President Trump’s administration quickly put its imprint on the official White House website on Monday, ushering out the Biden years with a new landing page that declared “America Is Back.”
The changes on the website — whitehouse.gov — were underway by the time Mr. Trump finished his inaugural address inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday afternoon. The digital face-lift continued throughout the day.
Replacing a website that on Monday morning had been a colorful, video-rich homage to President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s accomplishments and record, the Trump administration introduced a simpler website with a dark blue background.
As of Monday evening, the website included a rundown of Mr. Trump’s early actions in office, a list of priorities for his presidency, and brief biographies of his cabinet nominees.
The differences were stark. Gone was talk of “tackling the climate crisis,” replaced with a pledge to end “policies of climate extremism.”
Out were Biden administration boasts that the White House had “forged historic partnerships” and “restored American leadership.” In was a promise that the United States would “no longer be beholden to foreign organizations.”
“Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body,” read a message on the homepage, above a rendering of Mr. Trump’s signature. “I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve.”
The replacement of the website is a digital tradition that follows the swearing-in of every new president. Before Mr. Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021, replacing Mr. Trump after his first term, the website carried a banner that said “Promises Made, Promises Kept” and highlighted Mr. Trump’s work to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and help American workers.
By that evening, a new, bare-bones homepage had appeared showing Mr. Biden at a lectern, hands folded, in front of a large American flag.
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