas/">Trump threatens trade tariffs unless Europe buys a lot more US oil and gas<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//12//16//european-central-bank-warns-of-how-a-shift-in-us-trade-policies-could-affect-the-eu/">European Central Bank warns of how a shift in US trade policies could affect the EU<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to the expert, this could force the Fed to keep interest rates higher for longer, making Trump's goal of stronger economic growth harder to achieve. \"These tariffs will distort global trade and also threaten the recoveries of the eurozone and China.\"<\/p>\n<p>He argues that higher tariffs is likely to distort global trade flows, creating challenges not only for the US but also for the eurozone and China.<\/p>\n<p>BNP Paribas' Baudchon indicates that 2025 could reduce the divergence between US and eurozone growth rates, as both economies face trade-related challenges. <\/p>\n<p>However, she believes that inflation dynamics will instead remain on different paths, leading to a \"decoupling of monetary policies\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737357817,"updatedAt":1737393002,"publishedAt":1737358978,"firstPublishedAt":1737358978,"lastPublishedAt":1737393002,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Steven Senne\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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paperwork.","keySentence":"","url":"donald-trump-promises-flurry-of-executive-orders-on-first-day-back-in-white-house","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/20\/donald-trump-promises-flurry-of-executive-orders-on-first-day-back-in-white-house","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will sign a string of executive orders on his first day as president to \"set our country on the proper course\".\n\nSpeaking to supporters at a MAGA Victory Rally in Washington DC on the eve of his inauguration, Trump pledged to act with \"historic speed\" to fix what he sees as a raft of problems.\n\nOn the campaign trail, Trump promised mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States and said at the rally that would be one focus of his executive orders.\n\n\"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,\" he said.\n\nHowever, some experts say that deporting millions of undocumented migrants would face significant logistical hurdles and legal challenges, and the costs could run into hundreds of billions of dollars.\n\nTrump also said he would issue an executive order delaying a TikTok ban \"so that we can make a deal to protect our national security.\"\n\nThe popular video streaming app had gone dark late on Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on the app on national security grounds which was to see it go offline on Sunday.\n\nBut hours later, the app returned, to the relief of its legions of dedicated users.\n\n\"Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the US,\" read an announcement from the company.\n\nTrump's legal authority to unilaterally decide not to enforce the law, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in April and\u00a0was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday, is unclear.\n\nBut the rapid developments over the weekend served as a reminder of how dramatically debates over technology, social media and national security have changed since Trump was last in the White House.\n\nIt also signalled how closely Trump is following those shifts after waging a successful campaign in which he made inroads with voters in part by harnessing the appeal of some social media platforms.\n\n\"But I said we need to save TikTok \u2026 We have to save a lot of jobs. We don't want to give our business to China. We don't want to give our business to other people,\" he told his supporters.\n\nTrump had previously said he has \"a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,\" saying that his account on the app helped him tap into a younger voter base to win the 2024 election.\n\nBut it was Trump who initially spearheaded efforts to have it banned on national security grounds.\n\nIn 2020 towards the end of his first presidency, he attempted to ban TikTok with an executive order and pushed for the app to be acquired by Microsoft. In response, TikTok filed a legal challenge against the ban.\n\nTrump also took a swipe at outgoing US President Joe Biden, criticising his time in the office as a \"failed administration\" and promising to \"end the reign of a failed and corrupt political establishment.\"\n\nHe took the credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal which took effect on Sunday morning, bringing a pause to 15 months of devastating fighting in the Strip.\n\nThe first group of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released the same day.\n\n\"All of this in the Middle East in less than three months without being president. We've achieved more without being president than they've achieved in four years with being president,\" Trump said.\n\nWashington was one of the mediator countries in the ceasefire negotiations. Representatives for both Biden and Trump took part, alongside Qatar and Egypt.\n\nTrump\u2019s inauguration will take place in Washington on Monday at 6 pm CET.\n\nThe decision to move the event indoors earlier this week was made due to the frigid temperatures forecast in the city.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will sign a string of executive orders on his first day as president to \"set our country on the proper course\".<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to supporters at a MAGA Victory Rally in Washington DC on the eve of his inauguration, Trump pledged to act with \"historic speed\" to fix what he sees as a raft of problems.<\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail, Trump promised mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States and said at the rally that would be one focus of his executive orders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//54//02//808x539_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg/" alt=\"President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington DC ahead of his inauguration, 19 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/384x256_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/640x427_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/750x500_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/828x552_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1080x720_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1200x800_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f286a6cc-64a6-5f76-becb-76a89ae5be1c-8985402.