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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
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
HISTORICAL AND EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION AND THANKIN G HIM FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP,
UNWAVERING PATRIOTIS M, AND UNMATCHED CON TRIBUTIONS TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
Introduced By: Senator Jessica de la Cruz
Date Introduced: January 21, 2025
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration
WHEREAS, President Donald Trump, the 45th, and now the 47th President, stunned the 1
political world by becoming the first President since Grover Cleveland to be elected to two-non-2
consecutive terms to serve as the President of the United States; and 3
WHEREAS, President Donald John Trump was born in in Queens, New York, in 1946, a 4
son of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod. President Trump graduated from the University of 5
Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in economics, and then proceeded to focus his professional 6
business career on expanding the Trump family’s real estate business. Trump became initially 7
famous as a celebrity businessman working primarily in the metro New York City area. He 8
became known for building luxury hotels, luxury golf courses, and opining on issues related to 9
the economy, local New York metro area issues, and world affairs. President Trump also hosted 10
the hit reality television series the Apprentice and was widely recognized as being one of the 11
leading and most successful business magnates in the world; and 12
WHEREAS, In 2015, Donald Trump surprised observers when he announced his 13
candidacy for the Presidency. Running as a Republican, he stunned observers when he easily won 14
the GOP nomination and then shocked the world when he defeated Hillary Clinton to win the 15
2016 election. Trump’s winning campaign was focused on reducing illegal immigration and 16
securing America’s borders, cracking down on crime, cutting taxes, energy independence and 17
producing more oil and gas on American soil, and putting America first on a host of foreign 18
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policy issues, including pressuring fellow NATO members to become less reliant on American 1
largesse and to pay their fair share in support of NATO and European security; and 2
WHEREAS, President Trump’s first term ushered in an unprecedented economic boom 3
and built the world’s most prosperous economy marked by a low inflation rate of 1.9 percent, and 4
an unemployment rate of 5.04 percent that was much lower for most of his term until COVID-19 5
negatively impacted the United States and world economies. President Trump was particularly 6
proud of the low unemployment rates during his term for African-Americans and the resurgence 7
of manufacturing and energy independence under his watch. Another focus of President Trump 8
during his first term was the negotiation of what he termed “fair trade deals” with other nations. 9
Donald’s Trump campaigned tirelessly in support of the American worker and “American Jobs 10
and businesses” that employed American workers. Trump’ foreign policy goals were similarly 11
focused on “America First” principles, and he was very proud that no new wars were started 12
during his administration. Trump also showed a willingness to break new ground and push back 13
against boundaries in his quest for peace. A perfect example of this occurred during his first term 14
when he became the first President in American history to meet a North Korean leader, meeting 15
Kim Jong Un three times, in Singapore in 2018, in Hanoi in 2019 and most famously, at the 16
Korean Demilitarized Zone in 2019, an historic meeting that is even more extraordinary when 17
one considers that the United States and its United Nations Allies fought a three year war in 18
Korea against the Communist North Koreans and Chinese from 1950 to 1953; and 19
WHEREAS, In his first term as President of the United States of America, President 20
Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the largest tax reform package in history, which 21
doubled the standard deduction and doubled the child tax credit. President Trump ended the 22
regulatory assault on American businesses and workers, eliminating eight old regulations for 23
every one new regulation adopted. President Trump also unleashed America’s oil and natural gas 24
potential and increased access to our country’s abundant natural resources in order to achieve 25
energy independence. President Trump signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law, the first 26
criminal justice reform legislation ever passed to reduce recidivism and help former inmates 27
successfully rejoin society. President Trump established the Space Force, the first new branch of 28
the United States Armed Forces since 1947, appointed three Supreme Court Justices: Neil 29
Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, built over 400 miles of the world’s most 30
robust and advanced border wall, and brought unprecedented attention and support to combat the 31
opioid crisis; and 32
WHEREAS, After losing a closely contested election in 2020 to president Joseph Biden, 33
most political observers assumed that President Trump’s political career was over. Once again, 34
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President Trump’s supposed permanent demise turned out not to be true, as Donald Trump would 1
once again stun and astound all political observers in 2024; and 2
WHEREAS, President Trump won the Presidency in 2024, championing issues related to 3
border security, cracking down on illegal immigration and crime, finding a way to end the war in 4
the Ukraine started by Russia and its President Vladimir Putin, and getting America’s hostages 5
returned from Gaza . President Trump once again easily won the GOP primary to secure the 6
Republican nomination and ran a highly successful populist campaign in the fall against Vice 7
President Kamala Harris. President Trump again exhibited his proclivity for thinking and 8
campaigning in new ways, from driving a garbage truck during a campaign event to working for a 9
day at McDonalds, where he cooked food and served customers through the drive-in window; and 10
WHEREAS, Once again, President Trump stunned the world, winning all of the swing 11
states on his way to a 312 to 226 electoral college victory, and winning the popular vote in this 12
election by more than two million votes; and 13
WHEREAS, President Trump is the devoted husband of Melania Trump and the proud 14
father of Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump and Barron Trump; now, 15
therefore be it 16
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates Donald 17
J. Trump on his inauguration and historic victory in the 2024 presidential election and wishes him 18
a successful presidency as the 47th President of the United States; and be it further 19
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 20
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to President Donald John Trump. 21
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