FIRST ON FOX: President-elect Trump says his second term represents a “new chapter” for America and promises the American people that the country’s “best days are yet to come.”
Trump made that promise in a video released by his team Monday morning, just hours before he will take the presidential oath of office and be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
The video, titled “It All Comes Down to This: Inauguration Day 2025,” chronicles the president’s journey from leaving office in 2021, to the unprecedented FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home, to days in court, to the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was almost killed, to highlights from the campaign trail.
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The official portraits of President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance (Trump-Vance transition team)
“If I give you one message today to keep in your hearts, it is this: never give up,” Trump says in the video.
Then, journalists reflect on the “FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence… Lethal force is authorized.”
“Nothing worth doing ever came easy,” Trump says, followed by snippets of news of his indictment from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Smith’s cases against Trump were both dismissed. Trump had to endure a six-week, unprecedented trial in Manhattan for Bragg’s charges and was found guilty by a jury, but was given a verdict of unconditional discharge by the judge – meaning no punishment whatsoever.
“Over the course of your life, you’ll find that things aren’t always fair,” Trump says. “You will find things happening to you that you don’t deserve.”
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The video shifts to Trump at his Butler rally, moments before he was shot.
Aerial footage of police stationed outside Mar-a-Lago during the FBI raid. (WFOR)
Trump survived an assassination attempt at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, just days before accepting the Republican nomination. During the event, Trump showed a graph highlighting how illegal immigration has skyrocketed under the Biden-Harris administration. As he turned to the map, he was struck by a bullet that pierced the upper part of his right ear by the now deceased would-be murderer, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Trump credits the card with saving his life.
“But you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight,” Trump says. “Never give up. The more people tell you it’s not possible, that it can’t be done, the more you have to be absolutely determined to prove them wrong.”
Former President Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after he was shot at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump says he should “view the word ‘impossible’ as nothing more than a motivation.”
“Enjoy the opportunity to be an outsider, because it is the outsiders who change the world,” Trump says, “and who make a real and lasting difference.”
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Former President Trump stands on stage with former first lady Melania Trump, as Lara Trump looks on, during an election night watch party on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
He also says, “The more a broken system tells you that you’re wrong, the more confident you have to be that you have to keep moving forward, that you have to keep moving forward.”
Trump continues his story, saying: “Never stop fighting for what you believe in and for the people who care about you.”
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“America is starting a new chapter,” Trump says. “Our best days are yet to come, I can promise you that.”
