Donald Trump Inauguration Day: Donald Trump is all set to return to the White House with his second inauguration as president of the United States.
Trump, 78 will formally be sworn in as 47th president of the United States on January 20, Monday. Trump, who won the US Presidential elections in November by defeating Democrat Kamala Harris, is taking over from the incumbent President Joe Biden.
The swearing-in events would formally kick off with fireworks on January 18, Saturday. The four-day schedule will also include three VIP events at Trump’s golf course outside Washington DC and a Make America Great Again (MAGA) victory rally on the eve of the oath-taking apart from the main oath-taking event on Monday.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day
As per the US Constitution, the new President’s term begins at noon on January 20 (or the day after if it falls on a Sunday), and that the president takes the oath of office.
The swearing-in on January 20 will take place at 10.30 pm Indian Standard Time. The inauguration day will begin with a service at St John’s Church, Lafayette Square, a historic Washington DC church, followed by tea at the White House.
Musical performances and opening remarks will be held on the main event stage – on the West Lawn of the US Capitol building – at 09:30 EST (8 pm India Time).
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: The Oath of Office
Trump will take oath of office with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in front of the US Capitol’s scenic West Lawn, overlooking the National Mal in Washington DC in front of thousands of people.
The president-elect will recite the oath of office: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Trump officially becomes the 47th president once he says those words. He previously served as the 45th president between 2017 and 2021.
JD Vance, the Vice President-elect will also take oath before Trump on the occasion.
After taking oath, the new president delivers an inaugural address in which he is expected to lay out his plans for next four years.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: Who all are attending?
Apart from Trump, Vance and their families, outgoing president and vice-president Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will attend. Harris lost to Trump in November. Biden’s wife Jill Biden and Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff will also attend.
Outgoing presidents Joe Biden, former presidents – Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama. All wives of former presidents, except Michelle Obama, will attend the event.
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg and Shou Chew, the head of Chinese social media giant TikTok, are expected to attend the event, according to US media.
US senators and House members will attend, along with the guests of the incoming administration.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend Trump’s inauguration. But he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.
Giorgia Meloni, Prime minister of Italy and Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary and Javier Milei, the President of Argentina have also been invited for the event
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the inauguration, following an invitation from the Trump-Vance inaugural committee.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: The Crowd
More than 220,000 tickets are being distributed to the public via lawmakers’ offices, according to news agency AFP.
Those unable to get official tickets can l watch the ceremony alongside tens of thousands of other spectators live from the National Mall, on large video screens.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: The Day One Orders
Trump has indicated he is preparing to sign multiple executive orders as early as his first day in office, aimed at undoing many of the Biden administration’s policies.
Among multiple promises for day one, Trump has pledged to launch a mass deportation program and increase oil drilling. He has also said he might immediately begin pardoning January 6 rioters, his followers who ransacked the Capitol in 2021, according to AFP
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: Who all will perform?
Famed country singer Carrie Underwood will sing “America the Beautiful” during the swearing in ceremony. Country singer Lee Greenwood, whose patriotic anthem “God Bless the USA” was a well-established Trump rally anthem, will also perform.
A pre-inauguration rally Sunday will include a performance by The Village People, whose 1970s-era “YMCA.” was another Trump rally staple, in addition to Kid Rock and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Country musicians including Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts and Gavin DeGraw plus the Village People will perform across Trump’s three official inaugural balls, news agency AFP said.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: What after the inauguration?
After taking oath, Trump will afterwards head inside to the President’s Room – near the Senate chamber – to sign key documents.
He will then attend a lunch hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Then the president will travel in a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: Inaugural Balls
Later in the evening, Trump will appear at three inaugural balls throughout the city – the Commander-in-Chief Ball, the Liberty Inaugural Ball and the Starlight Ball. Trump is expected to speak at all three Inaugural Balls.
United States presidential inaugural balls are large social gatherings held to celebrate the commencement of a new term of the president.
Planned and sanctioned by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, the official inaugural balls occur throughout the evening of Inauguration Day in the Washington DC area.
Donald Trump Inauguration Day: Trump officially becomes the 47th president once he says those words.
Other informal inaugural balls are also organised before and on the Inauguration Day, by state societies, businesses, and private organisations.
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