Trump sworn in amid a blitz of executive orders and a promise to radically shake up the global order

US braces for a new era of disruption and division as its 47th president takes the oath of office

US president Donald Trump, flanked by vice president JD Vance, Barron Trump, and Melania Trump, during the inauguration ceremony in the Rotunda of the US Capitol today, Monday.  Picture: Kenny Holston/The New York Times/AP

The United States was bracing for a new era of disruption and division on Monday with Donald Trump scheduled to be sworn in as its 47th president, promising a blitz of executive orders, a radical shake-up of the global order and a “golden age of America”.

Trump’s inauguration ceremony — staged indoors in the US Capitol because of sub-zero temperatures — the former president prepared to return to the White House in triumph after taking the oath of office from John Roberts, chief justice of the supreme court.