City Attorney David Chiu

City Attorney Chiu statement on inauguration of Donald Trump

In inauguration speech, Donald Trump lays out dark path forward based on personal grievance and paranoia

SAN FRANCISCO (January 20, 2025) — San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu issued the following statement today in response to Donald Trump’s remarks delivered after being inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States.

City Attorney David Chiu
City Attorney David Chiu

“Donald Trump returns to the presidency more hateful and vengeful than ever before. He laid out a dark, dangerous, and authoritarian vision for our country.

His plans will do nothing to help the American people with the economic woes that got him elected. Yet, it is clear he will make good on his campaign promises of dividing our country, attacking our most vulnerable, clamping down on our freedoms of expression and bodily autonomy, weaponizing law enforcement, and intentionally doing further damage to our ailing planet. He seems intent on ostracizing and alienating large swaths of the people he has sworn to serve. He will put his own personal grievances and goals ahead of those of the American people.

His claims of a radical and corrupt establishment that has sought to extract power and wealth from the American people ring hollow with the richest, most powerful titans sitting in the background eager to kiss the ring. Make no mistake—the corrupt establishment that actively extracts wealth and power from everyday people has a true friend in the White House today.

We are expecting a flurry of harmful, divisive, and illegal Executive Orders to be signed later today. We will be analyzing those in the coming days and weeks, and will do everything in our power to protect San Francisco and our residents from illegal federal action.”

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