The time has come: Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States, marking his second term in office. The ceremony was moved inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC due to the freezing cold.
• Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president
• Interesting guest list
• Musical performances, millions in donations, etc.
State act and ritual, triumph and sorrow: Today Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the USA. Trump is the first president since Grover Cleveland to be re-elected to office after an interruption.
Process of Inauguration Day
The big day of the inauguration begins early in the morning. The preparations began with the first security checks – due to previous incidents and current threats, around 8,000 National Guard troops are deployed in Washington – and a traditional service for Donald Trump, a meeting with the outgoing President Joe Biden and the official ceremony starting at noon were also planned in advance Trump’s inaugural speech was planned in the Dome Hall of the US Capitol. This is followed by the traditional parade along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. The day ends with several inauguration balls at which the president, vice president and their spouses will be present, as The Sun previously reported.
Celebrity guest list
Trump had already planned an opulent party in advance to mark the inauguration of his second term as US President. The invitation list includes former presidents, various tech billionaires and other well-known personalities.
It is traditional for former presidents and their first ladies to attend the inauguration of a new head of state. But Michelle Obama apparently doesn’t care much about that. She had already announced last week that she would not be coming to Trump’s inauguration, as the US media had consistently reported. The exact reasons are unknown, but Michelle Obama has often expressed criticism of Trump in the past. She campaigned for Kamala Harris last fall. Her husband Barack Obama However, he had agreed to take part.
While Trump himself does not always adhere to this custom – he and his wife Melania did not come to Joe Biden’s inauguration – the tradition seems to be important to Biden. The 82-year-old had already assured in December that he would “of course” take part in Trump’s inauguration. Kamala Harris also did not cancel in advance, as the Associated Press reported. The guest list also includes George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, former First Lady Laura Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Other invitations include Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Argentine President Javier Milei, Chinese President Xi Jinping, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and British right-wing populist Nigel Farage, the far-right French politician Éric Zemmour, his partner and MEP Sarah Knafo and other political figures receive, as reported by the Frankfurter Rundschau.
But some tech billionaires are also invited. Including, of course, Trump’s friend and Tesla boss Elon Musk as well as Meta-CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as reported by NBC News.
Musical performances
Several prominent guests will appear during the celebrations in the US capital today. For example, US country singer Carrie Underwood said last week that she had accepted the invitation to perform at Trump’s inauguration. “I love our country and feel honored that I was asked to sing at the inauguration and be a small part of this historic event,” ntv quoted the singer as saying. Country singer Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio also make appearances.
Yesterday evening, the legendary disco band Village People performed at a preliminary event and performed the world-famous hit “YMC A”, which Trump used several times during his election campaign. “We know some of you won’t like to hear this, but we believe music should be played without reference to politics. Our song ‘YMCA’ is a global anthem that will hopefully help lift the country up after a turbulent and divided Election campaign […] to get back together again,” lead singer Victor Willis explained on Facebook in advance.
Corporations donate millions
In addition to the well-known musicians, some prominent companies are also participating in Trump’s inauguration – in the form of donations worth millions. In addition to the car company Stellantis, the airline Delta Air Lines, Boeing, General Motors, Ford, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and the US subsidiary of the South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai are also on the donor list. Individuals such as Apple boss Tim Cook and OpenAI boss Sam Altman had also announced their support through donations in advance. The automotive industry in particular is represented alongside Big Tech companies because they have concerns about their market position due to strict regulations, as the Tagesschau reports.
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