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington DC ahead of his inauguration, 19 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"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,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, some experts say that deporting millions of undocumented migrants would face significant logistical hurdles and legal challenges, and the costs could run into hundreds of billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also said he would issue an executive order delaying a TikTok ban \"so that we can make a deal to protect our national security.\"<\/p>\n<p>The popular video streaming app had gone dark late on Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on the app on national security grounds which was to see it go offline on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6677828270748625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//54//02//808x539_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg/" alt=\"The audience watches President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a rally ahead of his inauguration on Monday, 19 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/384x256_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/640x427_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/750x501_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/828x553_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1080x721_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1200x801_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1920x1282_cmsv2_90646d30-9076-526c-97dc-220a1abb5e65-8985402.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The audience watches President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a rally ahead of his inauguration on Monday, 19 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Evan Vucci\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But hours later, the app returned, to the relief of its legions of dedicated users.<\/p>\n<p>\"Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the US,\" read an announcement from the company.<\/p>\n<p>Trump's legal authority to unilaterally decide not to enforce the law, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in April and\u00a0was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday, is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>But the rapid developments over the weekend served as a reminder of how dramatically debates over technology, social media and national security have changed since Trump was last in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>It also signalled how closely Trump is following those shifts after waging a successful campaign in which he made inroads with voters in part by harnessing the appeal of some social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\"But I said we need to save TikTok \u2026 We have to save a lot of jobs. We don't want to give our business to China. We don't want to give our business to other people,\" he told his supporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6635478327286615\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//54//02//808x535_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg/" alt=\"TikTok goes dark in the US as seen on mobile phone in Los Angeles, 18 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/384x255_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/640x425_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/750x498_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/828x549_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1080x717_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1200x796_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1920x1274_cmsv2_b58d93b2-1c3d-54e0-b2ee-9028eea1e399-8985402.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">TikTok goes dark in the US as seen on mobile phone in Los Angeles, 18 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Andy Bao\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump had previously said he has \"a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,\" saying that his account on the app helped him tap into a younger voter base to win the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Trump who initially spearheaded efforts to have it banned on national security grounds.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 towards the end of his first presidency, he attempted to ban TikTok with an executive order and pushed for the app to be acquired by Microsoft. In response, TikTok filed a legal challenge against the ban.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took a swipe at outgoing US President Joe Biden, criticising his time in the office as a \"failed administration\" and promising to \"end the reign of a failed and corrupt political establishment.\"<\/p>\n<p>He took the credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal which took effect on Sunday morning, bringing a pause to 15 months of devastating fighting in the Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The first group of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released the same day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//54//02//808x539_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg/" alt=\"Israeli Romi Gonen, who was kidnapped by Hamas in 2023, steps out of a van after her release from Gaza, 19 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/384x256_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/640x427_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/750x500_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/828x552_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1080x720_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1200x800_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/54\/02\/1920x1280_cmsv2_c4abd798-3e90-5710-a8c8-e399697d5caa-8985402.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Israeli Romi Gonen, who was kidnapped by Hamas in 2023, steps out of a van after her release from Gaza, 19 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ohad Zwigenberg\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"All of this in the Middle East in less than three months without being president. We've achieved more without being president than they've achieved in four years with being president,\" Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Washington was one of the mediator countries in the ceasefire negotiations. 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ON TIKTOK","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"TikTok restoring access in US after Donald Trump pledges to issue executive order","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"TikTok restoring access after Trump pledges to issue executive order","titleListing2":"Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back up","leadin":"President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok's China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer.","summary":"President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok's China-based parent company more time to find an approved 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The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.