Washington – Newly elected President Donald Trump will take the oath of office on Monday. opening ceremony It is set to be held inside the US Capitol, breaking tradition due to record cold temperatures.
Notable guests including foreign leaders and tech CEOs were expected to attend Trump's inauguration. But the large crowd of spectators who had planned to watch the swearing-in ceremony from the Capitol grounds will be dramatically reduced on Monday following the decision to move the swearing-in ceremony to a confined space. Capitol Rotunda Due to dangerously low temperatures. The last time the opening ceremony was moved inside was in 1985 due to cold weather.
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Apart from the general public, a crowd of MPs and officials is also expected to attend Trump's inauguration ceremony. four other living presidents -Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and President Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris, who faces off against Trump in the 2024 election, is also expected to attend.
A list of tech CEOs including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook, TikTok's Shaw Chew and Google's Sundar PichaiTrump was also expected to attend the inauguration ceremony. The tech titans, many of whom have collaborated with the president-elect in recent months, were scheduled to sit on the inaugural stage with Cabinet nominees and elected officials, before heading inside the ceremony.
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A handful of foreign leaders, including Argentina's president, are also expected to attend the inauguration ceremony xavier miley and Italian Prime Minister georgia melloniChina's Vice President Han Zheng is also expected to visit to participate To represent President Xi Jinping, who is Trump invited To participate. According to State Department records for 1874, no foreign leader ever attended the transfer of power ceremony.
Country's stars are performing at Trump's swearing-in ceremony. Carrie Underwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio, while singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood, singers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the United States Marine Band are expected to join in. musical contribution For the programme.
Who will not be at the inauguration?
former first lady Michelle Obama Trump will not be at the inauguration, and no reason has been given for her absence, the only absence among living first ladies. former house speaker nancy pelosi Similarly, she too would not be present and a spokesperson also did not give any reason for her planned absence. Both women attended Trump's 2017 inauguration.
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Did Trump attend Biden's inauguration?
Trump skipped President Biden's inauguration in 2021, which occurred two weeks after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and Trump continued to claim victory in the 2020 election.
By choosing not to attend, Trump became the first president in more than 150 years to skip the ceremony where his successor was sworn in, and only the fifth president in US history to do so.
Mr Biden's inauguration ceremony also drew a smaller crowd than usual due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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