One year of Trump: Key moments in pictures
The Trump administration has overseen a remarkably busy year, both on the domestic front with issues like the ICE crackdown, to the international stage, where it has influenced major wars.
Tuesday 20 January 2026 03:27, UK
Donald Trump's first year back in office has been full of twists and turns, from hefty tariff threats to unprecedented military interventions.
Here are some of the most striking images since the US president's second inauguration:
Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the US on 20 January 2025.
Tech giants Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk turn up to mark the 60th presidential inauguration.
Mr Trump hosts Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on 4 February as war rages on in Gaza.
Mr Musk, then head of Mr Trump's newly formed Department of Government Efficiency - or DOGE - brings his son X Æ A-12 to the White House on 11 February.
Mr Trump and his vice president JD Vance berate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit to the White House on 28 February.
On 2 April, which Mr Trump labelled "Liberation Day", he holds up a chart in the Rose Garden at the White House, detailing the many tariffs he plans to slap on countries around the world.
Smoke rises as members of the California National Guard gather during a protest against federal immigration raids in downtown Los Angeles on 8 June.
On 17 June, after several days of Israel and Iran trading strikes, Mr Trump demands "unconditional surrender" from Tehran and claims the US has "total control" of Iranian airspace.
The following week, the US carries out one of the most sophisticated bombing campaigns in history on Iran's nuclear facilities.
On 4 July, the president uses a gavel after signing the sweeping spending and tax legislation, which he calls the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act".
US Army National Guard Humvees park near the Washington Monument on 12 August after the Trump administration announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department in August.
Right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, a close ally of Mr Trump and his MAGA movement, seen shortly before being shot and killed at Utah Valley University on 10 September.
Days later, the president comforts the 31-year-old's wife, Erika Kirk, at a memorial event in Arizona.
Mr Trump and King Charles inspect the Guard of Honour as they attend a welcome ceremony during Trump's state visit at Windsor Castle on 17 September.
People swarm both "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv and Nasser hospital in the Gaza Strip on 13 October as the remaining living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners return home as part of the US-brokered swap included in Mr Trump's peace plan.
On 20 October, a demolition crew takes apart the facade of the East Wing of the White House, where Mr Trump's proposed ballroom will take its place.
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has developed a tumultuous relationship with Mr Trump, speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on 18 November outside the US Capitol in Washington.
The former MAGA ally was among those who criticised the president before his U-turn on the release of the files.
Mr Trump throws on his medal after receiving the newly-created FIFA Peace Prize at the Kennedy Center on 5 December, having argued for years that he should be handed a Nobel Peace Prize.
A screenshot shows US forces abseiling onto and seizing an oil tanker during a raid described off the coast of Venezuela on 10 December. It had been tracked to countries under US sanctions, including Iran.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is escorted from a detention centre to court in Manhattan on 5 January, after being captured during a US operation in Caracas.
Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presents Mr Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal on 15 January, which she was award months prior for her efforts campaigning against Maduro's repressive regime.