\n\n\"Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,\" he said. \n\n90-day extension to ban law\n\nThe law gives the sitting president authority to grant a 90-day extension if a viable sale is underway. Although investors made a few offers, ByteDance previously said it would not sell. In his post on Sunday, Trump proposed making the US a partner in a deal. \n\n\"I would like the United States to have a 50 per cent ownership position in a joint venture,\" he said. \n\n\"By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up. Without US approval, there is no TikTok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions\".\n\nMillions of TikTok users in the United States remain no longer able to watch or post videos on the social media platform as a federal ban on the immensely popular video-sharing app took effect on Sunday amid questions over how long the blackout might last.\n\nThe company's app was removed on Saturday night from prominent app stores, including the ones operated by Apple and Google. \n\nApple told customers with its devices that it also took down other apps developed by TikTok's China-based parent company, including one that some social media influencers had promoted as an alternative. \n\n\"A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US,\" a pop-up message informed users who opened the TikTok app and tried to scroll through videos. \n\n\"Unfortunately that means you can\u2019t use TikTok for now\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Social media platform <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//17//which-countries-have-banned-tiktok-cybersecurity-data-privacy-espionage-fears/">TikTok says it is beginning to restore access to its 170 million users in the United States after President-elect Donald Trump pledged to issue an executive order that would give the China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment app went offline on Saturday in advance of a federal ban which was set to begin on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, TikTok's owners ByteDance said it was in the process of \"restoring service\" just hours after the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//18//what-will-happen-when-tiktok-shuts-down-heres-how-to-prepare-for-the-platform-going-dark/">platform went dark<\/strong><\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8984664\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//19//inappropriate-and-dangerous-what-will-happen-if-tiktok-is-bought-by-tech-billionaires/">'Inappropriate and dangerous': What will happen if TikTok is bought by tech billionaires?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump announced the decision to issue an executive order in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday as millions of TikTok users in the US awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform. <\/p>\n<p>Google and Apple removed the app from their digital stores to comply with a federal law that required them to do so if TikTok parent company ByteDance didn't sell its US operation to an approved buyer by Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>\"I\u2019m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!\" Trump wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\"I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law\u2019s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security. The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.<\/p>\n<p>\"Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,\" he said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7437744\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//17//which-countries-have-banned-tiktok-cybersecurity-data-privacy-espionage-fears/">Which countries have banned TikTok and why?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>90-day extension to ban law<\/h2><p>The law gives the sitting president authority to grant a 90-day extension if a viable sale is underway. 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Perimeter security will include traffic control and patrolling metro stations. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, before Trump arrived in the US capital, thousands of protesters took to the streets for women's rights, racial justice, and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming administration. <\/p>\n<p>A similar albeit much larger protest march took place in 2017, ahead of Trump's first inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations against the incoming president are much smaller this time, as many progressive voters are navigating feelings of exhaustion, disappointment and despair after Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 loss in the November election. <\/p>\n<p>Many activists share that women's rights movements seem more fractured after Trump's victory against Harris. <\/p>\n<p>Inauguration Day is primarily a traditional ceremony to mark a new president getting sworn into office and moving into the White House. 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But what would it mean for society if \"broligarchs\" consolidated their influence on social media?","summary":"Elon Musk reportedly considered buying TikTok ahead of a US-wide ban. But what would it mean for society if \"broligarchs\" consolidated their influence on social media?","keySentence":"","url":"inappropriate-and-dangerous-what-will-happen-if-tiktok-is-bought-by-tech-billionaires","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/01\/19\/inappropriate-and-dangerous-what-will-happen-if-tiktok-is-bought-by-tech-billionaires","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"With TikTok \"going dark\" in the US on January 19 following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision this week to uphold a controversial law forcing its sale, reports have surfaced that billionaire Elon Musk is considering buying the popular short-form video app.\u00a0\n\nMusk already owns what was Twitter, which he bought in 2022 and rebranded X. In recent months, he has been criticised for using the platform to promote far-right parties in European politics.\u00a0\n\nBut what would this latest foray into social media mean for the rest of us? Experts consulted by Euronews Next say that Musk's possible acquisition of TikTok would be \"inappropriate and dangerous\".\u00a0\n\nYet, the problem of social media ownership falling into the hands of a dwindling number of powerful tech leaders predates Musk or any TikTok deal.