{"id":34420,"date":"2017-01-20T13:11:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=34420"},"modified":"2017-01-20T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:13:01","slug":"donald-trump-taking-office-pledges-to-put-america-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/donald-trump-taking-office-pledges-to-put-america-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump, taking office, pledges to put \u2018America first\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 President Donald Trump promised to put \u201cAmerica first\u201d in his inaugural address, pledging to prevent other countries from taking advantage of the United States and to return control of the country to its people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34421\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34421\" class=\"wp-image-34421 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20:  President Donald Trump raises a fist after his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.  (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34421\" class=\"wp-image-34421 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20:  President Donald Trump raises a fist after his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.  (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/trump-inauguration.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump raises his fist in his inauguration speech at the Capitol on January 20, 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taking office at noon Friday following a tumultuous and divisive presidential campaign, Trump said his term would herald a return of power from the elite in Washington, D.C., to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir victories have not been your victories, their triumphs have not been your triumphs,\u201d the former reality TV star said. \u201cThat all changes starting right here and right now because this moment is your moment. It belongs to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the U.S. economy and military have suffered at the expense of other countries that benefit from American dollars, either in the form of military subsidies or factories built by American businesses. Israel, which just signed a $38 billion military aid agreement with the United States, is the biggest beneficiary of American foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many decades, we\u2019ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has disappeared over the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump promised to prioritize \u201cAmerica first,\u201d repeating the term. \u201cAmerica first\u201d was the name of an isolationist and often anti-Semitic movement leading up to World War II. Trump has said previously that the slogan has no connection to the movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom this moment on, it\u2019s going to be America first. America first,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took a phrase from the Hebrew Bible in a brief allusion to unity, saying, \u201cThe Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God\u2019s people live together in unity.\u201d The verse he referred to is found in Psalm 133, which is also quoted in the popular Hebrew song \u201cHine mah tov umanayim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the inaugural address, Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, delivered a benediction composed largely of quotes from the Bible. Hier has known the family of Trump\u2019s Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for decades, and his center has received donations from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDispense justice for the needy and the orphan, for they have no one but their fellow citizens,\u201d Hier said. \u201cA nation\u2019s wealth is measured by its values and not its vaults.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Donald%20Trump%2C%20taking%20office%2C%20pledges%20to%20put%20%E2%80%98America%20first%E2%80%99\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7961,8790,8795,8788,8338,8839],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34424,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34420\/revisions\/34424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}