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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP ON HIS INAUGURATION AND

HISTORIC AND EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

     Introduced By: Senator Jessica de la Cruz

     Date Introduced: January 28, 2025

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, President Donald Trump, the 45th, and now the 47th President, stunned the

political world by becoming the first President since Grover Cleveland to be elected to two non-

consecutive terms to serve as the President of the United States; and

     WHEREAS, President Donald John Trump was born in in Queens, New York, in 1946, a

son of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod. President Trump graduated from the University of

Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in economics, and then proceeded to focus his professional

business career on expanding the Trump family’s real estate business. Trump became initially

famous as a celebrity businessman working primarily in the metro New York City area. He

became known for building luxury hotels, luxury golf courses, and opining on issues related to

the economy, local New York metro area issues, and world affairs. President Trump also hosted

the hit reality television series the Apprentice and was widely recognized as being one of the

leading and most successful business magnates in the world; and

     WHEREAS, In 2015, Donald Trump surprised observers when he announced his

candidacy for the Presidency. Running as a Republican, he stunned observers when he easily won

the GOP nomination and then shocked the world when he defeated Hillary Clinton to win the

2016 election. Trump’s winning campaign was focused on reducing illegal immigration and

securing America’s borders, cracking down on crime, cutting taxes, energy independence and

producing more oil and gas on American soil, and putting America first on a host of foreign

policy issues, including pressuring fellow NATO members to become less reliant on American

largesse and to pay their fair share in support of NATO and European security; and

     WHEREAS, President Trump’s first term ushered in an unprecedented economic boom

and built the world’s most prosperous economy marked by a low inflation rate of 1.9 percent, and

an unemployment rate of 5.04 percent that was much lower for most of his term until COVID-19

negatively impacted the United States and world economies. President Trump was particularly

proud of the low unemployment rates during his term for African-Americans and the resurgence

of manufacturing and energy independence under his watch. Another focus of President Trump

during his first term was the negotiation of what he termed “fair trade deals” with other nations.

Donald Trump campaigned tirelessly in support of the American worker and “American Jobs and

businesses” that employed American workers. Trump’s foreign policy goals were similarly

focused on “America First” principles, and he was very proud that no new wars were started

during his administration. Trump also showed a willingness to break new ground and push back

against boundaries in his quest for peace; and

     WHEREAS, In his first term as President of the United States of America, President

Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the largest tax reform package in history, which

doubled the standard deduction and doubled the child tax credit. President Trump ended the

regulatory assault on American businesses and workers, eliminating eight old regulations for

every one new regulation adopted. President Trump also unleashed America’s oil and natural gas

potential and increased access to our country’s abundant natural resources in order to achieve

energy independence. President Trump signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law, the first

criminal justice reform legislation ever passed to reduce recidivism and help former inmates

successfully rejoin society. President Trump established the Space Force, the first new branch of

the United States Armed Forces since 1947, appointed three Supreme Court Justices: Neil

Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, built over 400 miles of the world’s most

robust and advanced border wall, and brought unprecedented attention and support to combat the

opioid crisis; and

     WHEREAS, After losing a closely contested election in 2020 to president Joseph Biden,

most political observers assumed that President Trump’s political career was over. Once again,

President Trump’s supposed permanent demise turned out not to be true, as Donald Trump would

once again stun and astound all political observers in 2024; and

     WHEREAS, President Trump won the Presidency in 2024, championing issues related to

border security, cracking down on illegal immigration and crime, finding a way to end the war in

the Ukraine started by Russia and its President Vladimir Putin, and getting America’s hostages

returned from Gaza . President Trump once again easily won the GOP primary to secure the

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Republican nomination and ran a highly successful populist campaign in the fall against Vice

President Kamala Harris. President Trump again exhibited his proclivity for thinking and

campaigning in new ways, from driving a garbage truck during a campaign event to working for a

day at McDonalds, where he cooked food and served customers through the drive-thru window;

and

     WHEREAS, Once again, President Trump stunned the world, winning all of the swing

states on his way to a 312 to 226 electoral college victory, and winning the popular vote in this

election by more than two million votes; and

     WHEREAS, President Trump is the devoted husband of Melania Trump and the proud

father of Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump and Barron Trump; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates Donald

J. Trump on his inauguration and historic victory in the 2024 presidential election and wishes him

a successful presidency as the 47th President of the United States; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to President Donald John Trump.

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