\u00a0\n\nIf yet another social media app like TikTok, which millions use daily, falls into the hands of a tech billionaire, or \"broligarch,\" what are the possible repercussions?\u00a0\n\n'Arbitrary power at a very massive scale'\n\nMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Musk, and other social media founders have an \"arbitrary power\" to manipulate how the public gets their information \"at a very massive scale,\" according to Marc Faddoul, co-founder of AI Forensics, a European non-profit that investigates algorithms.\u00a0\n\nIt\u2019s an opinion that is echoed by others in the field. The concentrated ownership means \"it's at the whim\" of billionaires to decide what is promoted or not on their channels without any real challenge from citizens, according to Paul Reilly, a senior lecturer in communications at the University of Glasgow in the UK.\n\nTo Reilly, Meta's recent move to axe fact-checking to make way for \"community notes,\" where users correct each other on facts, is an example of how they can change the public discourse to reflect their own views.\u00a0\n\n\"They\u2019re very often promoting free speech absolutism\u2026 [but] it\u2019s very poorly defined,\" Reilly said. \"When they say they\u2019re not about censorship, they do censor opinions when they don\u2019t agree\".\u00a0\n\nFor example, research from Human Rights Watch found that Meta was censoring Palestinian voices and \"shadow banning them\" on Instagram and Facebook.\u00a0\n\nSocial media algorithms also propagate the views of these \"broligarchs,\" making it easier to \"get people angry and riled up,\" so users continue to support political parties that are aligned with their business interests, according to Fiona Scott Morton, a senior fellow at European think tank Bruegel.\u00a0\n\n\"[The public is] confused, they\u2019re misinformed, they\u2019re angry, they\u2019re emotional, and so they make a decision to vote for the far right or\u2026 to give giant tax cuts to rich people,\" Morton said.\n\n'Extreme concentration' in social media since 2012\u00a0\n\nThe tech broligarchy's consolidation of social media apps started in 2012, when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion (\u20ac970 million). Two years later, the company purchased WhatsApp, a popular messaging tool, for $19 billion (\u20ac18.47 billion).\u00a0\n\nBoth acquisitions are under investigation by the US Federal Trades Commission (FTC) in an antitrust trial coming before courts in April.\u00a0\n\nAccording to Faddoul, both acquisitions raised concerns about \u201cextreme concentration\u201d in the social media market.\n\nUsers now post to both Instagram and Facebook, creating \u201csynergy\u201d or shared content between the platforms and reaching new demographics that neither app had before, Faddoul continued.\u00a0\n\n\"[Meta\u2019s purchase of Instagram] was, in hindsight, very likely what allowed Meta to continue to keep its power on the social media market because\u2026 it's more Instagram than Facebook that is more used right now\".\u00a0\n\nSimilar antitrust issues would arise if Musk ever acquired TikTok because he would find a way to integrate the app\u2019s popular short-form video with his platform X.\n\nThis could take the form of connecting an X profile and its followers to TikTok, along with short-form video content being cross-promoted on X users\u2019 news feeds, Faddoul continued.\n\nMorton said Musk\u2019s possible acquisition of TikTok could mean further information manipulation by Musk.\u00a0\n\n\"[Musk] would do the same thing [as he did to Twitter] - get rid of content moderation, get rid of safety, get rid of any standards, and let it become a kind of hate and right-wing promotional vehicle,\" she said.\u00a0\n\nWho holds the 'broligarchy' accountable?\u00a0\n\nIn the US, the FTC is in charge of investigating any anti-competitive behaviours by social media and tech \"broligarchs\".\u00a0\n\nFaddoul and Morton believe the incoming Trump administration would be weak on enforcing antitrust regulation because most Republican governments tend to favour corporate profits.\u00a0\n\nIn addition, social media founders like Zuckerberg and Musk positioned themselves alongside incoming US President Donald Trump throughout the 2024 campaign and leading up to inauguration day on January 20.\u00a0\n\nThe reason the \"broligarchs\" could be doing that, according to Faddoul and Morton, is because Trump could resolve legal issues for them if and when they come up.\n\n\"[Donald] Trump could maybe protect Big Tech from, for example, European regulation and fines - that seems good [to Zuckerberg],\" Faddoul said.\u00a0\n\nFaddoul said any accountability against the heads of social media companies will come from the EU, likely through the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).\n\nThe European Commission launched an investigation into Musk\u2019s content moderation policies on X in 2023 and decided this week to request more documents.\u00a0\n\n\"It\u2019s more important than ever to make sure that this text is fully enforced despite the political consequences it might have,\" Faddoul said.\u00a0\n\nA pair of regulations, the European Merger Regulation and the Digital Market Act (DMA) could possibly apply or complicate the transaction, Faddoul added. \n\nThe new app ecosystem\u00a0\n\nSome users are bucking the \"broligarchs\" by migrating to new platforms, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Signal.\u00a0\n\nIn the few days before the US presidential inauguration, movements in Germany, Austria, and France saw many institutions preparing their migration from X to Bluesky.\u00a0\n\nFaddoul said Bluesky, in particular, has a feature that lets users choose which algorithms they are exposed to that tailors the app's experience.\n\n\"By enabling an open and decentralised infrastructure by design, you actually create much more, much better conditions for pluralism to emerge,\" Faddoul said about how Bluesky was designed. \n\n\"Not everyone needs to have the same moderation rule\".\n\nFaddoul said these apps also let users have full control over their data, something that is a criticism of other platforms like X, which has been accused of using it to train artificial intelligence (AI) models or selling it to third parties.\u00a0\n\nA plurality of social media platforms, Morton added, would also mean they would have to deliver a better product to keep and retain users.\u00a0\n\nBut despite Bluesky\u2019s initial success in doing this, Morton said it is challenging for new platforms to get a leg up on Meta or X because these platforms are \"sticky\".\u00a0\n\n\"Everybody\u2019s there, so I have to be there,\" she said. \"If I try to move my business in response to quality away from Instagram to Bluesky, I lose my friends\".