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24th January 2017
03:07pm GMT

"There are no greater people than the American citizenry, and as long as we believe in ourselves, and our country, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2017, as National Day of Patriotic Devotion, in order to strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country - and to renew the duties of Government to the people."The move follows some of the largest demonstrations in American history with numbers estimated between three and five million people in more than five hundred cities across the United States and worldwide. The internationally co-ordinated protest marches are thought to be the first since the country's invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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