Our recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal, and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom. From this moment on, America’s decline is over.

Trump expressed his hope “that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.”

The incoming president capped a historic comeback, embarking on an agenda that includes mass deportations, tariffs and slashing the size of the federal government.