\u00a0\n\nWhat needs to happen next, according to Morton, is for the US federal government to put in place measures to make these social networks \"interoperable,\" so people can connect with their friends on whichever platform they choose.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>With <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//19//tiktok-ban-begins-in-the-us-a-day-before-donald-trumps-inauguration/">TikTok \"going dark\"<\/strong><\/a> in the US on January 19 following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision this week to uphold a controversial law forcing its sale, reports have surfaced that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//09//elon-musk-s-life-story-the-highs-and-lows-of-the-tesla-and-spacex-boss/">billionaire Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> is considering buying the popular short-form video app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk already owns what was Twitter, which he bought in 2022 and rebranded X. In recent months, he has been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//04//germany-accused-musk-of-interfering-in-upcoming-elections-where-else-has-he-weighed-in/">criticised for using the platform to promote far-right parties in European politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But what would this latest foray into social media mean for the rest of us? Experts consulted by Euronews Next say that Musk's possible acquisition of TikTok would be \"inappropriate and dangerous\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7437744\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//17//which-countries-have-banned-tiktok-cybersecurity-data-privacy-espionage-fears/">Which countries have banned TikTok and why?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yet, the problem of social media ownership falling into the hands of a dwindling number of powerful tech leaders predates Musk or any TikTok deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If yet another social media app like TikTok, which millions use daily, falls into the hands of a tech billionaire, or \"broligarch,\" what are the possible repercussions?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>'Arbitrary power at a very massive scale'<\/h2><p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Musk, and other social media founders have an \"arbitrary power\" to manipulate how the public gets their information \"at a very massive scale,\" according to Marc Faddoul, co-founder of AI Forensics, a European non-profit that investigates algorithms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an opinion that is echoed by others in the field. The concentrated ownership means \"it's at the whim\" of billionaires to decide what is promoted or not on their channels without any real challenge from citizens, according to Paul Reilly, a senior lecturer in communications at the University of Glasgow in the UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">They\u2019re very often promoting free speech absolutism\u2026 [but] it\u2019s very poorly defined. When they say they\u2019re not about censorship, they do censor opinions when they don\u2019t agree.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Paul Reilly\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Senior lecturer in communications, University of Glasgow\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To Reilly, Meta's recent move to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//07//meta-to-replace-fact-checkers-with-community-notes-system-similar-to-x/">axe fact-checking<\/strong><\/a> to make way for \"community notes,\" where users correct each other on facts, is an example of how they can change the public discourse to reflect their own views.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"They\u2019re very often promoting free speech absolutism\u2026 [but] it\u2019s very poorly defined,\" Reilly said. \"When they say they\u2019re not about censorship, they do censor opinions when they don\u2019t agree\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, research from Human Rights Watch found that Meta was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//07//human-rights-ngos-say-social-media-platforms-continue-to-censor-pro-palestine-content/">censoring Palestinian voices and \"shadow banning them\" on Instagram and Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Social media algorithms also propagate the views of these \"broligarchs,\" making it easier to \"get people angry and riled up,\" so users continue to support political parties that are aligned with their business interests, according to Fiona Scott Morton, a senior fellow at European think tank Bruegel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"[The public is] confused, they\u2019re misinformed, they\u2019re angry, they\u2019re emotional, and so they make a decision to vote for the far right or\u2026 to give giant tax cuts to rich people,\" Morton said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8983826\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//18//what-will-happen-when-tiktok-shuts-down-heres-how-to-prepare-for-the-platform-going-dark/">What will happen when TikTok shuts down? Here's how to prepare for the platform going dark<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>'Extreme concentration' in social media since 2012<\/h2><p>The tech broligarchy's consolidation of social media apps started in 2012, when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion (\u20ac970 million). Two years later, the company purchased WhatsApp, a popular messaging tool, for $19 billion (\u20ac18.47 billion).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both acquisitions are under investigation by the US Federal Trades Commission (FTC) in an antitrust trial coming before courts in April.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Faddoul, both acquisitions raised concerns about \u201cextreme concentration\u201d in the social media market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">[Musk] would do the same thing [as he did to Twitter] - get rid of content moderation, get rid of safety, get rid of any standards, and let it become a kind of hate and right-wing promotional vehicle.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Fiona Scott Morton\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Senior fellow, Bruegel\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Users now post to both Instagram and Facebook, creating \u201csynergy\u201d or shared content between the platforms and reaching new demographics that neither app had before, Faddoul continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"[Meta\u2019s purchase of Instagram] was, in hindsight, very likely what allowed Meta to continue to keep its power on the social media market because\u2026 it's more Instagram than Facebook that is more used right now\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similar antitrust issues would arise if Musk ever acquired TikTok because he would find a way to integrate the app\u2019s popular short-form video with his platform X.