The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 14:00 EST

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I asked him if he killed Pepple. He said yes and I'd be next. Available on CBC Listen and wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the World This Hour. I'm Tom Harrington. We begin with Inauguration Day. I will do the best of my ability. Preserve, protect and defend. Preserve, protect and defend. The Constitution of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend. Preserve, protect, and defend.

The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations, Mr. Trump. Donald Trump is once again President of the United States. Trump took the oath of office just after midday in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

The ceremony was forced inside due to cold weather. In his speech, Trump said his presidency begins the goldenunda of the U.S. Capitol. The ceremony was forced inside due to cold weather. In his speech, Trump said his presidency begins the golden age of America. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first. Trump is the second man to serve as president for two non-consecutive terms, the other being

Grover Cleveland, late in the 19th century. It appears Canada has been spared the 25% tariff on all its U.S. exports, at least for now. Trump promised to impose the tax on day one. Instead, he announced that the US will overhaul its international trade to protect American workers. An external revenue service will also be established to collect tariffs and taxes from other countries. Later today, the president will sign a dizzying

number of executive orders. Many are directed at securing America's southern border with Mexico. Jamie Strachan has a preview of Trump's priorities. In a blistering inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised what he called a revolution of common sense when it comes to U.S. immigration policy, particularly the border with Mexico. First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. Trump is also reinstating the so-called remain in Mexico policy. Previously asylum seekers were allowed to remain in the U.S. pending a hearing. That program has been scrapped and all appointments cancelled.

He also vowed to begin a process of mass deportation. All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. By declaring a national emergency it would allow the Defense Department to deploy military forces to the border. It's also believed Trump will extend the wall between the US and Mexico which currently extends along about a third of the border. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. Joe Biden used his final hours as president

to issue a number of high profile pardons. They include Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and members of the House Committee that investigated the January 6th insurrection. Biden also pardoned five members of his own family. He says he wants to prevent them from being targeted by baseless and politically motivated investigations. Bison also commuted the sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier.

Peltier served nearly five decades in federal prison for the killings of two FBI agents in 1975. Canada isn't the only country nervously watching the arrival of the new Trump administration. Ukraine also has concerns about future American support for the war effort. Breyer Stewart has more from Kiev. Trump has never laid out a vision for peace in Ukraine and has just repeatedly made seemingly unrealistic claims about ending the conflict in a day. The U.S. is Ukraine's biggest military backer.

Trump has criticized that and has even called Volodymyr Zelensky the world's greatest salesman for being able to secure tens of billions of dollars in U.S. military aid. I think that he will try to put an end to the war, but I don't think that he has enough leverage to find compromises which would be acceptable to both parties. Mikola Kapitonenko is an associate professor in international relations at the National University in Kyiv. Trump may end up continuing Biden's strategy by providing Ukraine with limited amounts of assistance in exchange for some... Trump's special envoy is expected to visit Kyiv in the coming weeks, and Trump says he'll soon be setting up a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

Briar Stewart, CBC News, Kiev. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.