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President Donald Trump's first full day back in the White House

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President Donald Trump has kicked off the first full day back in the White House with a wave of executive orders, meetings and appointments in Washington.

After officially pardoning nearly every person who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, Trump attended an interfaith prayor service and met with GOP leadership.

Trump then made a wave of more announcements, including investing $500 billion in artificial infrastructure and firing 1000 presidential appointees.

There's more to come before the sun sets in Washington.

Read on to see the photos.

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After a huge day of being sworn in as the47th US President and attending three inaugural balls, President Donald Trump hit the ground running on his second day in office today.

Trump delivered remarks today at the Roosevelt Room at the White House, where he announced his $500 billion commitment to AI.

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"First full day as president, we're back," Trump told the room.

"We had a great first term, but we're going to have an even better second term."

Trump described his AI announcement as a "tremendous investment no-one has ever seen before".

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Trump was jointed by Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Larry Ellison of Oracle at the White House.

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Trump said his economy-boosting investment is a "resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential".

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Trump was asked by reporters about Russian President Vladimir Putin and confirmed he would look at putting additional sanctions on Russia if he doesn't come to the table to negotiate the end of the conflict with Ukraine.

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Trump then claimed the conflict would have "never" happened if he were president when the Russan invasion began.

"I had a very strong understanding with Putin. That would have never, ever happened," he said.

"He disrespected Biden. Very simple. He disrespects people.

"He's smart. He understands. He disrespected Biden."

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Trump, Son and Ellison seen departing the Roosevelt Room following the announcement and remarks.

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Trump, along with wife Melania, Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha, attended a national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral on his second day in office.

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The service was also attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

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