<\/p>\n<p>This could take the form of connecting an X profile and its followers to TikTok, along with short-form video content being cross-promoted on X users\u2019 news feeds, Faddoul continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8954754\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//07//meta-to-replace-fact-checkers-with-community-notes-system-similar-to-x/">Meta to replace fact-checkers with 'community notes' system similar to X<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Morton said Musk\u2019s possible acquisition of TikTok could mean further information manipulation by Musk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"[Musk] would do the same thing [as he did to Twitter] - get rid of content moderation, get rid of safety, get rid of any standards, and let it become a kind of hate and right-wing promotional vehicle,\" she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Who holds the 'broligarchy' accountable?<\/h2><p>In the US, the FTC is in charge of investigating any anti-competitive behaviours by social media and tech \"broligarchs\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Faddoul and Morton believe the incoming Trump administration would be weak on enforcing antitrust regulation because most Republican governments tend to favour corporate profits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, social media founders like Zuckerberg and Musk positioned themselves alongside incoming US President Donald Trump throughout the 2024 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//07//16//us-election-elon-musk-and-other-us-tech-giants-are-supporting-trump-vance/">campaign and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//15//trump-inauguration-meta-ceo-to-co-host-meeting-with-republican-billionaires/">leading up<\/strong><\/a> to inauguration day on January 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reason the \"broligarchs\" could be doing that, according to Faddoul and Morton, is because Trump could resolve legal issues for them if and when they come up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8879086\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//11//28//australias-proposed-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s-passes-into-law/">Australia passes world-first ban on social media for under 16s into law<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"[Donald] Trump could maybe protect Big Tech from, for example, European regulation and fines - that seems good [to Zuckerberg],\" Faddoul said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Faddoul said any accountability against the heads of social media companies will come from the EU, likely through the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission launched an investigation into Musk\u2019s content moderation policies on X in 2023 and decided this week to request more documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"It\u2019s more important than ever to make sure that this text is fully enforced despite the political consequences it might have,\" Faddoul said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A pair of regulations, the European Merger Regulation and the Digital Market Act (DMA) could possibly apply or complicate the transaction, Faddoul added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8857808\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//11//18//what-is-bluesky-and-why-are-millions-of-people-joining-it/">What is Bluesky and why are millions of people joining it?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The new app ecosystem<\/h2><p>Some users are bucking the \"broligarchs\" by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//11//26//bluesky-plans-to-quadruple-its-moderation-team-to-100-as-exodus-from-x-sees-number-of-user/">migrating to new platforms, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Signal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the few days before the US presidential inauguration, movements in Germany, Austria, and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//01//15//french-group-encourages-mass-departure-from-elon-musks-x-platform-on-us-inauguration-day/">France saw many institutions preparing their migration from X to Bluesky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Faddoul said Bluesky, in particular, has a feature that lets users choose which algorithms they are exposed to that tailors the app's experience.<\/p>\n<p>\"By enabling an open and decentralised infrastructure by design, you actually create much more, much better conditions for pluralism to emerge,\" Faddoul said about how Bluesky was designed. <\/p>\n<p>\"Not everyone needs to have the same moderation rule\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8874852\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//11//26//bluesky-plans-to-quadruple-its-moderation-team-to-100-as-exodus-from-x-sees-number-of-user/">Bluesky plans to quadruple its moderation team to 100 as exodus from X sees number of users surge<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Faddoul said these apps also let users have full control over their data, something that is a criticism of other platforms like X, which has been accused of using it to train artificial intelligence (AI) models or selling it to third parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A plurality of social media platforms, Morton added, would also mean they would have to deliver a better product to keep and retain users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But despite Bluesky\u2019s initial success in doing this, Morton said it is challenging for new platforms to get a leg up on Meta or X because these platforms are \"sticky\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Everybody\u2019s there, so I have to be there,\" she said. \"If I try to move my business in response to quality away from Instagram to Bluesky, I lose my friends\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What needs to happen next, according to Morton, is for the US federal government to put in place measures to make these social networks \"interoperable,\" so people can connect with their friends on whichever platform they 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As Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, we look at the most notable ceremonies celebrating US presidents-elect taking office over the years.

