--- title: Trump Inauguration: How World Newspapers Marked Event description: Here's how newspapers all over the world, from Kuwait to Spain to Iceland, have marked Donald Trump's inauguration. canonical: https://time.com/4642250/newspapers-donald-trump-inauguration/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-21T16:34:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:49:25.979Z article:section: Politics og:title: Newspapers Around the World Mark Donald Trump's Inauguration og:description: "So help us god" is the headline of the U.K.'s 'Independent' newspaper og:url: https://time.com/4642250/newspapers-donald-trump-inauguration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9db702633b354/6988b696524fc02e68dfad01/trump-the-times.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: trump-the-times og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Newspapers Around the World Mark Donald Trump's Inauguration twitter:description: "So help us god" is the headline of the U.K.'s 'Independent' newspaper twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9db702633b354/6988b696524fc02e68dfad01/trump-the-times.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Newspapers Around the World Mark Donald Trump's Inauguration > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Jan 21, 2017 4:34 PM UTC  The Times (U.K.) The Times (U.K.) by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Jan 21, 2017 4:34 PM UTC Newspapers all over the world, from Kuwait to Spain to Iceland, have marked [Donald Trump’s inauguration](http://time.com/4641547/inauguration-2017-donald-trump-america-first/) on their front pages. A number of newspapers based their headlines on Trump’s promise to make “America First,” a phrase he repeated during his inauguration speech yesterday. “Primero Estados Unidos,” is Brazilian publication El Pais’ headline, and Danish paper Politiken’s reads: “Amerika Først.” Trump’s speech, which latest less than 20 minutes, stressed a policy [focused on America](http://time.com/4273812/america-first-donald-trump-history/) and working people. “From mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words: you will never be ignored again,” he told the spectators. “Your voice, your hopes and your dreams will define our American destiny.”  The Times (U.K.)  Reforma (Mexico)  Politiken (Denmark)  The Maei Business Newspaper (South Korea)  The Washington Post  Kuwait Times  New York Post  National Post (Canada)  United Daily News (Taiwan)  Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil)  The Star (Malaysia)  Frettabladid (Iceland)  The Witness (South Africa)  The Independent (U.K.)  El Pais (Spain)  NY Daily News  Bremer Nachrichten (Germany)  The Guardian (U.K.) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4642250/newspapers-donald-trump-inauguration/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4642250/newspapers-donald-trump-inauguration/"},"headline":"Newspapers Around the World Mark Donald Trump's Inauguration","datePublished":"2017-01-21T16:34:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:49:25.979Z","description":"\"So help us god\" is the headline of the U.K.'s Independent newspaper","url":"https://time.com/4642250/newspapers-donald-trump-inauguration/","keywords":["photography","Donald Trump","trump inauguration"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9db702633b354/6988b696524fc02e68dfad01/trump-the-times.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaea9db702633b354/6988b696524fc02e68dfad01/trump-the-times.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-the-times","caption":"The Times (U.K.)","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4642250/newspapers-donald-trump-inauguration/","name":"Newspapers Around the World Mark Donald Trump's Inauguration"}}]}] ```