Donald Trump claims credit for return of Hamas-held hostages to Israel in inaugural address as 47th US President todayheadline

US President Donald Trump, just moments after taking oath as the 47th President of the United States, said that just a day before he assumed the Oval office, Hamas-held hostages will be returning home to Israel.

“One day before I take office, the hostages (Hamas hostages) in the Middle East are coming back home,” said Trump.

Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday as the 47th President of the United States, marking the beginning of his second term and concluding one of the most remarkable political comebacks in American history. With one hand raised and the other resting on a Bible his mother had given him, Trump solemnly took the oath of office under the grand dome of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

Vice President-elect JD Vance was sworn in first, taking the oath administered by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with a Bible passed down from his great-grandmother.

In a break from tradition, the inauguration ceremony, originally scheduled to take place on the Capitol’s steps, was moved indoors to the congressional complex for the first time in four decades due to the frigid weather.

This moment marked the culmination of a remarkable return for a political maverick who had overcome two impeachment trials, a felony conviction, two assassination attempts, and an indictment related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.