Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States on Monday, after taking the oath of office. (Credit: Reuters)

"I think this was a better speech than the one I made upstairs,” Trump said in a second rambling speech that was darker than the first.

“The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world,” Trump said at the outset of an inaugural address delivered to a scaled down in-person crowd inside the Capitol Rotunda where the ceremony was relocated to due to the frigid temperatures.

President Donald Trump gave his second inaugural address on Monday. Here is a fact check of some of his claims in the speech.

In the first remarks of his second term, President Trump painted a grim portrait of the country while declaring that “the golden age of America begins right now.”