Today at noon eastern time, the second swearing-in of Trump will begin. As the 47th president of the United States, Donald John Trump is scheduled to be sworn, marking an extraordinary return to power. In an effort to start drastically altering the country's trajectory, he intends to issue a series of directives and take rapid, dramatic action.
Four years after a mob of his followers stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to overturn an election he lost, Mr. Trump will take the oath of office in a ceremony relocated indoors due to extremely cold weather in the Rotunda of the Capitol. An unprecedented political comeback in American history will conclude with his reinstatement.
Everything from attempted assassinations that failed to criminal charges, etc.
Mr. Trump plans to swiftly go beyond the Inauguration Day rites and reestablish his influence in the administration, feeling vindicated by the people despite his impeachment, indictments, and conviction on 34 criminal counts. He has the power to sign up to 100 orders within the first few hours in office. Some of these orders include measures to punish trading partners with tariffs, pardon supporters who were prosecuted for the January 6, 2021 Capitol storm, and begin a fresh crackdown on illegal immigration.
After President Biden, who was four months younger when he took the oath four years ago, Mr. Trump, who is 78 years old, will surpass him as the oldest person ever to be inaugurated as president. As the third-youngest vice president in history, James David Vance, 40, will be sworn in alongside Mr. Trump.
Just like Grover Cleveland, who served two nonconsecutive terms in the nineteenth century, Mr. Trump will become the second president since the republic's inception to return to the White House after losing reelection.
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President Biden: With his four years in office coming to a close, Mr. Biden concludes over fifty years of public service in Washington. In contrast to Mr. Trump's actions four years ago, Mr. Biden intends to adhere to tradition and join his successor at the inauguration ceremony to demonstrate a democratic and peaceful handover of power. Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who were defeated by Mr. Trump in the November election, will leave the premises following the event.
It is with this solemn event that the presidency of one person is officially handed over to their successor.
"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," the president-elect says as part of the sacred ritual.
Trump will formally become the 47th president after he says those words, even though he won the election in November. He was the 45th president from 2017 to 2021 before this.
In addition to being officially named vice president, Vance will also be required to take an oath of office.
Who is planning to show up: There are a plethora of famous people scheduled to attend the inauguration, including three of the world's wealthiest individuals, international dignitaries, tech and business leaders, previous presidents, and a litany of musicians. Those who have confirmed their attendance and those who have decided not participate are detailed below.
Steps to view: The Times will broadcast the inauguration speech by Mr. Trump and the swearing-in event live on our website and mobile app. Along with an annotated transcript, our correspondents will provide real-time analysis.
Dignitaries, legislators, and Trump fans will fill the majestic Rotunda for Monday's unusual indoor inauguration ceremony beneath the Capitol dome, where Donald J. Trump will take the oath of office.
This grand hall, which drew inspiration from Rome's Pantheon, has served as a resting place for presidents and other dignitaries and as the site of significant national rituals.
However, the Rotunda served as the setting for a tragic episode in American history four years earlier, when it was filled with a more agitated group of Trump supporters: the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s election.
Protesters, inflamed by Mr. Trump's fabrication of an electoral fraud, stormed the Rotunda that day, engaging in violent clashes with law enforcement. A few of them ascended the pedestals of famous American presidents, such as Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Strolling between the House and Senate, they attempted to derail a joint session of Congress by dumping rubbish and rubble in the usually spotless center of the building, which frequently fills visitors with wonder as they catch a glimpse of the majestic interior.
In the early hours of January 7, when the commotion had been subdued and the building had cleared, enabling the certification of the election to begin, then-Representative Andy Kim, a Democrat from New Jersey, made his way to the Rotunda. In an almost unbelievable act of decency, he was videotaped picking up rubbish from the hallowed ground where the bodies of former presidents, including Jimmy Carter, are laid to rest.
"'How did it get this bad?'" I wondered to myself. Last summer, while speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Mr. Kim—a former national security official and Rhodes scholar—said. The only thing to do was to get a garbage bag and begin cleaning up. Our wonderful country is in the hands of every one of us, as I discovered on January 6. If we put up the effort, we can help our nation recover.
Tea will be served in the White House after the second day of Trump's inauguration, which starts with a service at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, a historic church in Washington DC.
At 09:30 EST, there will be musical performances and welcome comments.
During his inauguration speech, Trump will lay out his plans for the following four years in office. Supposedly, power, justice, and togetherness will be the central themes of his address.
After that, Trump will go to the President's Room, which is next to the Senate chamber, to put his signature on certain important papers.
Afterwards, he'll head over to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for a welcoming meal.
After then, there is often a procession that begins at the Capitol and travels down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. Unfortunately, the weather has rendered this event practically canceled.
At three separate inaugural balls in the city later that night—the Commander-in-Chief Ball, the Liberty Inaugural Ball, and the Starlight Ball—will Trump make an appearance.
At exactly 11:47 EST, it will be followed by the swearing-in of Trump and Vance in the Capitol rotunda. The men will take an oath of office by placing their hands on a book, often a Bible but occasionally another sacred text.
Trump will use a special Bible—one that his mother gave him in 1955—along with the famous Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound book that was used at Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in 1861—this year.
According to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Vance will also use a family Bible that belonged to his great-grandmother on his maternal side as an additional means of swearing.
The people of New Jersey chose Mr. Kim, who was previously unknown, to be their senator in November.
Mr. Trump will take the oath in front of the chamber's curving walls, which hold enormous paintings of crucial early American milestones like the landing of Columbus and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, conjuring memories from that January four years ago.
The pardoning of those convicted for their roles in the assault on the Capitol is going to be one of Mr. Trump's first executive orders, according to him.