The decision to move Monday’s event indoors marks the first time in 40 years that a president will not be sworn in on the Capitol steps. Plans are underway to accommodate some attendees at the city’s pro basketball and hockey arena.
Where will Trump now be sworn in?
President Joe Biden, members of Congress and other dignitaries and notable guests will be able to view the ceremony from inside the Capitol. Workers were installing a small platform in the Rotunda on Friday.
Merchants sell Trump buttons and shirts near the US Capitol as his supports flock to Washington, DC. (Photo: Matthew Hatcher/ AFP via Getty Images)
How cold is it going to get on Monday?
“The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way.”
President Barack Obama gives his inaugural address in front of a huge crown during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A few Democrats poked fun at Trump’s decision. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the Democrats’ losing 2024 campaign, posted a photo of himself standing in a snowstorm with the caption, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.”
A half-century earlier, William Howard Taft held his 1909 inauguration indoors after 10 inches of snow fell. That’s when the inauguration was still held on March 4, not January 20.
resident John F. Kennedy making his inauguration speech from the balcony of the White House in Washington, DC. (photo: Bettmann/ Getty)In his social media post about the weather-related change, Trump said that “various Dignitaries and Guests” would be taken into the Rotunda for the ceremony, although it’s unclear how many people that meant, or whom.
Organizers are still deciding whether they can admit people who have tickets in sections 3 and 4, which would have been right in front of the stage outdoors.
What about the parade — is it still happening?
The parade is managed by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region, and they are hurriedly working to figure out what changes need to be made and how the parade will go on, a task force official said. The official asked not to be named to provide details ahead of an announcement on how the parade will continue.
Are other inaugural events still happening?
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