20/01/2025

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Euroviews. What Trump 2.0 means to world's largest collective marketplace: Africa

If Africa can find the confidence to take sentiment out of the equation and make a business pitch that makes sense, this could well be a very profitable and peaceful four years indeed, Ivor Ichikowitz writes.

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Health news

Scientists unveil benefits and risks of blockbuster weight-loss drugs

While weight-loss drugs were linked to lower risk of some conditions, they were also associated with some adverse health outcomes.

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Green News

Does a Trump presidency really mean disaster for the climate?

Trump might not be able to cut as much “red tape” as he has said he will.

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Trump vows to restore US's global standing in inaugural address

In Washington at noon local time (6 pm CET), Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second go at the presidency of the United States in what is a remarkable political comeback.

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Europe reaffirms strong ties with US despite Trump policy concerns

As Trump prepares to take office, European leaders highlighted the importance of strong ties with Washington and the need to adapt to potential shifts in international policies and agreements.

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Tech News

How X, Meta, and Bluesky are taking advantage of the TikTok turmoil

Social media companies are making the most of the TikTok ban in the US by offering new video tools and feeds.

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Biden pardons Fauci and 6 January committee in unprecedented move

The US president used the final hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons to those he described as potentially being a target of "unjustified (and) politically motivated prosecutions", as well as a number of close family members.

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Markets

Trump unveiled his own cryptocurrency and cashed in billions in days

Riding the waves of the crypto markets, and leading up to his inauguration, the incoming US President Donald Trump last week unveiled his own cryptocurrency, which sold for billions of dollars.

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Tech News

Trump's TikTok shift: From backing a ban to being hailed 'a saviour'

"I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!" Donald Trump wrote in a post on his social media app Truth Social on Sunday morning.

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Who is Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration?

Vice President Han Zheng will represent China at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, signalling a potential thaw in Washington-Beijing relations.

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Undocumented migrants in the US prepare for worst-case scenario

Immigrants in cities such as Chicago are bracing for potential mass deportations under Donald Trump's incoming administration.

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Culture news

Bob Dylan's 'Mr Tambourine Man' drafts sell for nearly €500,000

Two sheets of typewritten lyrics were the lead items in a record-breaking auction of Bob Dylan memorabilia in Nashville.

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Economy

President Trump's return: What it means for eurozone interest rates

This president's second term is set to reshape global economic policy, with trade tariffs, tax cuts, and a stronger dollar impacting inflation and interest rates. While the Fed may hold or tighten rates, the ECB is expected to cut further as eurozone growth remains weak.

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Trump vows executive orders flurry on first day back in office

On the campaign trail, Trump pledged mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States and said at the rally that would be one focus of the blizzard of presidential paperwork.

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Tech News

TikTok restoring access after Trump pledges to issue executive order

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok's China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer.

19/01/2025

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US National Guard to deploy 8,000 troops for Trump's inauguration

Ahead of Trump's inauguration on Monday, the US National Guard set up security perimeters in Washington amid protests for women's rights and racial justice.

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What will happen if TikTok falls into the hands of tech billionaires?

Elon Musk reportedly considered buying TikTok ahead of a US-wide ban. But what would it mean for society if "broligarchs" consolidated their influence on social media?

19/01/2025

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