The Election

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration is set to take place on Jan. 20, 2025 at the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. According to The Associated Press (AP), the Republican candidate won the 2024 U.S. presidential election with a majority vote of 49.9%, being 77,303,573 individual votes and 312 electoral votes. Trump previously served as the 45th president of the United States for the duration of 2017 through 2021 alongside former Vice President Mike Pence. For Trump’s upcoming term as the 47th President of the United States, Vice President-elect J.D.Vance will serve alongside him. The Captain’s Log will conduct an analysis on the President-elect’s inauguration in the next issue of the newspaper on Jan. 23, 2025. 

Press Conference 

On Jan. 7, 2025 at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the President-elect held a press conference highlighting key issues and plans he has for taking office. According to a recording released by AP News, Trump stated that at a later date he plans to announce that he is “going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring.” 

Trump claims this initiative is in opposition to his former opponent, President Joe Biden. The push for change stems from ongoing tensions the United States has faced with Mexico

“Because we do most of the work there and it’s ours,” Trump said. 

‘Hush Money’ Case

AP News reported on Jan. 10 that the President-elect was found to be sentenced to “no punishment” in the ‘hush money trial’ in which Trump was facing 34 felony accounts for “falsifying business records” to cover payments made to an adult film star. 

According to the National Public Radio (NPR), this means “he will not face fines, prison or any other penalties.”