Helicopters. a little more helicopters. Men in uniform saluting. Combat aircraft above the White House. An American flag. A man looking into the distance. A bald eagle. Pointing. Another American flag. No more helicopters. No more scoring. No more salvation. Thumbs up. A silhouette.
This could easily have been the trailer for a seemingly endless stream of Hollywood films about threats to the life of the American president, starring Gerald Butler or Morgan Freeman; instead, it’s a 35-second trendy video for Donald Trump’s second presidency.
Even before Trump was officially sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, his team had taken over the official White House website. On Monday, just after noon ET, visitors were greeted with a graphic of the White House before the auto-playing video took over the entire screen, ensuring that every visitor was clear who was now in charge of the country.
After the video ends, it is replaced by a giant image of Trump pointing into the distance with the words “America is Back” superimposed on top.
“Every day, I will fight for you with every breath in my body,” we can read on the site. “I will not rest until we create the strong, secure, and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be America’s golden age. »
A archived version of the site on Sunday shows it previously featured a photo of then-President Joe Biden sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, next to the words “The Biden Presidency.”
In one of his final acts in office, Biden announced in a press release on the site that he was preemptively pardoning some members of his family to avoid being charged in connection with “baseless and politically motivated investigations”. The press release has, however, been removed from the website.
Biden pardoned his brother James and his wife Sara, his sister Valerie and her husband John Owens, and his brother Francis.
Asked Monday about the pardons, Trump said he wished Biden hadn’t done it, but he didn’t want to comment further.