Washington is used to high-profile, high-risk happenings, but rarely so many in such quick succession.
The city is prepping for fewer visitors on January 20 than Trump's first inaugural eight years ago -- when authorities anticipated up to a million guests.
The White House, Capitol, and parts of the Pennsylvania Avenue parade route are already ringed by the eight-foot (2.4-meter) metal barriers.
“We have a slightly more robust security plan” than previous years, he told a briefing Monday, saying attendees would experience extensive security checks and see snipers on rooftops, tactical teams on the ground, and drones patrolling the skies.
Violence marred last year's presidential race, with Trump narrowly surviving a July assassination attempt during a Pennsylvania rally. One person in the audience was killed.
On January 1 two more deadly episodes -- a truck ramming in New Orleans and a Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas -- set Americans on edge.
According to US Capitol Police chief J. Thomas Manger, about 250,000 ticketed guests will gather for the inauguration.
“The biggest threat I think for all of us remains the lone actor,“ Manger said.
Trump has had a contentious relationship with Washington's Democratic mayor, Muriel Bowser, but this week she pledged no effort was being spared.
Thousands of demonstrators however will be on hand, including during a Saturday “People’s March” to the Lincoln Memorial.
Sunday will see thousands of MAGA faithful pack a downtown arena for a rally featuring Trump himself.
Police will ensure people can “peacefully protest and assemble,“ Bowser said, but “violence, destruction and unlawful behavior will not be tolerated.”
Trump supporters are filling the city's hotel rooms -- although not to the level of his or Barack Obama's first inauguration.
Several hotels have unveiled elite inauguration packages, including the famous Watergate, whose “Head of State” package starts at $73,500.
It includes helicopter service, a chauffeured armored Maybach, accommodation in the Watergate’s Presidential Suite, and a tour of the “Scandal Suite” where the infamous 1972 break-in occurred.
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