Fanfare as Trump takes oath as US 47th president, declares era of America’s decline over

America’s 47th president, Donald Trump, has declared that “America’s decline is over” and pledged to rescue the country from what he described as years of “a horrible betrayal,”  prioritising a crackdown on illegal immigration and portraying himself as a national saviour chosen by God.

Trump was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts, marking a political comeback after being…