Donald Trump is now the 45th president of the United States. After swearing his allegiance to the Constitution in a ceremony at the US Capitol Friday, Trump delivered a 16-minute address stressing his campaign theme - "make America great again." The 70-year-old president, holding elective office for the first time in his life, told a crowd of several hundred thousand people at the National Mall that his administration will transfer power away from Washington and return it to the American people.
Outgoing Vice President Joe Biden has greeted his successor Mike Pence at the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania are heading to the White House, after a church service at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
